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Libertarians celebrate 99 years of
the 19th Amendment, women’s right to vote
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Iowa Libertarians challenge new early
paperwork deadline
Court returns Libertarian city
council candidate to Ohio’s November ballot
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Libertarian Cara Schulz featured on NBC’s Today
show
Court stops stringent new Arkansas ballot access law
Libertarians, other third parties,
independents sue Texas for discriminatory ballot access
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You are invited
to a live webinar
Ask Us Anything About
the 2020 Libertarian National
Convention
featuring
Elected Libertarians
Daniel Hayes, Convention Oversight
Committee Chair
Caryn Ann Harlos, LNC Secretary
Apollo Pazell, Copperton City
Council, UT
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Wednesday, October 9
5 PM Pacific
6 PM Mountain
7 PM Central
8 PM Eastern
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TO RSVP
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Democracy loses as Supreme Court upholds partisan gerrymandering
SD Libertarian defeats incumbent by
2-1 margin for Rapid City City Council
Liberty rising around the world!
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9th Circuit Court upholds Arizona law challenged by Libertarians
Former Rhode Island governor
switches registration to Libertarian
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LNC chair agrees with Rep. Justin Amash on Trump
criticism
Washington Times: Libertarian Party introduces
‘Guns Save Lives’ campaign T-shirts
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Libertarians: Abortion is a matter
for individual conscience, not public decree
Judge puts KY Libertarian candidates
on the ballot
American voters don’t trust federal
government
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Libertarians celebrate dropping
incarceration rate, advocate greater reform
Republican shenanigans
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Congress must override Trump’s veto
of Yemeni withdrawal
Libertarians stage nationwide Tax
Day protests
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4 more Libertarians elected to
office in Illinois, Oklahoma
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Libertarian National Committee 2018
ANNUAL REPORT
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Record high $22 TRILLION national
debt
LNC resolution supports immigration, opposes
border wall
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Want to end gun violence? End war,
including the war on drugs
Mississippi Libertarians rally support for
restaurant tax referendum
Rhode Island Libertarian finishes 2nd in 4-way
special election
AIER: Government is the main
problem, say a record number of Americans
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Congress shrugs off $22 trillion
national debt: 'I don't see a lot of appetite for cutting spending'
Supreme Court rules against highway
robbery through asset forfeiture
US intervention won’t cure Venezuela’s socialist disease
Trump’s only ‘national emergency’ is
keeping his base happy
MN bills would help Libertarians
achieve party recognition, ballot access
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US intervention won’t cure Venezuela’s socialist disease
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Americans are ready for the
Libertarian Party
Huge press hit, 2 notable polls!
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The Libertarian Party’s 2019 State
of the Union Address
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Libertarians condemn potential
‘state of emergency’ power grab
US should stop creating chaos in
Latin America
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US should stop creating chaos in
Latin America
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Commemorating founding of
Libertarian Party, Bill of Rights
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BREAKING NEWS: One of the biggest
wins in LP history!
Jeff Hewitt wins unprecedented
Libertarian Party victory in CA
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Post-election updates
Gay Libertarian couple outpolls GOP
in DC
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Updated November 2018 Libertarian
election results
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Syrian troop withdrawal a good first
step
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2020 presidential ballot access!
Libertarian Party fights effort to
unenroll Maine voters
Federal Reserve creates dangerous
amounts of dodgy debt
Religious persecution in China … and
in Arizona
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Libertarian candidates move
Republicans and Democrats in a Libertarian direction
The good and bad of Jeff Sessions
getting fired
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Libertarians win local races,
achieve ballot access, prevail on initiatives
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Front page, above the fold: Texas Libertarian candidate featured in Waco Tribune-Herald
Politicians
stoke voter fears every Halloween season
Gary
Johnson brings competitive fundraising to US Senate race in NM
State
Journal-Register endorses Libertarian Steve Dutner for Illinois
secretary of state
United
States shouldn’t kowtow to
murderous regimes
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Libertarians poll high enough to tip key races
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2018 Candidates
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Libertarian candidates are great in
debates, so opponents collude to exclude them
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USMCA is basically just NAFTA under
a new name
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All Libertarians say no to sexual
assault
SCOTUS circus distracts public from
passage of disastrous spending bills
Libertarian voter registration
surges, but debates still exclude candidates
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New Mexico Supreme Court rejects
straight-party voting scheme
It’s official: Libertarian
candidates will appear on New York ballot
Nevada becomes fourth Libertarian state
affiliate to exceed 1% of voter registration
Higher prices help prevent empty
shelves during natural disasters
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Dear Libertarian,
Months and
months of hard work have been paying off as we cross the ballot-access finish
line in more states.
This week,
we add Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania to the tally.
That puts us
at ballot access in 48 states (plus DC) for 2018!
