Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: February 18, 2011 Libertarians Urge Lake Worth to Be “NORML” Palm Beach Libertarians support the decriminalization of Cannabis Boca Raton, FL – The Libertarian Party of Palm Beach County (LPPBC) has moved to support the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) in the campaign to decriminalize Cannabis in the [...]

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By Mary Ruwart at Liberty for All. Republished with permission from Liberty for All publisher Lee Wrights. by Mary J. Ruwart, LNC At-large Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you in my capacity as an At-Large Representative of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC), which is in receipt of your resolutions concerning Mr. Root. As you [...]

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Press release: PALM HARBOR – For decades, the Libertarian Party of Florida has sat on the political sidelines watching the Republicans and Democrats run up the score. But Adrian Wyllie thinks that the LPF has the right philosophy to get in the game, and he has the right plan to level the field. Wyllie, a [...]

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Ballot Access News: In 2010, a new party called the Tea Party qualified for the Florida ballot. Many of the Tea Party nominees had their ballot positions challenged in lawsuits filed by various Republicans. For a summary of these lawsuits, see this web page of “Central Florida Republicans.” Most of these lawsuits have been dismissed. [...]

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The Modern Whig Party has a new website, Modernwhig.info. From their blog: “The MWP is proud to announce new state chapters in Oklahoma, Oregon, Mississippi, Florida, and Arizona. These chapters have been organizing since November of 2010. The MWP is also currently working on new chapters in Ohio and Delaware as well. With the addition [...]

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Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Local Chapters of the Green Party are meeting across the Nation this week. Does your local chapter have a meeting or event coming up? If so, let us know! GPW@greenpartywatch.org See our Events Calendar for other meetings and events. Tuesday February 1, 2011 – Hernando Greens (Florida) 6 PM [...]

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From The Shark Tank via Third Party and Independent Daily: In what amounts to an embarrassing piece of news for the Republican Party in Florida, the number of people in Broward County registered as Republicans now trails both Registered Democrats AND Registered Independents. Broward Republicans now trail that highly organized political party, affectionately known as [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Good evening. I am Peg Dunmire, Chairman of the Florida TEA Party. What is your American Dream? You may want to start your own business; invent new products; or move to take a new job. You may want to own your own house; we all want our children to have a better [...]

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Ballot Access News: In the 2010 election, Tea Party candidates appeared on the general election ballot under the “Tea Party” label, for federal or state office, in Florida, Nevada, and New Jersey. Even though there were 17 Tea Party nominees in races with both a Democrat and a Republican also in the race, there is [...]

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A rewritten version of a press release from a Green Party local previously published by IPR has been put out by the national office of the Green Party. Much of the language is the same as in the earlier version, but it contains this addition: “The court’s ruling has opened the door to the union [...]

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Saturday, January 22, 2011 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm First Ever Wedding Between A Corporation And A Person 527 N. Dixie Lake Worth, FL Contact: gparty@pbcgreenparty.org On January 21st, 2010 the Supreme Court of the United States re-affirmed that Corporations have the same Constitutional rights as people (Citizens United v FEC). In commemoration of [...]

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Article sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com (read the full thing here): ORLANDO – One of the first things that Peg Dunmire thought of when she heard about the tragic shootings in Tucson, Arizona that critically injured a local congresswoman was the final day of her own campaign for Congress last November. On that single day, Dunmire and her [...]

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A press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Florida TEA Party Chairman Denounces Shooting. Decries ’politics’ of hate.’ Florida Tea Party Chairman Peg Dunmire denounced the shooting of United States Congresswoman Giffords and eighteen (18) other individuals in which six were killed, including a nine-year old girl today in Arizona. “The ‘politics of hate’ that was so prevalent this past [...]

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Email from Vicki Kirkland, LP of Florida Chair: The Libertarian Party of Florida voted on their Sunday night, November 14th State Executive Committee phone conference to endorse Dallas, Texas as the site for the 2012 Naional Convention. The vote was unanimous. See previous discussion here. The issue will be decided at this weekend’s LNC meeting.

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As reported by George Phillies in IPR comments, Libertarian Party co-founder David Nolan has proposed the following resolution to be considered at this weekend’s LNC meeting: “WHEREAS the Libertarian Party can grow only by attracting new members and supporters, and “WHEREAS libertarianism is a unique political philosophy, distinct from both contemporary liberalism and contemporary conservatism, [...]

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Via Florida Whig Party: Some additional videos from the site:

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Karl Dickey at The Examiner and Liberty for All: During a regular meeting of the Libertarian Party of Florida’s Executive Committee last night, they created a resolution (found below) to repudiate recent comments made by Libertarian National Congressional Committee chairman Wayne Allyn Root and suggested his removal from any leadership position within the Libertarian Party. [...]

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by Gary Odom National Field Director at constitutionparty.com   2010 Election   Brings Victories and Near Misses; Highlights Progress And Reveals Challenges As The Constitution Party Looks To The Future     Congratulations To Nevada…Again!    In 2006, the Independent American Party, the Constitution Party’s state affiliate in Nevada elected two of its candidates to office.  This year it doubled up and elected four:three [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Green Party national office has released a list of party members who were elected or re-elected last week. As noted at this site earlier, Ben Chipman was elected to the Maine legislature [p: as an independent], and the party won three important elections in California: in Richmond; Mendocino County; and Hollister. [...]

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WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle commented today on the Transportation Security Administration’s use of strip-search machines at airports. Hinkle said, “The TSA should end the strip-search machine program immediately. “We’ve reached a point where our government has no qualms about humiliating us. “Everyone who cares about civil liberties should be outraged that the [...]

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