The Arkansas Secretary of State declared this week that the state Libertarian Party’s petition drive was a success, enabling the LP to run partisan candidates in the 2016 elections. The LPAR had to collect at least 10,000 signatures from registered voters within a 90-day window. This is the third straight general election cycle that the LPAR has […]
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Secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bill lets foreign governments and foreign special interests control American medical care, banking, the Internet, and even civil liberties
For Immediate Release Friday, June 19, 2015 Republicans howled when Nancy Pelosi famously said, ‘We have to pass [Obamacare] so that you can find out what is in it.” Now GOP lawmakers, who control the U.S. House, are following suit in their passage of a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill. After rejecting an earlier […]
Libertarians Working For You show, with Carla Howell and Dr. Jim Lark
Today’s episode (6/17/2015) of Libertarians Working For You hosted by Arvin Vohra is now available online, with guests Carla Howell, Political Director for the Libertarian National Committee on freeing health care from government, and Dr. Jim Lark, Libertarian National Committee region five representative and former LNC chair, talking about government versus private regulations. Click here to listen.
My favorite Libertarian activism ever?
Dear Libertarian, Here’s a way to promote Libertarianism AND get very positive feedback from the public. Keep reading to learn how to join me and Libertarians nationwide this July 4th to promote freedom in your city or neighborhood. I doubt you can find another outreach activity that will give you as much immediate positive feedback […]
NPR report highlights more difficult ballot access requirements in Pennsylvania for alternative parties
WESA-FM in Pittsburgh ran a news story on 6/9 about the difficult ballot access requirements imposed on alternative political parties in Pennsylvania. The requirements for Democratic and Republican candidates are a cakewalk in comparison. In regularly-scheduled elections, parties that have 15% or more of the registered voters – a standard that only the Democratic and Republican Parties have been able […]
Libertarians Working For You Show: educational freedom, pardoning heroes of freedom, and using your vote for a change
Today’s episode (6/10/2015) of Libertarians Working For You hosted by Arvin Vohra is now available online, in which Arvin discusses advances in educational freedom in Texas, pardoning heroes of freedom, and using your vote for change. Click here to listen.
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The Dollar Vigilante running for office as a Libertarian in Canada
Jeff Berwick Jeff Berwick, who is the chief editor for the Dollar Vigilante, a well-known free market website, is running for office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Berwick is a self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist, and is running as a Libertarian for Vancouver Centre Riding. A riding is the Canadian equivalent of a congressional district in the US. […]
Libertarians Working For You show, with Mark Anderson and Brian Suojanen
Yesterday’s episode (6/3/2015) of Libertarians Working For You hosted by Arvin Vohra is now available online, featuring 2015 candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates Mark Anderson, and Brian Suojanen. Click here to listen.
Show up, be nice, and win! LNC chair’s speech at the LPNC convention now online
LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark The North Carolina LP has posted a video of Libertarian National Chair Nicholas Sarwark’s speech, Show Up, Be Nice, and Win! from the party’s state convention in April. Click here to the view the speech.
Arkansas Governor Signs Bill Moving Primary and Petition Deadlines
From Ballot Access News: On May 29, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB 8, the bill that moves the primary for all office in 2016 from late May to early March, and which moves the petition deadline for new parties to September 2015 and the non-presidential independent deadline to November 2015. The bill also forces […]
Arkansas passes bill moving up primaries and candidate nominations
The Arkansas Governor and legislature last week passed a bill to move up the dates of the primary from late May to early March. The bill also moves the deadline for new party petitions to this September. The Arkansas Libertarian Party is in the process of petitioning to become a recognized party. If the petition is […]