It is also
worth noting and celebrating that this
is the first time in
20
years that voters in Connecticut will be able to vote
for a Libertarian candidate for Governor!
Plus, the
two states without ballot access, Tennessee and Alabama, aren't completely
without ballot access. In fact, Alabama has four candidates on
the ballot as Libertarians for local or state house offices.
However, we don't categorize Alabama as fully on the ballot
because Alabama Libertarians didn't qualify for a statewide office.
Tennessee has five candidates on
the ballot as independents because they didn't qualify to get on
the ballot as Libertarians. The states of Alabama and Tennessee both make it
especially hard for Libertarians to qualify for the ballot - something we'll
continue fighting to improve.
Regarding at
least some Libertarians on the ballot in all 50 states, Richard Winger, editor
of Ballot Access News commented, "no other alternative party can be shown to
have reached this midterm milestone since 1890, when official balloting
began."
Please join
me in congratulating and thanking all those who have pitched in to achieve
ballot access for 2018. This includes thousands of activists, volunteers,
donors, and staff and the Johnson/Weld campaign which achieved ballot access
for us in 37 of these states.
Well
done, team!
Onward to
Election Day!
Wes
Benedict
Executive
Director
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Sen. Rand Paul endorses Libertarian
Gary Johnson for U.S. Senate in New Mexico
Following tariffs with subsidies
only compounds terrible government policy
Travis Irvine for governor heading
up slate of 22 Ohio Libertarian campaigns
Libertarians likely to break
midterm-election record with candidates for partisan office on ballot in every
state
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What would elected Libertarians do?
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Immigrants benefit the United States
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Libertarian Gary Johnson throws US Senate race in chaos
Dozens of elected Democrats and
Republicans switching to Libertarian Party
Check out our ground game
Libertarians call for zero tariffs,
zero trade barriers, zero subsidies
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2018 Candidates
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Ron Paul endorses Murray Sabrin for
US Senator from NJ
Two new victories!
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SCOTUS nominee thinks it’s OK to
‘disappear’ citizens when fighting terrorism
Supreme Court inches toward more
cell phone privacy protection
Fabulously successful national
convention
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US, UK, and all other countries should
embrace unilateral free trade
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Seeking historic Libertarian Party
items for national convention
LNC to hold convention June 30 –
July 3 in New Orleans
The Supreme Court just increased
your cost of living
Trump will now keep detained
immigrant families in the same cages
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6 Libertarian candidates advance to
CA general election
Join us for the Libertarian event of
the year!
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Blockchain Committee invites LP
member input
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A missed opportunity for Korean
peace
Supreme Court rediscovers 10th
Amendment in sports betting case
Historical document found!
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Candidates standing up for justice
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7 reasons not to confirm Gina Haspel
as CIA director
Trump withdrawal from Iran
nuclear agreement could lead to war
Executive order to pull feds out of
K–12 education a good start
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Libertarian policy helps
working-class people
Wisconsin Libertarian’s inquiry elicits
ethics commission hearing on bitcoin campaign donations
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Slash federal spending to make Tax
Day less painful
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Stay out of Syria and other impulsive wars
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Facebook, good or evil?
Our latest victory
Washington Times highlights upcoming LNC
convention
Celebrating the libertarian ideas in
the Declaration of Independence
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Dear
Libertarian,
Our 2018 Libertarian National Convention will be in New Orleans on June 30 - July 3, 2018.
If you haven't registered yet, you can do so here.
If you
haven't booked your hotel room yet, you can do so here.
Our
Convention Oversight Committee Chair, Daniel Hayes, reports advanced hotel
reservations are"off the charts!" Space is limited! Book
soon if you haven't already.
And, you can find an overview of the schedule here.
All of
the vendor tables booked up so we've had to expand into additional space! If
you are interested in a vendor table for your campaign, organization, or other
cause, please contact Robert Kraus at robert.kraus@lp.org soon
before these additional vendor tables are also filled.
As always, thank you for your support.
I hope to see you in New Orleans this summer!
Wes
Benedict
Executive
Director
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Defensive gun use saves lives
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Trump is the opposite of a
Libertarian
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Millennials support gay marriage …
and the Second Amendment!
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Space is limited
Michigan Libertarian the first
alternative-party candidate in 48 years to qualify for gubernatorial primary
ballot
Our goals for 2018
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Libertarian Party registration surges 92% in 10
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Trade wars and Trump’s tariffs harm
everybody
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Freedom of speech and press doesn’t
amount to electoral collusion
Anti-trafficking bill also endangers
safety of sex workers
Montana Libertarians promote ‘sweet
justice’ at event on jury nullification
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Freedom of speech and press doesn’t
amount to electoral collusion
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Senate
reaches budget deal to clean out your wallet
Dates of
interest to Libertarians: 2018
AP:
Congressional race in New
Mexico gets Libertarian candidate
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Libertarian
Party response to 2018 State of the Union
Federal
shutdown shows how inessential most government really is
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Dear Libertarian,
The 2018 Libertarian National Convention will
be in New Orleans from June 30 to July 3, 2018.
