UPDATE:
With all votes counted in the Libertarian U.S. House primary in Wisconsin’s Third District, Kevin Barrett has defeated Ben Olson III, 332 (59%) to 226 (41%).
EARLIER:
With 64% of the vote tallied in the Libertarian U.S. House primary in Wisconsin’s Third District, Kevin Barrett has 206 votes (62%) to Ben Olson III’s 125 (38%). See [...]

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With 89% of precincts reporting, Dean Barkley has received 5,040 votes (60.4%) in the Minnesota Independence Party U.S. Senate primary. Jack Uldrich is next with 1,080 (13.0%), followed by Stephen Williams 519 (6.2%), Kurt Anderson 516 (6.2%), Darryl Stanton 447 (5.4%), Doug Williams 420 (5.0%), and Bill Dahn 321 (3.9%).

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An interesting video from circa 1980.

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If you’re in Wisconsin or Minnesota, your primaries are today! The polls close at 8 pm, so you’ve only got a bit of time. If you’re in Wisconsin’s 3rd district, you get to vote in the historic primary between two Libertarians running for US Congress. So get out there and make your [...]

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Richard Winger has reported over at Ballot Access News that Bob Barr is having some trouble filing in Louisiana. Due to Hurricane Gustauve and the resulting power outages and flooding, the Secretary of State’s office in Baton Rouge was closed until September 6th.
However, on September 9, the Secretary of State indicated he would not accept [...]

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From Daily Paul via Lew Rockwell comes a post describing a personal exchange between Ralph Nader and a Ron Paul supporter going by “rhino”:
[Nader] was here in Cincinnati and I went down to see him speak hoping that he would take questions afterwards and he did.
I asked him if he was aware of a third [...]

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In a message with the subject “Disaffiliate, nominate and file new executive ticket” emailed to Libertarian state parties and some activists in the wake of this weekend’s Libertarian National Committee meeting, “Progressive Alliance” presidential hopeful Robert Milnes calls once more for the LP to abandon its ticket and nominate a ticket with him at its [...]

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After grandstanding with their invitations to Michael Bloomberg, Ron Paul, and T. Boone Pickens, Ballot Access News reports that the Independent Green Party of Virginia has selected the Constitution Party’s ticket of Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle as its nominees for president and vice president. Richard Winger, the proprietor of B.A.N., predicted this outcome long [...]

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When Bob Barr spoke out in favor of a Fannie/Freddie bailout two months ago, expropriation apparently was not what he had in mind. The Libertarian Party presidential candidate issued a press release condemning the government’s seizure of the two mortgage giants.
“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to be privatized and sold off,” Barr says.
However, given [...]

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