At the Broward Palm Beach New Times blog, Gail Shepherd reports on a local event planned for today on “electoral disenfranchisement,” that will bring together Green Party, Libertarian Party, Tea Party and independent activists:
[Green Party activist] Jayne King has banded together with some strange bedfellows: She says that the [...]

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Ballot Access News
On March 15, the 5th circuit refused to rehear Libertarian Party v Dardenne, 09-30307. Earlier the 5th circuit had ruled that the dispute is moot. Oddly, though, another panel of the 5th circuit had ruled a few weeks earlier that a similar lawsuit from Mississippi is not moot. The Mississippi case involved Brian [...]

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Ballot Access News
Montana has four ballot-qualified parties: Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican. All four nominate by primary. Filing for the June 2010 primaries closed on March 15.
The Libertarian Party has a candidate for the only statewide office on the ballot, U.S. House. The Libertarians also have one candidate for State Senate, five for State House, [...]

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Via email and LP blog:
Dear Friend of Liberty,
I gave a speech to the Libertarian Party of Maryland state convention on
Saturday about how “Libertarians Candidates Make a Difference.” Maryland
has a nice slate of Libertarian candidates for the 2010 elections.
See our entire list of candidates sorted by state.
Please note that in some cases, state parties choose to [...]

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Jake Towne’s independent libertarian campaign for congress in Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district first caught my attention last August, when he unveiled his concept of the “open office“. Since then, Towne has maintained a fairly aggressive campaign and has begun to break through the mainstream media’s duopolist filter. The Morning Call, a local paper, [...]

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Ballot Access News
Rand Paul, son of Congressman Ron Paul, is leading in polls for the Kentucky Republican Senate nomination, according to this story. Rand Paul, like his father, is a friend of the ballot access reform movement. He was active in 1988 when his father was the Libertarian Party nominee, and he is well-informed about [...]

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Ballot Access News
The web page “Join California” has made a strenuous effort to learn how many candidates filed for partisan office in the June 8, 2010 California primaries. This information is not official. Each candidate files in his or her own home county, so “Join California” had to contact each of the 58 counties to [...]

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Posted at Libertarian Blue:
Currently among the two major parties the selection of pro liberty candidates is pretty slim. Both Andrew Cuomo and Rick Lazio are well known gun grabbers and at this time I can’t find any information on potential Democrat candidate Steve Levy in regards to gun rights. Other candidates with unknown gun rights [...]

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via email:

Alta Loma, CA: When the LNC granted a single Chair candidate the opportunity to speak at a luncheon immediately before elections, California delegate and activist Mike McMahon took action.
“It is inappropriate for the LNC to grant such an obvious advantage to a single candidate. The choice of who leads this Party must be left [...]

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Posted by Marc Montoni at Free Virginia:
In March of 2004, the members of the Libertarian Party of Virginia voted to endorse a national retail sales tax. Here is the language adopted in 2004:

WHEREAS taxing wages, earnings, investment, savings and, death destroys individual freedom and initiative; and
WHEREAS eliminating the Internal Revenue Service is a positive [...]

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LP blog:
On Tuesday, March 9, Brendan Kelly, former state chair of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, was re-elected as a selectman of the town of Seabrook. He faced three opponents in the election.
The Libertarian Party congratulates Mr. Kelly on his re-election.
Read the announcement from the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire.

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LP blog:
Below is a schedule of Libertarian national and state conventions occurring in 2010 (including some that have already taken place). Click on the links to get more information.
Friday, February 12 – Sunday, February 14
LP California Convention
Saturday, February 20
LP Nevada State Convention
Friday, February 26 – Sunday, February 28
LP Kentucky State Convention
Saturday, March 6
LP Delaware State [...]

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LP blog:
Robyn Burwell, an English professor at Abilene Christian University and Libertarian candidate for Texas State Representative, District 85, is quoted in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

“My position, at this point, is that the only constitutional part of it is for them to do a head count,” she said. “The bottom line [...]

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Via email and LP blog:
Dear Friend of Liberty,
I need your help to get the Libertarian Party on the ballot in Illinois.
The Illinois LP has developed a great slate of candidates this year. But Illinois voters won’t get the chance to vote for them unless the Illinois LP gets ballot access. To do that, [...]

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In a recent interview with NewsMax, Mit Romney continues the Republican Party’s effort to ensure that the oppositional energies of the tea party movement are safely diverted into channels conducive to the reproduction of the ruling Democratic-Republican political establishment. Romney is quoted by CNN stating:
“Hopefully Tea Party candidates will run in respective primaries and they [...]

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