You can find an overview of the schedule here.
Thanks to all who have already registered
and/or helped co-sponsor this convention. We are grateful for your support.
If you haven't registered yet, you can do so here. Early Bird rates are
good through January 31st. Prices increase on February 1st.
Hotel rooms are booking up quickly. So, if you
haven't yet booked your room, I encourage you to do that soon also. You can do
so here.
Lastly, sponsorship opportunities range from
$250 on up to $10,000. If you are interested in booking an ad in the Convention
Book, you can do so here. If you are interested
in sponsoring a table at the Gala, complete with 8 tickets for you and your
friends, you can do so here. And you can find all
of the other many options here. Sponsors help us host
a fun and productive convention, and we are grateful for their support.
As always, thank you.
Wes Benedict
Executive
Director
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Senate should end warrantless
surveillance of all Americans
DHS announces plans to deport
Salvadorans who have 192,700 US-born children
It’s high time for Congress to end
marijuana prohibition
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Libertarians
denounce Attorney General Jeff Sessions for overriding state marijuana laws
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Tax cuts are great, but we need
balanced budgets
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GOP federal spending soars — new
boss, same old deficit
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Brief Jones Act waiver isn’t enough
to help Puerto Rico
GOP failure to repeal Obamacare
provides new opportunity for full repeal
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Believe it or not, it is already time to make your plans for the
next national convention!
Last year's national convention was the biggest (and most
exciting, in my opinion) ever, and I'm confident that the 2018 convention
is going to be very special also.
I'm delighted to share with you that registration is now open for the 2018
Libertarian National Convention!
The convention will be held in New Orleans from June 30
to July 3.
Super Early Bird prices are available from now through November 30.
After that, prices will increase. So, purchase your package today and save!
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LP denounces end of
DACA
Trump’s ‘major’ tax
overhaul a major disappointment
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Libertarian response to latest North
Korean missile launch
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Meet Peter Rohrman, the Libertarian
Candidate for NJ Governor
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Dear Libertarian,
You have probably heard the news about the President's plan
to increase American military involvement in Afghanistan.
The Libertarian perspective is very different.
After toppling the Afghan government almost sixteen years
ago, the United States entered into nation building thinking that it would help
improve corners of the world that terrorists find inviting. Our country has
spent hundreds of billions of dollars and lost thousands of lives in these
futile efforts.
According to Forbes:
"Since [the initial] intervention in the aftermath of 9/11, roughly 2,400
American military personnel have died and more than 20,000 been wounded
attempting to bring democracy to Central Asia. Some 3,500 military contractors
have been killed, along with more than 1,100 allied personnel. Overall the US has poured more than $800 billion into the war. Set aside the
costs of combat. The US has spent $117.3 billion on relief and 'reconstruction,' that is,
attempting to create a functioning state in Afghanistan." Despite all of this sacrifice and hard work, nation building
in Iraq and Afghanistan has been a failure. No matter how sophisticated our military is
and no matter how much we sacrifice, nation building is far more difficult than
our politicians believed. Not only that, it may create more terrorists than it
quells.
Foreign military intervention is insanely complicated. In
any foreign conflict there are countless people, organizations, and countries
involved, each with their own motives, goals, and methods. It is very hard to
accurately predict what will happen because there are so many actors involved.
Things often don't work out as predicted, so we must be wary of unintended consequences
before taking any action, especially war.
We are now living with the unintended consequences of
previous military action in Afghanistan, both by the US government and others.
The President's announcement of increased military action in
Afghanistan flies in the face of his past positions on American involvement in
Afghanistan, such
as "We have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in
Afghanistan. Their government has zero appreciation. Let’s get out.”
This President is consistent: consistently breaking campaign
promises and saber rattling with American lives.
In recent weeks, he's threatened North Korea with "fire and fury" comments. North Korea is another complex problem without any "good" answers.
Backing someone into a corner is not a good way to get a peaceful resolution;
this is especially true when that someone is a tyrannical dictator. It is a
very tricky scenario, but the ideal approach is to work towards de-escalation
rather than poking him and encouraging him to lash out violently.
The President has also publicly commented about a
"possible military option" to deal with the regime in Venezuela. We are all heartbroken by the tragic state of Venezuela right now but we know from Iraq and Afghanistan that simply overthrowing a dictator is not enough to greatly
improve the well-being of a population. After years of nation building in Iraq and Afghanistan the people who live there are still in a horrible situation.
