From the Los Angeles Times on September 21: “Under a scorching September sun, Lauren McCarthy and Anthony Fraijo were unflaggingly chipper as they buttonholed Arizona State University students with one question: ‘Are you happy with the two major parties?’ “The two recent college graduates were looking to coax voters over to a third option, the Libertarian presidential […]
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AOL News: Gary Johnson wants to get rid of the Department of Homeland Security
From AOL News on September 21: “Gary Johnson has a lot of questions about the Department of Homeland Security. During an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business, Johnson asked: ‘What do they really do? Why are there armed Homeland Security agents walking the streets now? What do they do?’ “Apparently, Johnson thinks we’d just be […]
Poll of U.S. military personnel: Gary Johnson and Donald Trump in ‘dead heat’
From the Military Times on September 21: “If American military personnel alone were selecting the next president, the contest would be a dead heat between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, according to an exclusive new survey by Military Times and Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families. “Conducted in September, it […]
Weirton Daily Times interviews WV Libertarian John Buckley
John Buckley The Weirton Daily Times of Weirton, WV interviewed West Virginia LP Secretary of State candidate John Buckley on September 21: “This may be the libertarian moment, according to John Buckley, the Libertarian candidate for West Virginia Secretary of State. “’I think it’s more than a moment,’ Buckley said during a recent stop in […]
Libertarian candidates pledge to advance civil liberties
For Immediate Release | Thursday, September 22, 2016 | Scores of Libertarians running for federal, state, and local office have pledged to advance Americans’ rights to privacy, personal freedoms, justice, and self-defense. Federal Libertarian candidates have pledged to end the government’s mass surveillance of innocent American citizens and to grant clemency and full whistleblower protection […]
Libertarian candidates pledge to advance civil liberties
For Immediate Release Thursday, September 22, 2016 Scores of Libertarians running for federal, state, and local office have pledged to advance Americans’ rights to privacy, personal freedoms, justice, and self-defense. Federal Libertarian candidates have pledged to end the government’s mass surveillance of innocent American citizens and to grant clemency and full whistleblower protection to Edward […]
NBC polls puts Johnson ahead of Clinton and Trump among true independents
From an NBC report on an NBC News/Survey Monkey poll: “Perhaps the most encouraging number for Johnson is that he is winning the pure Independent vote. Among Independent voters who do not lean toward either party, Johnson claims a sizable lead with 31 percent support. Equal shares break for Clinton (24 percent) and Trump (24 […]
Gary Johnson Balanced Rebellion ad viewed over 23 million times online
On Aug. 29, AdWeek described an ad released the prior week: “Funded by Alternative PAC, a Johnson supporter, the five-minute video promotes a movement called Balanced Rebellion, which…aims to match voters one-to-one with others who are disappointed in the major-party choices for leader of the free world…” “[The] political ad starring ‘Dead Abe Lincoln’ [tells] […]
GSA Denies National Security Briefings to Gary Johnson
For Immediate Release | Wednesday, September 21, 2016 | Some parties are more equal than others… Alexandria – The General Services Administration (GSA) has denied a request by the Libertarian Party to recognize Governor Gary Johnson as an eligible candidate for president under the Presidential Transition Act, thus denying him appropriate and equal access to security […]
GSA Denies National Security Briefings to Gary Johnson
For Immediate Release Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Some parties are more equal than others… Alexandria – The General Services Administration (GSA) has denied a request by the Libertarian Party to recognize Governor Gary Johnson as an eligible candidate for president under the Presidential Transition Act, thus denying him appropriate and equal access to security briefings […]
Longest-serving LP state chair dies in car accident
Mike Fellows Mike Fellows, the chair of the Montana Libertarian Party, candidate for the US House of Representatives, and long-time activist, died in a car accident on September 19. Mr. Fellows was the longest-serving state chair in the Libertarian Party, having been a chair since the 1990’s. He had also run for office in every general […]
Montana LP state chair and US House candidate dies in car accident
Mike Fellows, the chair of the Montana Libertarian Party, candidate for the US House of Representatives, and long-time activist, died in a car accident on September 19. Fellows was the longest-serving state chair still active in the Libertarian Party, having been a chair since the 1990’s. He had also run for office in every general election […]