Chuck Moulton is a former vice-chair of the Libertarian Party. He sent the following to IPR: _____________ Governor Johnson called me on Wednesday to ask for my support as a LP convention delegate in Las Vegas. We spoke for 5 minutes about problems with the Fair Tax before I had to leave to teach a [...]

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by R. Lee Wrights “Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their opposites, peace, economy, and riddance of public debt, believing that these were the high road to public as well as private prosperity and happiness.”- Thomas Jefferson [...]

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Posted to Mr. Gonella’s blog here Although there are those who thought it would be a bad idea , you did go ahead and switch to the Libertarian Party in an effort to continue your presidential campaign. Now that you have gone ahead and moved in to the Libertarian Party race, hopefully you will run [...]

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BURNET, Texas (Feb. 9) – Ken Schoolland, a long-term board member of the International Society for Individual Liberty and associate professor at Hawaii Pacific University, has endorsed Lee Wrights for President and joined the campaign as economic advisor. In libertarian circles Schoolland is best known as the author of the animated video “The Philosophy of [...]

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BURNET, Texas (Feb.  8) – R. Lee Wrights will take part in the first debate scheduled to include all six of the major candidates for the Libertarian presidential nomination. The debate is set for Saturday, February 11, at 3 p.m. during the Florida LP State Convention in Orlando. Expected participants are former Texas LP chair Roger Gary, Kiowa Nation [...]

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Four parties held presidential primaries yesterday in Missouri, though only three fielded candidates: the Republicans, Democrats, and Libertarians. James Ogle, an advocate for a parliamentary system based on ranked-choice voting, was the only Libertarian candidate on the ballot.  In the final tally, he received 508 votes or 52.7 percent.  The remaining 456 Libertarian voters chose “uncommitted”. [...]

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From a media release sent to IPR by the Rupert Boneham campaign, on Feb. 7th, 2012: For Immediate Release Even as an active and proud union member, I believe no one should be forced to join or pay fees to another group as a condition of employment, but the State has NO authority or right [...]

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Libertarian presidential nomination candidate Lee Wrights being interviewed on the Liberty Underground radio show: mp3 Wrights explains how his “Stop All War” platform applies to both foreign intervention and to government’s wars on the economic and individual freedom of the American people.

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Sunshine State News: Gary Johnson and other presidential hopefuls will participate in a Libertarian Party debate Saturday afternoon in Orlando. Johnson, the former New Mexico governor, who dropped his bid for the Republican nomination last month, will be joined on the debate stage by party activist Lee Wrights, Kiowa Nation member and Afghan war veteran [...]

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Jim Burns has been added to the list of 2012 Libertarian Presidential Candidates at LP.org, the first new name to be added back to the site under the current rules: Seeking the nomination of the Libertarian Party exclusively Dues-paying member of the National Libertarian Party Campaign website is current with contact information Obtained the approval [...]

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Ballot Access News reports that a US District Court decision has put the Green and Constitution parties on the Tennessee ballot. Both parties have in recent years collected thousands of signatures in that state, but failed to make the cutoff which was over 40,000 valid. The most recent Ballot Access News also reports that Americans [...]

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UPDATE: The original story below is incorrect. As a result of posting it here and ensuing comments, it has been corrected at the original source. Ballot Access News reports Because most states purge their voter registration rolls between elections, the United States has fewer registered voters now than in October 2010. There are fewer Democrats [...]

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Since my last update a month ago, here’s what I know about what’s new with the the campaigns for the LP presidential nomination: Gary Johnson has now participated in one debate with other candidates seeking the Libertarian nomination, and has made plans to appear in others. Johnson has received the endorsement of several state and [...]

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Excerpt from the message of a group of hackers who say they are affiliated with the group called Anonymous claiming credit for hacking the website of the white nationalist American Third Position Party: …Contained in this major dump are several thousand private forum messages, personal emails, internal organization notes, names, phone numbers, home addresses and [...]

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New poll up at LP.org: What’s the #1 benefit that local Libertarian candidates can offer voters if elected?: – Lower their tax bill so they can pay their bills, make ends meet, save, help others or buy more. – Give them the freedom to use marijuana, or medical marijuana, without penalty or with less penalty. [...]

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Ballot Access News: At 2:28 a.m. on February 4, an Indiana criminal jury convicted Secretary of State Charlie White of registering and voting at an address which wasn’t his real residence. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. The judge will decide whether White is now convicted of felonies or misdemeanors. Libertarian [...]

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Former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack, who ran as the 2006 Libertarian Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Arizona, announced in December that he would challenge Representative Lamar Smith in the Republican primary for Texas’ 21st Congressional district. Smith has come under increasing fire after introducing the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) last year. [...]

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IPR talked with Libertarian Party (LP) presidential candidate James Ogle about comedienne Roseanne Barr‘s entry into the race for the Green Party presidential nomination, and the LP’s decision to remove his name from its list of candidates. Ogle is a self-employed artist seeking the LP nomination. In 1995, he founded a fantasy parliamentary system based on [...]

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From Mike Riggs at Reason, describing Gary Johnson’s speech to the ACLU: Johnson said he’d cut the military’s budget and end Obama’s interventionism. It wasn’t until he got started on legalizing marijuana that the crowd (figuratively) lit up. A steady stream of applause followed Johnson’s declarations after that. “I support gay marriage equality. I support [...]

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Posted on the website of Bill Still, a candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination: The Fort Knox Gold Scandal featuring Bill Still will be aired on the History Channel’s H2 channel Saturday, Feb. 4 at 10:00 PM EST or 9:00 PM CST. Good evening from Washington. I’m Still reporting on the economy. Well, finally, after [...]

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