Overthrowing the regime in Venezuela would not make the lives of ordinary Venezuelans any better and
might even make things worse.
The US military is very powerful. Overthrowing dictators is not hard for
our troops to accomplish. But dealing with the aftermath is, because that
aftermath is so insanely complicated and unpredictable. That is one of the
chief reasons we should be so careful with military action.
Libertarians believe in self-defense. If America is attacked, then we have the right to defend ourselves. But too
often American presidents have pursued military action that meddles in other
countries that have not attacked the United States. Other times, American presidents use the saber rattling of
various despots as an excuse to use military action. Libertarians believe that
using our brave men and women as pawns is inappropriate and immoral, so we
oppose military action that is not truly defensive in nature.
The Libertarian Party also advocates a restructuring our
country's interactions with the world. We want to prioritize diplomacy and
peaceful resolution of conflicts. We also seek to move past old grievances. In
his Farewell
Address, President George Washington warned against permanent
allies and permanent enemies. He also warned against "permanent
alliances". The Libertarian Party advocates these same principles. Towards
that end, this past weekend, the Libertarian National Committee passed a
resolution calling for the US to withdraw from NATO.
In the same spirit as President
Washington, we seek to "Observe good faith and justice towards all
nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all." I hope you'll find these thoughts helpful as you talk with
your friends and neighbors about current events. If we want to make progress in
the polls, we need to be discussing these critical topics and the Libertarian
perspective on them with our networks throughout the election cycle.
Towards liberty,
Nicholas SarwarkChair, Libertarian National Committee
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Libertarians condemn bigotry as
irrational and repugnant
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New Hampshire Rep.
Brandon Phinney switches to Libertarian Party
CONCORD, N.H. — Rep. Brandon Phinney
(Strafford 24), formerly a member of the Republican Party, announced today
on the State House steps he is changing his party affiliation to Libertarian.
For the third
time this year, a sitting state legislator has left his party and joined the
LP. Rep. Caleb Q. Dyer (Hillsborough 37) switched to Libertarian from
Republican in February, and Rep. Joseph Stallcop (Cheshire 4) left the
Democratic Party in May.
Darryl W.
Perry, Chair of the New Hampshire Libertarian Party, welcomes any others,
unhappy with their party leadership, to join the LP.
“When the
Libertarian Party had ballot access in the 1990s, the Libertarian House Caucus
had four members,” Perry said. “It is my hope and desire that the civil
libertarians, classical liberals, and philosophical libertarians in the New
Hampshire General Court will show the same courage shown by Reps. Dyer,
Stallcop, and, now, Rep. Brandon Phinney, and abandon the two-party system that
has for so long burdened us with taxation, regulation, and legislation that has
trampled our freedoms.”
Phinney will
work with Dyer and Stallcop in the N.H. House Libertarian Caucus to minimize
state government, lower taxes, and eliminate barriers to conducting business,
and will work hard to increase individual freedom and personal liberty while
protecting the rights of individuals and businesses within New Hampshire.
Phinney brings
his experience serving in the New Hampshire National Guard and the state’s
Department of Corrections to the caucus.
“We were
elected to the people’s house to serve their will, their interests, and limit
government interference in their lives,” said Phinney of his differences with
the GOP. “I was not elected to do the bidding of a political party at the
expense of my principles. Establishment partisan politics do nothing to protect
the rights of people, but instead only serve to prop up and expand government
with arcane plans to irresponsibly spend our money and enact burdensome
regulations on businesses, small and large alike. The Libertarian Party
platform gives us, as legislators, the best possible framework to expand social
freedoms, support a free-market economy, and ensure the checks and balances on
government power are enforced.”
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Dear Libertarian,
Paul Ryan and the
Republican establishment celebrated over Bud Light the narrow passage of the
AHCA in the White House Rose Garden.
Their 'victory' was
as lacking in substance as the beer they chose to drink.
The AHCA does
nothing to solve the health care crisis that Americans are facing under the
disaster of the Affordable Care Act. It changes how mandates are done,
passes out a lot of tax money to insurance companies, shifts burdens around by
tax brackets, and puts Republican labels on failed Democratic policies.
Replacing a penalty paid to the IRS with a penalty paid to insurance companies
doesn't help the American people.
The American people
want real solutions to the spiraling costs of health care for themselves and
their families, and only the Libertarian Party is suggesting real solutions.
If Congress wants
to fix the health care crisis, they can:
-- Grant the same
tax incentives to individuals that are given to employer-purchased health care
plans to remove the perverse incentive for health insurance to be tied to a
particular job or employer.
-- Remove
government restrictions that prevent people from purchasing catastrophic
insurance coverage while paying for routine health care expenses out of pocket.
