Platform Committee 2022

The LNC had previously appointed Lauren Daugherty as interim chair. However, Ms. Daugherty subsequently resigned due to accepting employment with Young Americans for Liberty.

Read-Only Discussion List

Public Read-Only Discussion List

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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3.	The Platform Committee shall consist of 20 members selected as follows:
a.	One member by each of the five affiliate parties having the greatest per capita sustaining membership as determined for convention delegate allocations at the most recent regular convention.
b.	One member by each of the 10 affiliate parties having the largest sustaining memberships, excluding those affiliates from (a), as determined for convention delegate allocations at the most recent regular convention.
c.	Five members selected by the National Committee.
d.	These members shall be selected no later than the last day of the fifth month 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 Capita

State	Number of National BSM Members	Population	Per Capita Percentage	Per Capita Rank
Libertarian Party of New Hampshire	171	1,316,470	.0129989	1
Libertarian Party of Colorado	501	5,029,196	.009961	2
Alaska Libertarian Party	69	710,231	.009715	3
Wyoming Libertarian Party	42	563,626	.007451	4
Libertarian Party of New Mexico	147	2,059,179	.007138	5

Calculations Per National Membership Rank

State	Number of National BSM Members	National Membership Rank	Comments
Libertarian Party of California	1,529	1
Libertarian Party of Texas	1,097	2
[[Libertarian Party of Florida]	806	3
Libertarian Party of New York	729	4
Libertarian Party of Ohio	668	5
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania	608	6
Libertarian Party of Virginia	540	7
Libertarian Party of Colorado	501	8	Removed from this as also in the top 5 per capita.
Libertarian Party of Washington	476	9
Libertarian Party of Illinois	466	10
Libertarian Party of Michigan	462	11

• National Membership numbers used are from figures used for delegate allocations for the 2020 National Convention [see https://lpedia.org/w/images/3/34/2020_-_delegate_allocations.pdf]
• Population numbers used are from the 2020 census [see https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/population-change-data-table.pdf]

Meetings

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