Posted on The Libertarian Party of Colorado Blog: 10 – Obama has gone back on his word to punish the Bush administration for war crimes. 9 – Obama has appointed former Sec. of Energy, Bill Richardson (from the Clinton Administration), as Sec. of Commerce. Richardson's tenure at the Energy Department was marred by reports of [...]

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Found at McHenry County Libertarian Party Blog. The Libertarian Party of Illinois (“LP Illinois”) condemns the recent actions of Democratic Governor Rob Blagojevich and calls for his immediate resignation for the good of the State of Illinois. Blagojevich was arrested on December 9, 2008, accused of scheming to profit from the selling of President-Elect Barack [...]

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Region 5 N (Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont) alternate alternate Hardy Macia resigned prior to the San Diego meeting. At Large Representative Angela Keaton resigned December 8. An up/down vote is currently being held on the candidacy of Alicia Mattson to fill the vacancy over the closed LNC email [...]

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Posted at LP.org by Andrew Davis posted by Andrew Davis on Dec 10, 2008 The U.S. Department of the Interior has recently announced a change to their firearms policy in national parks and wildlife refuges. According to a Dec. 5 statement from the Interior, the policy update would “allow an individual to carry a concealed [...]

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posted by Andrew Davis on Dec 08, 2008 at LP.org Well, we didn’t actually go to Harvard. In doing some background research on Obama’s plans for the biggest public works project since the 1950s, we talked to Harvard economist Dr. Jeffrey Miron about what this means for the economy. Here’s what he said: LP: Does [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News New Mexico and North Carolina are among the 12 states in which the state income tax form gives taxpayers an opportunity to direct a small amount of money to the political party of the taxpayer’s choice. The North Carolina state income tax form that will be mailed soon includes the [...]

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Posted at the LP Transparency Caucus website. Whereas the LP Transparency Caucus has been founded in the hopes of fostering a cohesive Libertarian Party where members of all factions can participate knowing that decisions are made in the sunshine – not the dark – by fostering greater openness and accountability in the running of the [...]

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From Op-Ed News by way of On The Wilder Side Peace is not an absence of war: it’s an absence of preparing for war or an absence of using violence or threats of violence to solve problems (Cindy Sheehan). Today is the 67th anniversary of the “day that will live in infamy.” Likely, if you [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side Clean Elections On Trial: Day 1 Notes from the federal trial challenging Connecticut’s historic campaign finance reform law. Hartford Advocate For more than seven grueling hours in the wood-paneled courtroom, Lopez laid out a numbers-laden case to prove the law screws third parties and protects the ones in power. [...]

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Bluefin tuna is one of the most endangered fish species on the planet, and yet it is the most expensive and in very high demand. With this bad combination – along with pressure from the industry and consumers – the European Union set out recently to set new quotas for each nation for how much [...]

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Posted in Ballot Access News Missouri State Senator Joan Bray has again introduced her bill to fix the drafting error in the 1993 ballot access reform law. The intent of the 1993 bill, which passed, was to make it possible for a party to circulate a petition to qualify itself, without the need to list [...]

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Article at BAllot Access News: Based on official election returns in 47 states and D.C., and unofficial returns in California, Ohio, and Tennessee, the combined minor party and independent candidate vote for U.S. House last month amounted to 3.13% of the total vote cast for U.S. House. That is higher than the “other” vote for [...]

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From an anonymous source. IPR has no way of verifying the authenticity of the alleged email having been posted to the closed LNC lists. It is a fact that the essay by Hospers was in the binder distributed to the LNC and party members in attendance. IPR is trying to learn who placed it in [...]

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In remarks published in Liberty for All, LP Political Director Sean Haugh details allegations of sexual harassment against former LNC member M Carling, and says that they led to the current sexual harassment policy in the LNC manual, which he quotes in his article. Haugh goes on to say, The Resolution of Discipline against Angela [...]

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Letter from Angela Keaton. Posted at Ideas from Free Minds by Michelle Shinghal. Dear friends and colleagues: By the time you read this, I will be on a cross country flight back east. Earlier today, I resigned my seat on the Libertarian National Committee. You each deserve an explanation for my decision but first I [...]

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Posted in Ballot Access News. Last month, Libertarian Party nominee Damien Ober polled 5,915 votes for “Shadow” U.S. Senator. The District of Columbia holds elections for U.S. Senate, and U.S. House, even though Congress does not recognize the winners of these elections (the election for U.S. House is separate from the election for Delegate to [...]

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At Next Free Voice, West Virginia Libertarian Party State Chair Matt Harris writes I’ve told bits and pieces of this story in response to comments on various threads in various places. Having done so over and over, I feel the need to go ahead and put it all out there now so that everyone has [...]

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Posted at Green Party Watch: The Green Party offered up today six solutions to save the U.S. Economy. 1. Enact a massive Green Public Works program 2. Bail out towns, cities and states over private corporations 3. Jump start our mass transit system 4. Enact a single-payer universal health care system 5. End the occupations [...]

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Ralph Nader racked up a total of 734,011 votes all across the nation, which is just above half a percent. But in Mifflin County, Ralph Nader was able to score 1,577 votes totalling 8.8%. It is possible this could be an error, but so far I have verified it with three sources. h/t to Austin [...]

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Transparency makes for good government, posted in the Daily Journal. Thanks to Chris Cole for forwarding to contact.ipr@gmail.com Democracy works best when the public is informed and has access to government information. An open government is transparent, which allows citizens access to public meetings and public records to find out how elected and appointed officials [...]

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