That will drive down costs for health care services as consumers are allowed to
shop for the best prices.
-- Allow health
insurance to be sold across state lines and remove other government barriers to
competition that keep prices high.
-- End all federal
laws and regulations that restrict use, or that drive up the cost, of drugs,
medical supplies and equipment, and other health care products and services.
This includes ending all regulatory powers of the Food and Drug Administration.
Doing so will drive down the cost of drugs while accelerating discovery of
cures and treatments of debilitating diseases.
These simple
proposals would give people more freedom to make the right health care choices
for themselves and their families, improve health care outcomes, and reduce
costs for all Americans.
Passage of the AHCA
is an example of the broken Washington culture that
says, "We have to do something. This is something. We have to do
this."
For the health of
all of our families, government needs to do less to screw up a system they've
been making worse for decades with regulation on top of regulation that
increase costs and reduce health outcomes while lining the pockets of health
care industry lobbyists and cronies.
Yours in liberty,
Nicholas Sarwark
Chair, Libertarian National Committee
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For immediate release
May 1, 2017
Libertarian Party: Trump’s ‘revenue neutral’ tax proposal is taxpayer
negative
Nicholas Sarwark, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, released
the following statement today:
American taxpayers get to take home just 54 cents on every dollar they
earn, while federal, state and local governments take the other 46 cents.
What a great deal for federal, state and local governments. Not so hot
for taxpayers. Crushing, in fact.
President Trump’s tax reform proposal that he partially-unveiled on April
26 includes cuts in corporate tax rates, death taxes, and alternative minimum
taxes. Republicans claim this plan will be ‘revenue neutral’ after these
measures stimulate economic growth.
But when politicians say their plan is ‘revenue neutral,’ what they’re
saying to taxpayers is, “we’re keeping your taxes high. We’re not cutting them
a nickel.”
“Drain the swamp” President Trump wants to keep spending at the same
perilously-high $4 trillion water mark as President Obama.
Keeping taxes and government spending high means government will remain
wasteful, bloated, and dysfunctional. It will sustain thousands of wasteful
bureaucracies and failed government programs. It will kill jobs, diminish
people’s freedom, invite more overseas meddling, and inflict stifling red tape on
businesses and individuals.
It’s taxpayer negative.
The goal of any tax reform proposal should be to dramatically reduce the
total amount of money in politicians’ hands.
Government revenue negative is taxpayer positive.
We need tax cuts that give back thousands of dollars - every year - to
taxpayers. Cuts that substantially hike everyone’s take home pay so taxpayers
can save for their retirement, pay off their debts, support their
families, enjoy the fruits of their labor, and take care of their loved ones in
need.
Politicians forget: the money they take is not the government’s. It
belongs to the hard-working taxpayers who earned it.
Better than two-thirds of all Americans believe that federal government
spending is way too high.
We must reduce total government spending enough
to both immediately end deficit spending and enable huge, immediate
taxpayer-positive tax cuts.
The only way to drain a swamp is to pump water out of it
– not keep it at the same level.
The only way to drain the swamp in Washington D.C. is to
dramatically reduce total government spending and slash taxes.
Revenue negative.
Taxpayer positive.
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You are invited
to a special conference call on
Fundraising tips for
candidates, state,
and county affiliates
featuring
LNC Head of
Development
Lauren Daugherty
Monday, May 21, 2018
5 PM Pacific
6 PM Mountain
7 PM Central
8 PM Eastern
Lauren is one of the
most experienced fundraisers in the Libertarian Party. She currently serves as
Head of Development for the national Libertarian Party. Before joining the team
at LPHQ, she served as Executive Director of the Libertarian Party of Texas and
as Campaign Manager for Mark Miller's 2016 campaign for Texas Railroad
Commissioner. She is also currently running for Justice of the Peace herself,
in Waco, TX. Before working for
the LP, Lauren worked for a variety of non-profits in DC in both fundraising
and program capacities. She holds MAs from Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of World Politics.
Lauren is passionate
about helping Libertarians at all levels build the fundraising engines they
need for their campaigns, parties, and causes to succeed.
If you are
interested in learning more about fundraising, and getting some tips on how to
get started, call in and Lauren will share some fundraising basics with you.
TO RSVP
and we will send you
the call-in information.
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Libertarians react to Trump speech
Say he misses mark on key policy
Nicholas
Sarwark, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, released the following
statement in response to President Donald Trump’s address to congress last
night:
In his speech
before congress, President Donald Trump offered a mix of vague promises, bad
policy proposals, and some good ones.
