Libertarian Party Nominates Jo Jorgensen for President, Spike Cohen for Vice President

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Over the Memorial Day weekend, I participated in the online Libertarian National Convention to nominate our presidential and vice-presidential nominees.

It was neither a quick nor easy process.

Friday evening alone took a little over four hours just to approve the agenda.

The Nomination of the Presidential Candidate

We started at 11 am Eastern (that’s 10 am Central - which is the time zone where the convention was originally planned) on Saturday to nominate our presidential candidate. We didn’t nominate a candidate until after 10 pm Eastern - over eleven hours later.

To give some context as to why it takes so long - a candidate doesn’t win until they get over 50% of a vote. That means we may vote multiple times for candidates - knocking out the bottom candidate for each iteration - until a candidate reaches that majority threshold.

So, for the first round, there were six candidates:

  • Jo Jorgensen
  • Vermin Supreme
  • Jacob Hornberger
  • John Monds
  • Judge Jim Gray
  • Adam Kokesh

Keep in mind that each ballot also has “NOTA” or “None of the above” as well as a write-on portion.

I cast my ballot for one of these candidates a 3:15 pm Eastern time.

No candidate received the majority votes, and Adam Kokesh was eliminated, leaving the following five candidates:

  • Jo Jorgensen
  • Vermin Supreme
  • Jacob Hornberger
  • John Monds
  • Judge Jim Gray

I was able to cast my ballot for one of these candidates at 7:10 pm Eastern.

Again, no candidate received the majority votes. This time, Judge Jim Gray was eliminated, leaving four candidates:

  • Jo Jorgensen
  • Vermin Supreme
  • Jacob Hornberger
  • John Monds

I was able to cast my ballot for one of these in just under two hours from the previous at 8:52 pm Eastern.

Again, no candidate received the majority votes. John Monds was eliminated - and, what would be the final ballot - would have the following three candidates:

  • Jo Jorgensen
  • Vermin Supreme
  • Jacob Hornberger

I cast my ballot at 10:13 pm - over eleven hours since we began at 11 am.

Finally, someone got over 50% of the vote.

And that someone was Jo Jorgensen.

The Nomination of the Vice-Presidential Candidate

Unlike other parties, the delegates (i.e. “the people”) choose their Vice-Presidential Candidate, not the Presidential Candidate or any committee.

The process is identical to the presidential nomination - a candidate doesn’t win until they get over 50% of a vote, so often multiple rounds of voting are needed.

We began at the same time on Sunday that we began on Saturday - 11 am Eastern time. Things went much quicker, though, and it only took us four and a half hours to nominate a candidate.

The first ballot had four candidates:

  • Spike Cohen
  • John Monds
  • Ken Armstrong
  • Adam Kokesh

Two of those candidates might look familiar - it’s a tradition (but not a rule) that someone who we voted for president - but is not the nominee - be added to our list of Vice Presidential nominee candidates.

I cast my ballot at 1:18 pm Eastern.

Adam Kokesh was eliminated; no candidate received a majority of votes, leaving three candidates:

  • Spike Cohen
  • John Monds
  • Ken Armstrong

I cast my ballot at 2:26 Eastern; no candidate received a majority of votes; Ken Armstrong was eliminated.

The final ballot had two candidates:

  • Spike Cohen
  • John Monds

I cast my final ballot at 3:25 pm.

And Spike Cohen wins the Vice-Presidential nomination.

About the Nominees

I’m not going to go too into detail about our Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominees - there’s plenty elsewhere about that, so I’ll just link to some resources.

Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian for President 2020

Profile image of Jo Jorgensen. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Also, there are the official social media accounts:

I also found this video from a speech she gave during her 1996 nomination for Vice President:

Fun fact: if you notice, the logo Jorgensen used while seeking the vice-presidential nomination in the video above is nearly identical to the logo she used while seeking the presidential nomination:

Jorgensen for President logo. Jorgensen for President logo.

Jorgensen for Vice President logo. Jorgensen for Vice President logo.

Spike Cohen, Libertarian for Vice President 2020

Profile image of Spike Cohen. Source: Wikimedia Commons

And the official social media accounts:

I’ll sign off this post leaving donations (and join, where applicable) links for Jo Jorgensen, the national Libertarian Party, and the Libertarian Party in Ohio:

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