Source: Independent Political Report

We had our LPWA Convention on Saturday April 20th in Bellingham near the Canadian border.
We had 118 attendees sign in and of those 12 new members join the party that day. This is almost 3 times the attendance as last year. As the newly appointed Executive Director (Feb 1st) our focus has been outreach. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

This was taken by Adam Sanacore. This is the confrontation that occurred when the group of people who had assembled for a meeting after the Nevada Libertarian Convention was postponed. Brett Pojunis organized the meeting, which met at the Marritt hotel in Las Vegas. They were told that a meeting was going on at the Suncoast, where the original convention had been planned, and that Joe Silvestri, LPNV chair, and other Read more »

Source: Ruwart.com

Baby-boomers are starting to retire. They expect to receive Social Security since most of them have contributed to the program all of their lives. They expect to receive Medicare benefits, because private insurers have been virtually driven from the retiree market. These two programs alone constitute about a third of the current US budget. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Forwarded from the State Chairs email list:

The LPAR had a very successful convention yesterday in Little Rock.

We elected a new Executive Committee to serve for the next two years. After much though, I made the very difficult decision to step down as Chairman and take over the role of Secretary in our party, primarily due to the time constraints of my career Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Found on Facebook

We, the concerned members and Delegates of the Libertarian Party of Nevada (herein referred to as membership), are deeply dismayed at the events going on within the Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party of Nevada (herein referred to as LPNevada) this term.

In review of blatant violations of our bylaws committed by the Executive Committee of Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Filippo Di Noto in comments on a prior post:

This is my account of the events.

First of all, to those concerned that LPNevada funds were used to pay for the event. Absolutely no LPNevada funds were used to pay for the luncheon. It was a Free Speech Coalition event promoted by that organization, RSVP required. It was not an LPNevada Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Avens O’Brien on facebook and in IPR comments:

To start, I’d like to reassert my interest in the actions I’m reporting on: I’m the former Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, and a current member of the Libertarian Party of Nevada. I paid my dues to the party and paid a fee to attend the annual convention on April 27, 2013. I received notice 5 days before the Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

The Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) state convention is being held today. So far, we know the results of the officer elections:

Chair – Mark Axinn
Vice Chair – Gigi Bowman
Vice Chair – Chris Padgett Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

From Brett Pojunis:

Help build the Libertarian Party in Nevada!

Concerned Members of the Libertarian Party of Nevada

I am asking all members (or potential members) to show up who want to build the Libertarian Party. There is a lot for us to do to get Candidates elected in Nevada.

Here is the game plan for Saturday, April 27th, 2013: Read more »

Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org) (via e-mail sent April 26)

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) died in the Senate yesterday, according to a statement from a representative of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The bill, which had already passed the House, would have allowed the government to snoop on private emails by granting companies the right to disseminate individuals’ sensitive, private information — like Read more »