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Florida Libertarians sponsor candidate forum

Libertarians in Pinellas County, Florida are sponsoring a forum for candidates running for the St. Pete City Council set for Saturday, August 8. They have invited all qualified candidates for the non-partisan offices to participate. Local news media has confirmed that they will cover the event. Libertarians Stacey Selleck, Stephanie Wallace Davenport, JD Pierce, Jess […]

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Help us match $30k pledge for ballot access

Please help the Libertarian Party take advantage of a $30,000 contribution match from Richard Winger, long time LP Member, to put the Libertarian Party on the ballot in Oklahoma. We’ve already raised $21,124.10 for that purpose. We’re just $8,875.90 short of what we need for the match. Please help. Oklahoma is the single state where […]

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Read Nick’s piece printed by the Miami Herald

Dear Libertarian,   We thought you would like to see Chair Nick Sarwark’s letter to the editor, published in yesterday’s Miami Herald.   Yours in Liberty,   Wes Benedict, Executive Director   —   Let’s interact and trade freely with Cuba Last week in Miami, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for ending trade sanctions on […]

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GOP tries to remove Indiana Libertarian city office slate

The Madison County Republican Party is trying to remove a slate of Libertarian Party candidates in the races for the Anderson, Indiana city offices. There are five libertarians running for the city offices: Rob Jozwiak for Anderson mayor; Tracy Walser for Anderson city clerk; Chris Nealis, city council District 5; Robert Walser, city council, District 6; […]

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U.S. District Court Rules Pennsylvania System of Imposing Costs on Minor Party Petitions that Lack Sufficient Signatures is Unconstitutional

A U.S. District Court judge ruled last week that the process of imposing large costs to minor parties and candidates in Pennsylvania is unconstitutional. In 2004, Presidential candidate Ralph Nader was ordered to pay over $81,102 in court costs after his petition was invalidated. Two years later, Green Party U.S. Senate nominee Carl Romanelli was also ordered […]

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LNC Chair interviewed on LavaFlow podcast

LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark LNC chair Nicholas Sarwark was recently interviewed on the LavaFlow podcast, hosted by former Arkansas Libertarian Party chair Rodger Paxton. Click here to listen to the podcast. The segment of the podcast featuring Mr. Sarwark begins at the 21:10 point. Former Georgia LP Executive Director and current LNC region three alternate […]

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Religion Poll and Christian Libertarian Conference in Austin August 7-8

Dear Libertarian, Results from our poll asking Libertarians to name their religion are in! Below we compare the Libertarian responses to Americans overall. Religion Libertarians Americans* Catholic 10% 25% Baptist 5% 16% Methodist 3% 5% Lutheran 3% 4% Mormon 3% 1% Other Christian 25% 25% Jewish 2% 1% Eastern Religions 2% 1% Muslim 1% 1% Other Non-Christian […]

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