FW: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

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From: Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2026 4:51:17 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
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Subject: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

LNC Board Members,

This is the Notice Thread for the LNC Special Monthly Meeting on Sunday, April 19th, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. ET

In notice of an item you would like added to the agenda, please include a subject headline, brief description, proposed time allotment, motions in writing, and any accompanying documents.

Agenda Requests and Reports Notice deadline is 04/14/26

Evan McMahon Secretary Libertarian National Committee evan.m...@lp.org ‪(317) 455-6986 lp.org

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From: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2026 3:17:13 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

Policy manual amendment to Section 1.04 - Committee Scope & Responsibilities, 9. Financial Standards Committee

Current language of the first sentence in the first paragraph:

The FSC shall be informed of and review prior to execution all new expenditures under consideration totaling over $6000 per year to determine their necessity, practicality, and feasibility in accordance with the LNC's current financial status (excluding the Chair's discretionary fund).

Proposed language:

The FSC shall be informed of and review existing and proposed expenditures totaling over $6000 per year and report recommendations and/or opinions to the Chair and ExD, as appropriate, regarding their necessity, practicality, and feasibility in accordance with the LNC's current financial status (excluding the Chair's discretionary fund).

Andrew Watkins

At Large | Libertarian National Committee

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From: Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2026 12:51:17 PM

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Subject: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

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From: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2026 3:17:39 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

^ 10 minutes

Andrew Watkins

At Large | Libertarian National Committee

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From: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2026 11:17:13 AM

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From: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2026 4:03:29 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

The EPCC has approved the following motion. More details will be provided before the meeting:

Approve the employment contract of Perry Willis as Development and Marketing Director. 

15 minutes

Andrew Watkins

At Large | Libertarian National Committee

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From: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2026 11:17:39 AM

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From: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:10:31 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
To: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

Motion to accept the resignation of Rachael Nelson from the Awards Committee of the IALP. 

Note: the IALP requires the parent organization of the member to accept the resignation from their post within the IALP. Anyone interested in the awards committee please apply.

Sincerely,

Steven Nekhaila

Chairman, LNC

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From: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2026 12:03:29 PM

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From: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:15:37 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
To: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

I would like to add a legal update, in executive session, with Mr. Scott and @Oliver Hall regarding New Mexico.

Sincerely,

Steven Nekhaila

Chairman, LNC

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From: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 5:10:31 PM

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From: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 9:43:55 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

I move to allow for a presentation from Ballots Without Barriers, an organization founded by Lars Mapstead and dedicated to lowering or eliminating ballot access requirements legislatively in all 50 states.

Sincerely,

Steven Nekhaila

Chairman, LNC

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From: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 5:15:37 PM

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From: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:03:14 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
To: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

Perry Willis item should be in executive session as well.

Andrew Watkins

At Large | Libertarian National Committee

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From: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 5:43:55 PM

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From: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:05:09 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik

To: Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

I give notice for the following,

I move to initiate a retainer with Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, in the amount of $10,000 from the "legal-general" budget line, for the purpose of initiating civil litigation against former Chair Angela McArdle.

This action is in line with litigation committee recommendations.

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From: Austin Martin <austin...@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:12:11 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
To: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>; Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

Aloha, colleagues,

I am providing notice of a motion for the next LNC meeting:

MOTION: That the Libertarian National Committee immediately withdraw its membership and participation from the International Alliance of Libertarian Parties (IALP) pending a full review of its membership, governance, and foreign affiliations, and that no LNC officer, staff member, or representative act on behalf of the LNC in any IALP capacity until such review is complete and the findings are presented as a report at convention for the delegates.

This motion arises from a whistleblower investigation I have been conducting in my capacity as a duly elected LNC member. The attached dossier documents the basis for this motion in detail. The concerns include undisclosed foreign principal relationships, overlapping affiliations between IALP leadership and foreign political organizations, and the use of IALP infrastructure as a vehicle for domestic LP operations without adequate transparency or board oversight.

