Staff at LP blog, October 8: from the Mark Grannis (MD) and Travis Irvine (OH) congressional campaigns: In an effort to give voters a real alternative to the big-spending politics of the Democratic and Republican parties, two Libertarian candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives have developed a federal budget that completely eliminates the federal [...]

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Posted by Staff at Libertarian Party blog on October 8: The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) claims on its website that "The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates – irrespective of party affiliation – based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire." However, Libertarian candidate Lon Cecil reports: NRA has released their [...]

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Posted by Rachel Hawkridge at LP blog on October 9: The Libertarian Association of Massachusetts (LAMA) held its’ convention on Sunday, Oct 3.  They graciously invited me to speak.   Chair David Blau ran a tight business meeting, and introduced all the candidates present; each spoke to the assemblage.   Robert Underwood for State  Representative Ninth [...]

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Staff at LP blog: In this SurveyUSA poll, Libertarian Wes Wagner, running for Oregon governor, is at 3%. That is higher than the gap between the Republican and Democrat, so Wagner may turn out to be the deciding factor in this race. The poll shows Wagner with support from 9% of independents. Libertarian Marc Delphine, [...]

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Seven candidates for Governor of New York, including the leading candidates, debated last night. For previous IPR articles see NY Governor Debate: Minor Party Candidates Steal The Show and In NY: Six Way Governor Debate Announced (Paladino’s participation was not confirmed at that time). The Daily News has a poll, and the current results are: [...]

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All seven ballot-qualified candidates for NY Governor debated at Hofstra University on Monday, October 18th. This post has links to two articles which cover the debate and acknowledge the contributions of third party candidates to the conversation.

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Judge tosses Mont. corporate campaign finance ban     By MATT GOURAS The Associated Press Monday, October 18, 2010; 5:02 PM HELENA, Mont. — A Montana judge says the state’s century-old ban on corporate political spending is unconstitutional. District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock of Helena on Monday tossed out the 1912 Corrupt Practices Act that prohibits [...]

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Posted by Kyle at Libertarian Party blog on October 15: On October 13th, Libertarian candidate Mike Beitler participated in the North Carolina Senate debate hosted by the League of Women Voters. Video from the debate is provided below:

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Posted by Rachel Hawkridge at LP blog:   The 2011 Libertarian State Leadership Alliance Conference will be held in Seattle, WA from February 18 to February 20. Here is just a little tease.  Check StateChairsConference.org in a week for much more detail. Speakers will include . . . Longtime Libertarian Dr. Jonathan V. Wright Author [...]

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From their website: Sovereignty Since the U.S. Constitution is the “Supreme Law of the land” it represents our National Sovereignty. Therefore the interests of other nations and groups of nations, should take a distant second to our own. But that Constitutional authority has its limits…   States are sovereign and have sovereign powers through the [...]

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Via peaceandfreedom.org: Stop all racist raids and deportations! Carlos Alvarez is the Peace and Freedom candidate running for Governor. He is also a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The Carlos Alvarez Campaign for Governor denounces all attempts to empower local police with the ability to do anything regarding immigration, including assisting federal [...]

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Via contact.ipr@gmail.com and GP.org: Carbondale, IL Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney issued the following statement today regarding the ballot issue in Chicago: On October 12, we learned from an early voter in Chicago that there was a problem with the early voting machines. He cast his ballot for me, Rich Whitney, Green Party candidate [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com yesterday: Just days after Rich Whitney’s name was found to be misspelled on voting machine throughout Chicago, the Green Party candidate for governor is now finding himself locked out of three Chicago debates, including one going on tonight at Elmhurst College, 8 p.m.. Tonight’s debate, along with the League of Women Voters [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Libertarian candidate for California State Senate, district 20, Adrian Galysh, will begin running the following campaign ad on cable TV, starting October 20th, in the San Fernando Valley. Adrian Galysh is endorsed by Citizens for California Reform, which advocates a more limited and transparent government and a part time legislature; David Nolan, [...]

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Emailed by Boston Tea Party National Committee Chair Darryl Perry to contact.ipr@gmail.com: The New York Post recently wrote, the “EPA sided with the ethanol cheerleaders by announcing that it will allow the amount of ethanol in automotive fuel to rise by some 50 percent, from the current 10 percent blend to a 15 percent level.” [...]

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Email from Chris Carr: Dear friends of liberty: The Libertarian Party of Alabama (LPA) is looking for folks that are self starters and excited about liberty! Want to help build a libertarian revolution? Become involved in the Libertarian Party of Alabama! The LPA will have it’s annual convention Sunday, October 24th. At the upcoming convention [...]

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Ralph Nader at Nader.org: The strong case that Eric Alterman’s book What Liberal Media? made in 2003 against the propaganda-style claim by rightwingers, that the mass media has a liberal bias, is an expanding understatement. Just read recent issues of The Washington Post and The New York Times to see the most extreme reactionaries getting [...]

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Posted by David Nolan at LP blog: I was interviewed by three Tucson area TV stations in the last four days: KUAT-6 hosted a three-way “debate” on Thursday; KGUN-9 interviewed me at a Tea Party event in Sonoita on Saturday, and KMSB-11 taped a short interview that will air on 10/31. Overall, media coverage of [...]

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Posted by Wayne Root at LP blog: Wayne Allyn Root, Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee (LNCC) continues to attract major media attention. Here is one day (last Friday 10/15/10) in his busy media schedule: 1 PM TV Appearance on “Russia Today” via Skype (Nationally syndicated TV) 2:30 PM Appearance on “The Jerry Doyle [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Prompted by the continued exclusion of minor party and independent candidates from debates nationwide, The Free and Equal Elections Foundation pushes ahead toward the primary objective of open and inclusive political debates for all candidates. In order to help voters and potential voters make their voices heard on this issue, Free and [...]

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