May
22
2013
Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)
The city council of Page, Ariz., has a new member fighting to cut millions of dollars in spending and decrease taxes, thereby promoting new economic growth. Libertarian Levi Tappan, a lifelong resident of the city, received 816 votes (23.3 percent), the highest vote total among six candidates competing for three open seats. Read more »
May
21
2013
Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)
John Wayne Smith has ambitious plans for the office of governor of Florida: cutting taxes to the bone, eliminating dozens of agencies and offices, rescinding laws that allow the use of eminent domain to take property for private gain, and getting rid of occupational licensing schemes that prevent so many people from earning a living. And he’s Read more »
May
17
2013
Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)
Return to 1992 spending level would allow balanced budget, end to income tax
The presidential administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and, now, Barack Obama have all been caught using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to target Read more »
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 »