Credentials Committee (2024)

This page is for the National Conventions 2024 Credentials Committee.

Read-Only Discussion List

No Public Discussion List is available at this time for the committee, but a document hub was made available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y3HCETUa99kexwEKkvZb6tj8U5ZnbceK?usp=sharing on 05-16-2024 to fulfill the requirement that LNC Subcommittees meet transparency standards.

Committee Members

States must make their appointments by 24 February 2024.

LNC Must make their appointments by 24 November 2023.

Data used for determination of state affiliates entitled to Platform Committee seats

Bylaws Provisions

ARTICLE 11: OTHER COMMITTEES
1.	There shall be a Platform Committee, a Bylaws and Rules Committee, and a Credentials Committee for each regular convention. The National Committee shall appoint a temporary chair of each committee to serve until each committee selects its own chair.
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4.	The Credentials Committee, composed of 10 members, shall be selected as follows:
a.	Five members chosen by the National Committee no later than six months before a regular convention.
b.	One member by each of the five affiliate parties having the largest sustaining memberships as determined for convention delegate allocations at the most recent regular convention. These shall be selected by each of the affiliate parties no later than three months prior to the regular convention.
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5.	Ranked alternates may be named by the appointing bodies to fill any vacancies or absences in the convention committees.

Calculations Per National Membership Rank

State	Number of National BSM Members	National Membership Rank	Comments
Libertarian Party of California	1,810	1
Libertarian Party of Texas	1,310	2
Libertarian Party of Florida	940	3
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania	860	4
Libertarian Party of New York	808	5

• National Membership numbers used are from figures used for delegate allocations for the 2022 National Convention: See National Membership Numbers Used for Delegate Allocations
• Population numbers used are from the 2020 census [see https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/population-change-data-table.pdf]

Interim Chair

At the August 2023 LNC Meeting, Josh Hlavka was appointed as interim Chair.

Permanent Chair and Secretary

At the February 12th Meeting Josh Hlavka was nominated for Permanent Chair by Jessica Tewksbury.

By unanimous consent the committee determined the newly elected chair had authority to appoint the committee Secretary and Vice Chair.

Alison Graham (PA) was appointed Secretary

The Vice Chair appointment was delayed due to the appointed member not being present. Billy Pierce (TX) was appointed Vice Chair.

Meetings

Committee Meetings

Date	Video Recording	Agenda	Minutes
02-12-2024			Minutes
03-04-2024			Minutes
03-18-2024			Minutes
04-01-2024		Agenda	Minutes
05-06-2024			Minutes

Town Halls

Date	Video Recording
05-20-2024