National Convention 2022

This article is about an upcoming convention. Information is subject to change as the convention date approaches and as new information becomes available.

2022 Libertarian National Convention
Convention
Dates:	May 26-29
Location:	Sparks, Nevada (next to Reno)
Venue:	Nugget Casino Resort
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The 2022 Libertarian National Convention is the upcoming biannual Libertarian Party National Convention. It will be held in Reno, Nevada, from May 26, 2022, through May 29, 2022. The official web site for this convention can be found at https://lnc2022.com/

Committees

• Platform Committee 2022 chaired by Caryn Ann Harlos
• Bylaws Committee 2022 chaired by Steve Scheetz
• Credentials Committee 2022 chaired by Susan Hogarth

Official Documents

• Presidential Vote Totals Used for Delegate Allocations
• 2020 Census Information
• National Membership Numbers Used for Delegate Allocations

Delegate Allocations

Unofficial Documents

Caryn Ann Harlos was removed from office with a majority vote on the LNC due to continued alleged emotional abuse and unprofessional behavior levied at other members of the LNC and others within the Libertarian community. She continued to prepare documents that would typically be provided by the National Secretary in protest of what she believed was her removal for allegedly whistleblowing regarding New Hampshire and dereliction of duty regarding the lack of response to the COVID Regime as follows:

• Unofficial Delegate Allocations Manual (info)

LNC Candidates

The following are declared candidates for the Libertarian National Committee. None of the Above/NOTA is a valid candidate for all positions.

National Chair

Name	Background	State
Steve Dasbach	Greenville County Libertarian Party Chair	South Carolina
Angela McArdle	Libertarian Party of California Secretary	California
Tony D'Orazio	Libertarian Party of New York 1st Vice-Chair	New York

National Vice-Chair

Name	Background	State
Joe Hauptmann	Libertarian National Committee At-Large	Indiana
Erik Raudsep	Libertarian National Committee At-Large	North Carolina
Joshua Smith	Libertarian National Committee At-Large	California

National Secretary

Name	Background	State
Caryn Ann Harlos	Libertarian National Committee Secretary (2018—2021)	Colorado
Tyler Smith	Pickens County (SC) Libertarian Party Chair	South Carolina

National Treasurer

Name	Background	State
Tim Hagan	Nevada Libertarian Party Former Treasurer	Nevada
Todd Hagopian	Oklahoma Libertarian Party Treasurer	Oklahoma

LNC At-Large

Name	Background	State
Feena Bonoan	Candidate for Hawaii State Senate	Hawaii
Craig Bowden	2018 Candidate for US Senate	Utah
Pietro Geraci	Libertarian Party of New York Executive Committee Member-At-Large	New York

Regional Representatives

Regional representatives may or may not be elected during the convention, depending on the method chosen by the affiliate parties making up the region. The regions themselves can also be redefined during the time leading up to the convention.

California (currently identified as Region 4):

Elected at the state convention in February: Carrie Eiler (representative), Joshua Clark (alternate)

Controversies

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Logo

Many members were perturbed by the official logo for the convention as some members made the claim that it was officially confirmed that the artist was told to specifically make it NOT about mandates but much more open to interpretation. There is reported to be a Facebook post to this effect in a delegates group but until this post is linked, that claim should be taken as disputed. There has been no official denial of this claim found. This has been viewed as incredibly tone deaf and against the wishes of the people who put monies towards this theme.

In response multiple alternate logos were proposed. Below is one, but there have been several others.

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Electronic and Absentee Voting

On March 31, 2022, less than two months prior to the convention, LNC Region 4 Representative TJ Ferreira issued an email which seemed to many to indicate that a decision had been made by the Convention Oversight Committee 2020-2022 to implement electronic voting using his own Porcupine Voting software and seemed to argue that nothing in the Party governing documents prevented absentee voting. Caryn Ann Harlos immediately issued a series of critical personal opinion videos on his assertions and apparent proposal. Later, TJ Ferreira appeared to walk back many of the perceived assertions in the original email that this was a certain plan but framed the idea as the beginning of a discussion. The complete email chain can be viewed here.

The Libertarian Transparency Caucus issued a letter of concern on the issue, taking issue with the lack of transparency in development and the apparent lack of following software engineering best practices in development and rollout.

A source which wishes to remain anonymous has reported that after the public outcry the item (using the Porcupine software) died in Committee for several reasons. Using it for speaker lists was not desired by National Party Chair Whitney Bilyeu and the motion by Alex Flores to use it for credentialing and voting died for lack of second.

Tom Woods

On April 10, 2022, a website published an article containing allegations that convention speaker Tom Woods had begun dating his now ex-wife when he was 26 and she was only 15 years old. The article had originally appeared on Being Libertarian, where it was censored by Eric July. The article detailed the scandal which had been making the rounds on social media since April 3rd with a collection of screenshots of posts by Wood’s ex-wife Heather and other family members.

Following publication, a number of Libertarian National Committee members and Libertarian Party members denounced Woods, and a petition on Change.org began circulating to remove him as the breakfast speaker at the convention, with over 100 signatures in half an hour. The Convention Oversight Committee has not rescinded his invitation. However, a call to remove him as a speaker was made on April 22, 2022 by John Phillips (Region 6 Representative).

While Tom Woods has repudiated his claims, his ex-wife's sister came forward to substantiate the claims in numerous Tweets.