In the “good”
category, Trump:
- proposed cutting the regulatory might of the FDA
so as to cut the development time for drugs and to drive down prices. This
will save lives, reduce human suffering, and save many billions of
American dollars;
- implied he would end the Obamacare mandate to
buy insurance (although he did not explicitly promise to do so). This
would remove a huge burden from businesses and individuals who don’t want
or can’t afford today’s vastly overpriced plans;
- implied he would reduce insurance regulations so
plans can be much lower priced and can be more tailored to the needs of
consumers. This will restore important health freedoms and save trillions
of dollars.
- proposed allowing the purchase of medical
insurance plans across state lines. This will further reduce premiums and
cut away at egregious state insurance regulations that drive up costs;
- suggested his plan to force the F35 fighter jet
to compete with a Boeing F18 will cut spending, which it likely would. The
F35 is the perhaps the military’s most overpriced and ineffective
equipment purchase in its wasteful history;
- ordered a hiring freeze on certain fedecalral
government employees;
- proposed cutting the corporate income tax, which
would create jobs and reduce consumer prices.
In the “bad
proposals” category, Trump proposed a number of new or expanded Big Government
programs, including:
more retaliatory tariffs on imports, which will drive up prices for
American consumers and kill American jobs. He erroneously believes that “trade
deficits” are a problem. They
- actually represent a deficit of dollars in
exchange for a surplus of goods--which balance each other out. This is why
it’s called “trade”;
- the largest increase in military spending ever—a
department that’s already full of waste and so poorly managed that it is
incapable of being audited. It needs to be dramatically downsized;
- elimination of the military sequester aimed at
slowing the increase in spending. It hasn’t proved very useful, but any
constraint on military spending should be retained;
- $1 trillion in new spending on
“infrastructure”—a redux of Obama’s wasteful TARP program. Highways should
be funded locally. Federal interference drives up the cost and creates
tremendous waste;
- new spending on: a women’s entrepreneurship
program, drug treatment, women’s healthcare, and child care. These
programs drive up taxes and kill jobs. They should be left to the
productive, low-cost private sector;
- forcing employers to fund paid family leave.
This will kill jobs and harm small businesses;
- VOICE program aimed at painting immigrants as
criminals, when in fact they are at least as peaceful as the average
citizen;
- stepped-up border patrols, which will block
productive workers from providing needed labor at a low cost to American
individuals and businesses;
- building a wall along the border with Mexico, which will waste money and
harm relations with our neighbor, while failing to stop entry by those who
impose a threat;
- “demolishing ISIS,” suggesting he will sustain U.S. meddling in the Middle East. This will help ISIS recruit terrorists worldwide
and destroy more property and human life.
Areas where
Trump did not make his proposals clear enough to surmise whether he aims to
expand or reduce government include:
- Medicaid block grants. If this reduces red tape
and total spending, it will be a move in the right direction;
- Eliminating two regulations for every new one
created. This can be easily manipulated since some
regulations have a far greater impact than others;
- Funding school choice for disadvantaged
children. Choice is good. More taxpayer funding is bad;
- Creating a task force to propose a plan to
reduce violent crime and dismantle drug cartels. This can only be
successful if lawmakers end or reduce the federal government’s War on
Drugs. Trump has suggested he will escalate this war.
Trump talks big
about small cuts in government spending to distract from his proposed massive
increase in overall spending. We need the opposite: to dramatically
downsize major federal programs as well as programs across the board, to
balance the budget, and to reduce total taxation. So long as lawmakers refuse
to cut the overall size of government, they will continue to kill American
jobs, create dangerous levels of government debt, inflate the dollar, deplete
American wealth, and leave millions of people financially insecure.
Libertarians
call on President Trump and congress to focus on cutting the overall size,
scope, and authority of government so that the economy flourishes and Americans
are gainfully employed, healthy, safe, and financially secure.
With respect to
Trump’s specific proposals, Libertarians wish him every success in implementing
his better ones, and every failure in implementing his bad ones.
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The 2018 Libertarian Party National
Convention and associated activities will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 30 through July 3, 2018. Please save the dates on your
calendar!
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Locker room talk? Maybe, but Gary Johnson says he never said anything as bad as Trump
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Disastrous stretch for
Gary Johnson gives boost to Clinton
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Libertarian
vice presidential nominee says he'll spend the rest of the campaign attacking
Trump
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Gary Johnson getting
more paper endorsements than Trump
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Could Gary Johnson play spoiler — or even winner — in New Mexico?
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Chicago Tribune endorses Libertarian Gary Johnson for president
Gary
Johnson campaigns in Parker on Monday
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Democrats
target Libertarian ticket
Compare
and contrast:
Gov. Gary Johnson vs. Sec. Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump
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The
presidential race in Arizona was
already tight. Then voters started noticing Gary Johnson
Kept off the debate stage, Gary Johnson very politely protests
Third
Parties Enjoy Their Day in Sun
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GSA Denies National
Security Briefings to Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson wants to
get rid of the Department of Homeland Security
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Gary Johnson: 'No chance' Weld drops off ticket
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Carl Bernstein: Weld May Quit and Help Hillary, 'Despises' Trump
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Gary Johnson vows to
keep fighting, sets sights on second debate
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Gary Johnson, Jill Stein left off first
debate stage
Libertarian Party: CPD decides to
make their first debates irrelevant
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Gary Johnson: The fastest one in the
race?
