In the same time period of the lawsuit the National Libertarian Party decide to dump the Arizona Libertarian Party (ALP) and go with Arizona Libertarian Party Incorporated (ALP Inc.) as the local group that they wanted to represent them in Arizona. Of course this violated the contract that the national LP had with the ALP which said they could only dump ALP for just cause.
As a result of the feud between ALP, ALP Inc. and the National Libertarian Party, ALP decided to dump the National Libertarian Parties Presidential candidate who was Harry Browne and place L. Neil Smith on the Arizona’s Libertarian Presidential ballot along with Vin Suprynowicz as a Vice Presidential candidate.
I don’t remember all the details but I think that ALP Inc. and the National Libertarian Party again sued ALP and tried to force us to put Harry Browne on their ballot.
They lost the lawsuit and Harry Browne was on the ballot in every state of the Union except Arizona as the Libertarian Presidential candidate. And of course in Arizona we had L. Neil Smith as our Presidential candidate along with Vin Suprynowicz as the VP candidate.
On this web page at the Arizona Secretary of States office they list the Arizona 2000 candidates for President, which L. Neil Smith is the Libertarian candidate.
In Presidential elections, you don't get to vote for the candidate, but instead vote for the electors that promise to support that candidate. That is what the Electors are
LibertarianOn this web page which is a pdf file from the Arizona Secretary of States office they list the results of the Arizona 2000 Presidential election. While L. Neil Smith didn't win Arizona election he did get 5,775 votes. I made a copy of the file and placed it here.SMITH, L. NEIL
3415 South McClintock #111-913
TEMPE, AZ 85282
Telephone: (480)921-3253
Filerid: N/AElectors
HAGGARD, MICHAEL T.
ANDREASEN, JAMES ERIC
SCHAUBLE, PAUL L.
HORNING, MARK
RENZULLI, MIKE
HORNING, JENNIFER
DUGGER, MIKE
HANCOCK, ERNEST
L. Neil Smith, President 5,775If you go to this web site you will see that there were TWO Libertarian candidates in the 2000 Presidential election. L. Neil Smith was the candidate from Arizona, while Harry Brown was the Libertarian candidate from the other 49 states.
LibertarianJames Eric Andreasen
Mike Dugger
Michael T. Haggard
Ernest Hancock
Jennifer Horning
Mark Horning
Mike Renzulli
Paul L. Schauble
At this site you will have to click on a the (+) in labeled "Other (+)" to see L. Neil Smiths name.
At this site you will see that L Neil Smith got 5,775 votes as the Libertarian candidate from Arizona. While Harry Browne who was the Libertarian candidate from the other 49 states got 384,516 votes.
The data from this site is:
| Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Cheney | Republican | 50,460,110 | 47.87% | 271 | 50.4% | |
 | Albert Gore Jr. | Joseph Lieberman | Democratic | 51,003,926 | 48.38% | 266 | 49.4% |
 | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | Green | 2,883,105 | 2.73% | 0 | 0.0% |
 | Patrick Buchanan | Ezola Foster | Reform | 449,225 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Harry Browne | Art Olivier | Libertarian | 384,516 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Howard Phillips | J. Curtis Frazier | Constitution | 98,022 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.0% |
| John Hagelin | 83,702 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Write-ins | - | - | 24,790 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.0% |
| James Harris | Margaret Trowe | Soc. Workers | 7,038 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.0% |
| L. Neil Smith | Vin Suprynowicz | Libertarian | 5,775 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.0% |
| David McReynolds | Mary Cal Hollis | Socialist | 5,602 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Monica Moorehead | Gloria La Riva | 4,795 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| None o.t. Candidates | - | - | 3,315 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Cathy Brown | Sabrina Allen | Independent | 1,606 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Denny Lane | Dale Wilkinson | Grassroots | 1,044 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Randall Venson | Gene Kelly | Independent | 535 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Earl Dodge | W. Dean Watkins | Prohibition | 208 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Louie Youngkeit | Robert Beck | Independent | 161 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% |
Of course I think that is really stupid. What if ALP Inc. someday starts feuding with the National Libertarian Party again. In that case they will probably want to put a Presidential candidate on the Arizona ballot that WE support even if the National LP doesn't support our Presidential candidate.