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LP Historical Preservation Committee Now Accepting Volunteer Applications

The Libertarian Party Historical Preservation Committee is now accepting applications for two open Committee volunteer positions. The official description of the committee is thus: 11) Historical Preservation Committee
The Historical Preservation Committee (HPC) shall be responsible for directing the
preservation and publication of Party historical documents and the administration of
LPedia.org. A report of its decisions and activities […]

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LNC Special E-Meeting July 3, 2022 8pm Eastern

There will be a special electronic meeting of the Libertarian National Committee on July 3, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. The LNC Secretary has prepared a One Note notebook containing documentation for the items of business and a proposed agenda that can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/JulyLNC-EMeeting . All Party members are welcome to attend, and there […]

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Resolution in Support of H.J.RES.87

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF H.J.RES.87 – DIRECTING THE REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS Whereas, The 2001 AUMF authorized the President to deploy forces against the terrorist group Al Qaeda, but has been used by the Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations […]

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LNC Response to President Biden’s Speech on Firearms

On June 2nd the White House released President Biden’s remarks on the recent  shooting in Uvalde, TX where a deranged young man ended the lives of 19 elementary students and 2 teachers while police stood outside and failed to protect the innocent. It wasn’t until an off-duty border patrol agent whose child attended the elementary […]

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Notice of Executive Committee Meeting June 9, 2022 6:30PM Eastern re: Ballot Access

The Libertarian National Committee’s Executive Committee will meet on June 9, 2022, at 6:30pm Eastern. The Committee will discuss and potentially encumber funds for ballot access. the LNC has received formal asks from Illinois and New Hampshire. Registration is required for this meeting as noted below. All LNC and Party members are welcome though only […]

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LNC Resolution on Defend the Guard

Whereas, Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States vests in the United States Congress the exclusive power to declare war; Whereas, In spite of the clear language of the U.S. Constitution, vesting the power to declare war exclusively in the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Executive Branch has unconstitutionally assumed that power while the Congress has abdicated its constitutional duty; Whereas, The Father of the Constitution, James Madison, wrote, “The Constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most […]

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LNC Resolution on Edward Snowden

Whereas, Edward Snowden did on June 5th, 2013 risk his own life, safety, and security to publicly expose the US Government’s unlawful and unconstitutional domestic and mass surveillance programs; Whereas, A US federal court held that the US Intelligence’s mass surveillance program exposed by Mr. Snowden was illegal and possibly unconstitutional; Whereas, Mr. Snowden tried […]

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Advanced Voting Methods can Save our Elections

This weekend, hundreds of Libertarians will be traveling to Sparks-Reno, NV to participate in the 2020 Libertarian National Convention. During this time the delegates representing all 50 states will be voting on proposed changes to the national platform and bylaws, and will be electing a new national committee to oversee the Party for the next […]

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Why Libertarians Should Care About the War On Sex

By Cathy ReisenwitzOriginally published in LPNews, 2022 Spring Edition   As the War on Drugs begins to ramp down after 50 years of failure and devastation, authoritarians are hardly going quietly into that good night. The nanny state never sleeps, and the new moral panic is the scourge of sex work and pornography. Lawmakers are […]

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Larry Sharpe Wants YOUR HELP With 50 State Ballot Access

LP National teams up with the Sharpe Campaign The slate of Libertarian endorsed statewide candidates in New York, headlined by Larry Sharpe for governor, is in the midst of an arduous battle against our greatest enemy. The state.  This slate must obtain 45,000 signatures by May 31, an amount tripled from Larry’s successful 2018 gubernatorial […]

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Libertarians on Abortion

Updated to remove platform language that was removed at the 2022 National Convention. On May 2, 2022 a leaked report showed that the Supreme Court of the United States would be overturning the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that affirmed that there is a Constitutional right for someone to obtain an abortion.  Abortion is likely […]

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