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Our Convention Committee wants your help selecting a theme for the 2016 Libertarian National Convention. We’re also raising funds to cover some early expenses in preparation for the convention. Help choose the convention theme and provide early funds by clicking on the theme that you like the most, and by making a donation in support […]

Richard Winger of Ballot Access News reported today (10/5/15) that the registration drive to get the Libertarian Party on the ballot in Maine looks like it will be successful. Maine requires a group that wishes to become a qualified party to obtain 5,000 registered members. This requirement was created in 2013, and replaced the old, very […]

LP Activist Training By Libertarians, For Libertarians is an exciting new Libertarian weekend of activist training, designed to inspire you and give you the tools you need to be a successful Libertarian activist, candidate, campaigner, and party leader in your state. The National Libertarian Party is sponsoring this workshop featuring seasoned Libertarian experts. It will […]

Today’s episode (9/30/2015) of Libertarians Working For You hosted by Arvin Vohra is now available online, with guests Wendy Adams, Executive Director of the Orleans Parish, Louisiana LP, and Dr. Mary Ruwart, author of Healing Our World and Short Answers to the Tough Questions, and former candidate for the 2008 LP Presidential nomination. Click here to listen.

Jennifer Harper of the Washington Times reported yesterday (9/29/15) on the Libertarian and Green Party lawsuit against the Presidential Debate Commission. Click here to read the article.

Brian Doherty of Reason Magazine blogged yesterday on the Libertarian Party’s lawsuit for getting into the Presidential debates, and the arguments for why the LP is suing the Presidential Debate Commission. “Among other goals (mostly involving compensation for damages alleged), the suit seeks to eliminate the “getting 15 percent in a national poll” criteria for debate […]

National political correspondent David Weigel wrote an article in the Washington Post yesterday about the Libertarian and Green Parties’ upcoming filing of a lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), using a new legal argument: The Libertarian Party and Green Party and their 2012 candidates for president are readying a legal complaint against the […]

In response to public pressure, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) may soon lower the polling threshold from 15% to 10% for inclusion in next year’s final presidential debates according to Presidential Debate News published by Level the Playing Field. “Don’t be fooled” it warns, noting that the new rule would ensure that independents will […]

Today’s episode (9/23/2015) of Libertarians Working For You hosted by Arvin Vohra is now available online, with guest Jason France, candidate for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education district 6. Click here to listen.

The Massachusetts Libertarian Party will have a live Presidential debate — the first live, in-person debate for our party this campaign cycle — on October 17, as part of their state convention. The convention will be in Worcester, Massachusetts. The debate will be at 11AM.  Questions will be divided evenly between substantial issues and campaign […]