I am circulating this notice and the attached dossier in advance so that members have adequate time to review the evidence prior to the meeting.

I am available to discuss the substance of the dossier or related actions against the LP with any member who has questions.

Mahalo,

Austin Martin

LNC — Region 1

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Lp.org/martindonor 

Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono

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From: Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 11:44:00 AM

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From: Aron Lam <aron...@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 10:14:13 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
To: Austin Martin <austin...@lp.org>; Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>; Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

Given that Mr. Martin is an alt, I will provide notice of his above motion on his behalf. 

Thank you,

Aron Lam 

Region 1 Rep- LNC

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From: Austin Martin <austin...@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 4:12:11 PM

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From: Bryce Thon <bryce...@lp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:48:40 AM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
To: Aron Lam <aron...@lp.org>; Austin Martin <austin...@lp.org>; Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>; Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>

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Thank you Mr. Lam for moving this important business

Libertas sub Christo Rege

Bryce Thon|Region 1 2^nd Alternate|Libertarian National Committee

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From: Aron Lam <aron...@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 5:14:13 PM

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From: Austin Martin <austin...@lp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 5:40:50 AM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
To: Bryce Thon <bryce...@lp.org>; Aron Lam <aron...@lp.org>; Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>; Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

I also request a member notice a motion to compel the production of the damn minutes. 

Austin Martin

R1

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From: Bryce Thon <bryce...@lp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 2:48:40 PM

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From: Bryce Thon <bryce...@lp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 5:48:52 AM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
To: Austin Martin <austin...@lp.org>; Aron Lam <aron...@lp.org>; Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>; Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>

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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

I echo Mr. Martin's sentiment, I don't care what technicality is in the policy manual this is inexcusable, especially for an individual who expects two-thirds of the national delegates to back him in a month

Libertas sub Christo Rege

Bryce Thon|Region 1 2^nd Alternate|Libertarian National Committee

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From: Austin Martin <austin...@lp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:40:50 AM

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From: Andrew Chadderdon <andrew.c...@lp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 6:49:22 AM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik
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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

Mr. Secretary,

I am providing notice of the following motions that I intend to bring before the board at the April 19 meeting.

1. Policy Manual Amendment — Meeting Minutes

Notice for the same Policy Manual amendment proposed by email ballot by Austin Martin on March 9, 2026, relating to meeting minute delivery.

2. Censure of Chair Steven Nekhaila

Notice for a motion(s) to censure Chair Steven Nekhaila, relating to undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper board governance actions.

3. Special Investigatory Committee — Martin Report on Foreign Influence

Notice for a motion to form a special investigatory committee to investigate the allegations contained in the Martin Report on Foreign Influence (dated April 2, 2026) and to report its findings and recommendations to the LNC.

4. Budget Amendment — Restore Voter Gravity Funding

Notice for a motion to amend the 2026 budget to restore funding for the Voter Gravity program for the remainder of the fiscal year. The motion will propose funding the program at approximately $3,000 per month from May through December 2026.

Andrew Chadderdon

Region 1 Rep | Libertarian National Committee

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From: Bryce Thon <bryce...@lp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 1:48:52 AM

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From: Andrew Chadderdon <andrew.c...@lp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2026 11:38:44 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik

To: Bryce Thon <bryce...@lp.org>; Austin Martin <austin...@lp.org>; Aron Lam <aron...@lp.org>; Steven Nekhaila <steven....@lp.org>; Andrew Watkins <andrew....@lp.org>; Evan McMahon <evan.m...@lp.org>; Entire LNC <entir...@lp.org>; oliverbhall <olive...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Notice Thread for April LNC Meeting

Here is specific motion text for the item 2 that was noticed in my email above:

MOTION OF CENSURE

I move that the Libertarian National Committee censure Chair Steven Nekhaila for undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper governance conduct in the financial administration of litigation before this body.

1. On October 5, 2025, the full LNC unanimously directed the Chair to present a New Mexico trademark enforcement proposal to the Executive Committee within one week. He did not do so for approximately five and a half months. When he brought the matter to the ExCom, he bundled it with authorization of litigation against Angela McArdle — a matter the full LNC had declined to fund in December — and funded the McArdle action by taking money directly from the budget assigned to the trademark litigation.

2. On the resulting Point of Order, the Chair voided the trademark litigation and the McArdle litigation together on an aggregate basis, while sustaining a separate retainer on an independent evaluation. The contradictory framings produced the same effect: less funding available to the trademark action the LNC had unanimously directed.

3. Forced by his own ruling to return the trademark funding to the full LNC, the Chair co-sponsored the budget ballot and advanced it at a three-fourths threshold. When questioned, he defended it in writing on the grounds that "we do not have a funding source (such as a donor), and we have not cut elsewhere on the budget." By the Chair's own articulation, a budget amendment without a designated funding source or offsetting cut requires the higher threshold.

4. For this meeting, the Chair has noticed a renewed McArdle motion funded by drawing from an existing legal budget line rather than by increasing the budget — a structure that avoids the threshold he invoked against the trademark action under his own stated standard. That structure also departs from the LNC's adopted Special Investigatory Committee report, which directed that any such litigation proceed only if funded by earmarked donations for that purpose or conducted by pro bono counsel. Neither condition has been met, and this body should not quietly set aside its own adopted conditions through a budget mechanic. The Secretary acknowledged on the record that this litigation will cost "at least $50,000 at least," against the $10,000 proposed. Repeated requests for cost projections, success assessment, and collectability analysis have been repeatedly ignored.

5. The trademark litigation carries a unanimous LNC directive, a dedicated budget line, favorable prior precedent, and a cost estimate the authorized funding likely covers to completion. It satisfies every condition the LNC has placed on it, and discharges a fiduciary duty this Committee owes the Party to defend its registered marks as required under trademark law. It has nonetheless been made to require the higher threshold. The McArdle litigation was declined by the full LNC, has no dedicated funding, has a conceded cost floor many times the amount proposed, has no upper limit, and does not satisfy the conditions the LNC itself placed on its prosecution. It has been structured to require only a majority.

6. The Chair's pursuit of the McArdle litigation, in the structure now before this body, is in conflict with an undisclosed interest that deviates from the adopted position of the full LNC. The LNC's adopted Special Investigatory Committee report directed that this litigation proceed only on pro bono or earmarked-donation funding. The Chair has made no disclosure of any donor, counsel arrangement, or party interest that would explain his departure from those conditions or his willingness to commit unrestricted party funds to a matter the parent body declined to support.

The Chair is further on notice of material conflicts affecting the SIC process itself. When I publicly exposed undisclosed conflicts of interest on the part of SIC member Bill Redpath, the Chair responded with a motion of censure against me rather than with any inquiry into the conflicts themselves. He now advances litigation that depends on the credibility of the same SIC report, while the conflicts that call that report into question remain both documented and unaddressed. A chair who censures disclosure of a conflict, and then acts in reliance on the very work product the conflict taints, has placed the protection of the process above the integrity of the result.

7. Each decision above may admit of an explanation. Taken together, they reflect an administration that has elevated the authorization burden against litigation this body has directed, lowered it in favor of litigation this body has declined, and advanced matters burdened by undisclosed and unaddressed conflicts of interest. That pattern is incompatible with the Chair's obligations to the body.

The LNC hereby expresses its formal disapproval of the conduct set forth above and directs the Chair to administer litigation and budget matters consistent with the Policy Manual, the expressed will of the full LNC, and an even-handed application of procedural standards.

Andrew Chadderdon

Region 1 Rep | Libertarian National Committee

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From: Andrew Chadderdon <andrew.c...@lp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 2:49 AM