May
01
2013
Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)
Gov. Gary Johnson, 2012 Libertarian Party candidate for president, and the voters of Michigan were robbed last year, and the Republican Party is the thief.
Johnson was barred from appearing on the ballot during November’s election at the behest of the GOP establishment and Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, who used their insider political power to block competition at the polls. The district Read more »
May
01
2013
Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)
The Libertarian Party extends heartfelt sympathies to the surviving families of the victims and all who were harmed by the senseless and violent bombing in Boston on April 15 and its aftermath. We applaud the efforts of Boston-area residents and law enforcement officials who helped to remove the immediate threat of additional harm from the alleged perpetrators. Read more »
May
01
2013
Source: Ballot Access News
On May 1, the Sixth Circuit issued a brief opinion, saying the U.S. District Court in Michigan was correct when it kept Gary Johnson, or any other Libertarian Party presidential candidate, off the ballot in November 2012. The part of the decision on the merits is only one short paragraph long, and does not discuss the factual error in the U.S. District Court’s decision. The U.S. District Court had said in its Read more »
Apr
30
2013
Source: Independent Political Report
Found on Facebook
To the members of the Libertarian Party of Nevada Executive Committee, State Leaders in Region 4, Libertarian State Leadership Alliance, and members of the Libertarian National Committee;
Libertarian National Committee: Please give us a fair Convention in Nevada!
We respectfully request that the Libertarian National Committee host, facilitate, Read more »
Apr
30
2013
Source: Independent Political Report
Drexler: Honors Go Beyond Just Winners
by Lauren Rumpler
April 23, 2013
There is a Peruvian proverb that when translated says, “Little by little, one walks far.”
Having spent the past weekend in Columbus at the Libertarian Party of Indiana State Read more »
Apr
30
2013
Source: Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania
For Immediate Release
April 30, 2013
Harrisburg, PA
Libertarian Party of PA Announces State Convention, Speakers
The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania will hold its annual convention on Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8, 2013, at the Harrisburg Hilton, One North 2nd Street, Read more »
Apr
30
2013
Source: Ballot Access News
U.S. District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez has set a status conference for May 20 at 3 p.m. in Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County v Bowen, central district, 2:10cv-2488. He asked that all attorneys appear in person, rather than by phone, which suggests that the hearing will be about the substance of the issue in the case as well as about scheduling. The issue is the constitutionality of various California Read more »
Apr
29
2013
Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)
Joseph Wendt, 2012 candidate for Florida’s Soil and Water Conservation Board, netted the largest Libertarian Party vote total in his state, and one of the largest in the nation, running on a platform to defund and abolish the board he was campaigning to join.
“I am going to be blunt, the board is a waste of your tax dollars,” Wendt wrote on Read more »
Apr
29
2013
Source: Independent Political Report
The following was taken from the Libertarian Party of Washington Facebook page:
Thoughts on the LPWA Bylaw change regarding trans-partisanship candidate endorsement
By Fritz Sands, LPWA At-Large State Executive Committee Member
At the recent convention of the Libertarian Party of Washington, the delegates voted to accept a bylaw change that allows the endorsement of candidates who are not Read more »
Apr
29
2013
Source: Independent Political Report
First: The directors of the Oregon LP were elected by proportional representation through mail ballots for the upcoming term. These are the people who were selected: Wes Wagner, Jeff Weston, Bruce Knight, Jim Karlock, Sharon Durbin, Lars Hedbor, Joe Tabor, Kyle Markley and Mark Vetanen. They will choose a chairperson from among themselves.
Second: Here is the legal filing that is a reply to The Wagner group’s response for his Read more »