Libertarian Party Requests National
Security Briefings for Johnson/Weld
Johnson, Stein unlikely to make first debate
stage
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N.H. paper bucks 100-year tradition, backs Gary Johnson over
Donald Trump
Libertarian Gary Johnson says he'll be on ballot in all 50
states
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Will Gary Johnson Spoil ‘Red’ Georgia For Trump?
Gary Johnson Pushing to Qualify for
Debates
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Christie's former
treasurer running Trump rival's N.J. campaign
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‘And what is Aleppo?’ lands Gary Johnson in hot water
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Libertarian federal candidates
pledge to end crony capitalism
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Richmond Times-Dispatch endorses Gary Johnson for president
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Libertarian Gary Johnson Polls at 10 Percent. Who Are His Supporters?
Number of
Debate Podiums Not Known
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Newspaper
rejects Clinton and Trump, endorses third-party candidate
Gary
Johnson in Iowa: I represent 13 million people
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Vets lobby to get Johnson on stage
How's Donald Trump doing
with black voters? He's losing to Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.
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Libertarian Gary Johnson
to campaign in Milwaukee on Thursday
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Supreme Court shuts down Ohio Libertarians' ballot request
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Libertarians hope rallies and ads can nudge them
into the presidential debates
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industry
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Super PAC goes on the air for Gary
Johnson as he struggles for debate access
‘A third option’: Libertarian
Party’s Gary Johnson campaigns in Concord
Libertarian Gary Johnson on 2016:
'This is the demise of the Republican Party'
The government needs to stop
stifling economic growth
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First on CNN: Johnson-backing PAC
spends $1M for national TV spot
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Libertarian presidential ticket
pledges balanced budget,
entitlement reform
Hal Boyd: Gary Johnson says Mitt
Romney would be 'guaranteed' a spot in his administration
Former NJ state
treasurer supporting Gary Johnson and Bill Weld
Gary
Johnson Leads In 18-24 Demographic Over Both Clinton And
Trump.
Nevada
Assistant State Controller switches to LP
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Gary Johnson: Libertarian and Green
Party do not cancel each other out
Libertarian Party clears hurdles for
ballot access in Ohio, New York
Will Gary Johnson Make the
Presidential Debates?
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Libertarian presidential candidate
Johnson raised $2.9 million in first half of August
Libertarians are likely to get on
the ballot in Ohio, but their debate hopes fade
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Gary Johnson Has a Plan
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For Immediate
Release
August 11, 2016
Alexandria -
Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark today rebuked the Obama
Administration and the DEA for the decision not to reclassify marijuana as a
schedule 2 substance in spite of overwhelming pressure and widespread requests
to do so. Sarwark has issued this statement:
“The American people
overwhelmingly support a reclassification of this substance that is actually
proven effective in combating multiple medical disorders as well as being safer
than alcohol, tobacco, and most prescription painkillers.
“DEA Administrator Chuck
Rosenberg is blaming science when he is the one hamstringing the scientific
process with a nonsensical classification.
“Look, when even the American
Academy of Pediatrics is asking the DEA to reconsider this classification and
they STILL continue to stonewall, this is clearly not government of the people,
by the people and for the people. This is just another example of unelected
bureaucrats acting well outside the will of the American people and the two old
political parties allowing it to happen.
“Only the Libertarian Party will
stand up for making our communities safer by both ensuring that children don't
have access to marijuana, and that patients do have access to a safe and
effective medicine. And, once we fix our broken policy regarding marijuana, our
law enforcement resources can be redirected to real crimes.”
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Virginia Congressman: Libertarian Gary Johnson Can Win
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Clinton-Trump debate sites plan for a third podium
Poll: Donald Trump Maintains Lead in
Utah; Libertarian Gary Johnson Surging
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Third-party candidates
Johnson and Weld pitch themselves as antidote to polarization at Utah rally
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Third-party candidates in late push
for debate stage
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Third-party candidates
lose legal fight to get into presidential debates
NBC Poll: Gary Johnson
Pulls 10% vs. Hillary-Trump
Can
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Nominee, Swing the Election?
