The Judicial Committee decided, in a 4 to 3 vote, that the action of the Libertarian National Committee and its Executive Committee was void, as it violated the Libertarian Party Bylaws. Voting in the Majority: Gray, Hall, Sarwark and Wrights Dissenting: Latham, Holtz and Sullentrup The text of the decision and dissents is here.

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From the Bangor Daily News: Horror novelist and Bangor radio station owner Stephen King announced on Tuesday a new talk radio show featuring a former vice presidential candidate and a former Maine secretary of state’s communications director.“We wanted to shake things up a little bit in the market,” King said… Former journalist, Bangor Daily News [...]

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Source: Ballot Access News (from August 22, 2011) On August 21, the Libertarian Party national committee voted to donate $50,000 to the campaign of Ed Coleman, who is running for re-election to the Indianapolis city council in a partisan election on November 8, 2011. Coleman was last elected as a Republican in 2007, but shortly [...]

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Source: Ballot Access News (from August 21, 2011) New Hampshire voters will choose a new state representative on September 6, in the Rockingham County 14th State House district. Here is a Seabrook, New Hampshire newspaper story about Brendan Kelly, the Libertarian nominee. In November 2010, he had run for the same seat, and polled 24.63% [...]

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“The War on Drugs is a price support system for terrorists and drug pushers. It turns ordinary, cheap plants like marijuana and poppies into fantastically lucrative black market products. Without the War on Drugs, the financial engine that fuels terrorist organizations would sputter to a halt.” – Ron Crickenberger by R. Lee Wrights BURNET, Texas [...]

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From Gary Odom, here are the latest details on the Constitution Party’s Fall meeting. The Constitution Party’s Fall meeting will be held in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The location selected is the famously beautiful Coeur d’Alene Hotel and Resort, 115 South Second Street, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816. It can never be said that our state affiliates [...]

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New information shows that in addition to the TARP funds and bank bailout that Americans know about, there were secret loans from the Federal Reserve to private banks, including foreign banks. This piece has links to current and archival video with third party comments on the need to audit the Federal Reserve.

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A very informative article from DemocratAndChronicle.com: Former Green Party mayoral candidate Alex White is now seeking a spot on City Council… “I thought the mayoral run went very well. I was running against two very strong candidates, and I was running on a party that no one had heard of,” said White. “So I thought [...]

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Live Broadcast of Libertarian National Committee meeting happening at the time of this writing in Columbus, OH, provided by Mass. LP chair David Blau. Watch live video from flickboy on Justin.tv Viewer discussion is already ongoing in the comment section of the previous post.

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If anyone is going to the Libertarian National Committee meeting this weekend, and can broadcast it for our readers, please let us know in the comments and/or at contact.ipr@gmail.com. We would also be interested in a video for later broadcast and/or liveblogging from the meeting. LNC meetings are taped by LPHQ staff, but those tapes [...]

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Tom Garrison is in the process of editing a collection of essays, “Why We Left the Left” seeking 25 essays of 500-5000 words each from big and small L libertarians who were formerly leftists, liberals and/or progressives about their transition. See previous IPR story here. Excerpted from an email from Mr. Garrison to me (Paulie): [...]

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From Ballot Access News: Kentucky elects its statewide state offices in November of the odd years before presidential elections. This year, the Kentucky ballot will include one independent candidate for Governor, Gatewood Galbraith; and one Libertarian Party nominee for Treasurer, Ken Moellman. Each needed at least 5,000 valid signatures. Galbraith submitted 7,496; Moellman submitted 8,100. [...]

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