by Libertarian Party | Jan 24, 2020 | News
From Ballot Access News on January 22, 2020: On January 22, U.S. District Court William O. Bertelsman, a Carter appointee, struck down a Kentucky ballot access law. Sweeney v Crigler, e.d., 2:19cv-46. The law, passed last year, requires independent candidates, and the...
by Libertarian Party | Jan 23, 2020 | News
From Spectrum News on January 21, 2020: Third-party candidates in Texas allege a new state law makes it harder for them to get a spot on the general election ballot, so they sued. Ted Brown is running for Congress as a Libertarian. He recently paid his filing fee of...
by Libertarian Party | Jan 21, 2020 | News
Iowa Libertarian and former Cedar Falls Councilmember Nick Taiber was appointed on January 20, 2020 to fill a vacancy on the city council. Mr. Taiber held one of the at-large seats on the council from 2009 to 2017, when he decided not to run for reelection. He ran...
by Libertarian Party | Jan 10, 2020 | News
The North Dakota Libertarian Party regained party status, and will appear on the ballot for the 2020 elections. North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger on Wednesday said the party had filed petitions on October 16 that resulted in enough qualified signatures to...
by Libertarian Party | Dec 10, 2019 | News
From Ballot Access News on December 9, 2019: Four states hold their legislative elections in the odd year before presidential election years. The Libertarian Party had legislative candidates in all four of these states in 2019 (Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and...
by Libertarian Party | Dec 6, 2019 | News
Below is a graphic with the delegation count for each state for the 2020 Libertarian National Committee convention, being held in Austin, Texas from May 21 through May 25, 2020: How the delegate allocation is determined (from the LP Bylaws and Convention Rules,...