Platform Committee 2020

The 2020 National Libertarian Party Platform Committee met beginning February 2020. The LNC had previously appointed Caryn Ann Harlos as interim chair in a close vote between Caryn Ann and Laura Ebke. Chair Nicholas Sarwark cast the deciding vote in favor of Caryn Ann. Due to issues surrounding credentialing and the remote delegates at the National Convention 2020 taking up an entire day, the platform committee proposals were never heard.

Read-Only Discussion List

Public Read-Only Discussion List

Committee Members

Name	Appointing Body	First Alternate	Second Alternate
Matt Cholko	Libertarian Party of Virginia
Laura Ebke	Libertarian National Committee	Richard Longstreth
Richard Fast	Libertarian National Committee	Richard Longstreth
Jim Fulner	Libertarian Party of Michigan	Jeff Wood	Lisa Gioia
Helen Gilson	Libertarian Party of Ohio	Jim Cavoli	John Fockler
Paul Grindle	Libertarian Party of New York	Fred Cole
Caryn Ann Harlos	Libertarian National Committee
Thomas Knapp	Libertarian National Committee	Richard Longstreth
Kat Martin	Libertarian Party of Colorado	Bette Rose Ryan
Randy McGlenn	Libertarian Party of Washington	Tiffany Diaz DeLeon
Joshua McHoes	Alaska Libertarian Party	Jon Watts	Matthew Maixner
Al Meckely	Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania	Gus Tatlas	Luke Ensor
Bennett Morris	Libertarian Party of Illinois
Darryl Perry	Libertarian Party of New Hampshire	Spencer Dias	AJ Olding
Omar Recuero	Libertarian Party of Florida
Roger Roots	Montana Libertarian Party
Brian Slowinski	Libertarian Party of Georgia
Aaron Starr	Libertarian Party of California	Alicia Mattson
Curry Taylor	Libertarian Party of Texas	Geoff Adams
Duke Van Horn	Libertarian National Committee	Richard Longstreth

Permanent Chair and Secretary

Laura Ebke, Caryn Ann Harlos, and Omar Receuro were nominated for committee chair. Harlos won with 12 votes. Ebke received 5 votes, and Receuro did not receive any votes for chair but was elected as committee secretary with 8 votes running against Spencer Dias who received 2 votes. Harlos was previously the Platform Committee 2018 committee chair, and her handling of that committee was a large factor in the election. Ebke volunteered to fill in if ever needed which was gratefully accepted.

Meetings

The committee voted to forgo a mid-term in-person meeting.

Date	Video Recording	Minutes
February 25, 2020	Video	Mintes
March 10, 2020	Video	Minutes
March 16, 2020	Video	Minutes
April 2, 2020	None	Minutes
April 6, 2020	Video	Minutes
April 9, 2020	Video	Minutes
April 20, 2020	None	Minutes
May 17, 2020	None	Minutes
June 16, 2020	None	Minutes
June 30, 2020	None	Minutes
July 8, 2020	None	Minutes

Voting Record Spreadsheet

Documents

National Platform

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Committee:	1972 • 1974 • 1975 • 2008 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022 • 2024

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