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State by state results are about to be announced. We will liveblog them in comments.

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1 paulie // May 5, 2012 at 1:30 pm

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Libertarian Party convention delegates are now hearing speeches for and by 4 candidates for the LP presidential nomination: Lee Wrights, Carl Person, Jim Burns, and Gary Johnson.

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IndependentPoliticalReport.com original coverage from the floor of the Libertarian Party National Convention…

The Libertarian Party today held a debate between the candidates for its presidential nod. Under the party’s bylaws, the only candidates allowed in the debate are those who have collected sufficient delegate signature tokens. Read more »

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LP VP Nomination Token Count according to Nick Sarwark in IPR comments:

VP token count: Jim Gray 238, Lee Wrights 118. Next closest to nomination is Jim Burns with 22.

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Just announced from the convention podium, only the top two candidates for the Libertarian Presidential nomination (Gary Johnson and Lee Wrights) made the cut for tonight’s debate.

From the floor, someone yelled “Whoooh Top Two Yeah!”

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The token system at the Libertarian Party National Convention is a way to determine which Presidential (and Vice Presidential) candidates will be able to participate in the debate on Friday night (which is being shown, live, on C-SPAN). Over at the Reason Hit&Run blog they have some coverage of this token system, as well as pictures.

As of 4:15pm today the token tally showed former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson Read more »

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2012
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The Million Vote March, a project of the Lee Wrights for President campaign, has produced a series of videos to encourage one million Americans to vote Libertarian in November.

The latest video is entitled “Stop the War on Small Businesses.”

Source: Wrights2012.com

by R. Lee Wrights

BURNET, Texas – It’s been nearly two years since I began this campaign to earn the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. From the beginning I stated my goal clearly and I’ve stuck to it. I said then that the Libertarian Party faces a critical test in 2012 and I want to make sure we’re up to the challenge. The Libertarian message in 2012 must be a loud, clear and unequivocal call to stop the wars! Stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop Read more »