THINGS YOU CAN DO to help
elect Johnson/Weld 2016
IDEA
#2 Outreach to News Media
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Libertarian:
Trump has 'a screw loose'
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Libertarian Gary Johnson’s comments
on religious freedom and Mormons may hurt in Utah
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Gary Johnson Repeats Liberal 'Discrimination' Line on Religious Freedom
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Another sitting senator switches
parties, endorses Johnson
Libertarian candidates say Mitt
Romney is considering endorsing them
Reason: Gary Johnson Endorsed by TwoMontanaGOPState Reps
Gary Johnson Reaches All-Time
Polling High of 13% on Eve of GOP Convention
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Marvin Bush endorses Gary Johnson
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Utah state senator bolts Republican
Party for Libertarian camp
Libertarian Party chairman: “How to
talk with your Democratic friend”
Libertarian Party to Democrats: It's
cruel to be kind
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Libertarian
Gary Johnson looks to boost credibility, with a little help from Drew Carey
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For Immediate Release
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Did Ted Cruz just endorse Gary Johnson?It sounded like it and the Libertarian Party proudly welcomes Cruz supporters.Last night at the Republican National Convention, Sen. Cruz encouraged Americans to "vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution.
"The Libertarian Party agrees.
Nicholas Sarwark, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, says, "Come November, we encourage those who seek to follow their conscience, who love freedom and the Constitution, as Sen. Cruz describes, to vote Libertarian. We have candidates running for positions ranging from President to City Council.
""I don't agree with Senator Cruz on every issue, but this election is a job interview for the most important job in the country. His call to not stay home in November, to vote your conscience, to vote for the candidate who will defend the Constitution, is one that people should heed. If Americans look past names and party labels, the most honest, trustworthy, and qualified candidate is very clearly Gary Johnson. Maybe that's why the delegates at his convention savagely booed his call to 'vote your conscience
.'"The Libertarian Party is the only political party in America devoted to protecting all rights, of all human beings, all the time.
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THINGS
YOU CAN
DO to
help elect
IDEA #1
Friend,
We are so close to getting Gary
Johnson the 15% he needs in the polls to get into the national televised debates
and debate Clinton and Trump.
Many are
asking, "What can I do to help?"
So,
periodically, the Libertarian Party will start sending out ideas...easy things
that committed Libertarians like you can do to help during this critical time.
If
we want Americans to vote for Gary Johnson and other Libertarian candidates, we
need to first tell them about them. One way to share our candidates and message
is by distributing doorhangers across neighborhoods near you.
We need to start doing this as
soon as possible.
Please order
200 door hangers today and distribute them to help build Gary Johnson's name
recognition. On LPStore, 200 doorhangers are $15, including shipping. We have
priced these items as cheaply as possible to help get them in the hands of as
many activists as possible.
As voters learn more about him,
Johnson's standing in the polls will increase toward that ever-important
15%.
You
can help make this happen.
Placing 200
door hangers on doors takes about 2 hours in apartment complexes, or up to 4
hours or more for single-family homes.
Take some rubber bands with you
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(that's prohibited by law).
Please help us distribute
doorhangers across America and tell Americans about Gary Johnson!
Click
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How to talk
with your Republican friend
Dear Libertarian,
Many of us have Republican
friends who are pretty frustrated right now. I bet you know someone who is.
Maybe a close friend, a family member, a Facebook friend...They are not
bad people, and they aren't blind either. They see that Trump is a bully, that
he's unqualified. They agree he should not become President. Our country
deserves better, and they expected better from their party. They feel betrayed
and maybe just a little bit...politically homeless right now. Remember that
feeling?
Let's try to welcome them - and
their votes. We NEED to if we want our candidates to succeed!We need to
be diplomatic about it and resist the urge to gloat about the difficulties their
party has been facing. We also need to understand where they are coming from and
meet them where they are right now, politically.Our Republican friends
may not see every issue the way we do - and that is ok. We can persuade them on
various issues over time. (Congeniality and diplomacy in our Libertarian debate
circles is another topic for another time! Right now, we
need for a lot of people who are searching for political options to feel
comfortable enough with us to vote for Gary Johnson this fall!)
Here are a few strategies that I
have personally found most effective when reaching out to displaced
Republicans:
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Acknowledge their frustration. It is real. It is painful and it is personal to
them. Respect it. Resist the urge to gloat or taunt. Most won't take that well
right now. If we want our party to grow long term, it won't be through insulting
or alienating people who mostly agree with us!
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Keep reminding your friends that there are options beyond Trump and Clinton, and
that Governor Johnson will be on the ballot in all 50 states.
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Share points of interest about Governor Johnson. He was a two-term Republican
governor of New Mexico. He's a successful entrepreneur. He's an athlete. He's
ethical, candid, honest, likable, trustworthy, and highly qualified. He cut
taxes and balanced the budget in his state. Really, there is so much for
Republicans to like about him!
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Encourage other mutual Libertarian-leaning friends to talk with your friend. Let
them see that other people they know are voting Libertarian. