2020 Libertarian National Convention

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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 271: malformed pattern (missing ']'). Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2020 Libertarian National Convention will be an event in which delegates of the U.S. Libertarian Party will choose the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The convention will be held from May 21–25, 2020, at the JW Marriott Downtown Austin Luxury Hotel in Austin, Texas.[3][4]

Nominations and balloting

Chairman election

Libertarian National Committee At-Large representative Joshua Smith is again running for the position,[5] in addition to author and businessman Todd Hagopian.[6] Incumbent LNC chairman Nicholas Sarwark has not formally announced his intention to run for the position again.

Theme

The "Libersign", adopted as the Libertarian Party emblem in 1972.

In early 2019, the Libertarian Party held a contest, allowing members to decide the 2020 convention theme, charging $5 a vote.[7] On April 11, it was announced that the winning theme was "TANSTAAFL",[8] an acronym for "There Ain't No Such Thing As a Free Lunch", a libertarian economic concept popularized by American writer Robert Heinlein and subsequently Chicagoan school economist Milton Friedman.[9] The phrase was also embodied in the Libertarian Party's first logo, adopted in 1972, in an image known as the "Libersign".[10]

The theme contest raked in $24,007 for the LP to gear towards convention expenses.[8]

Convention speakers

Planned speakers

According to the convention website, the following notable people are scheduled speakers:[11]

Controversy

Black Guns Matter founder and 2019 candidate for Philadelphia City Council At-Large Maj Toure was initially chosen to be the convention's keynote speaker. However, in November 2019, convention chairman Daniel Hayes rescinded Toure's invitation, pointing to tweets perceived as transphobic and anti-immigrant.[12] Larry Sharpe, host of The Sharpe Way and 2018 Libertarian candidate for New York Governor was later selected to replace Toure as keynote speaker.[13]

Delegate allocation

Delegates to the convention will be allocated based on the number of sustaining members of the national Libertarian Party per state, as well as the percentage of the vote cast by state in the 2016 presidential election for Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson. Delegates will vote for changes to the national party's platform and bylaws, on members of the Libertarian National Committee and on the party's 2020 presidential and vice-presidential nominees.[14]

See also

References

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External links

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  2. ↑ 2020 Libertarian National Convention – Austin, Texas | Notification of Delegate Allocations
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  5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2810669118949923&set=a.280545441962316&type=3
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  9. ↑ Safire, William On Language; Words Left Out in the Cold" New York Times, 2-14-1993 [1]
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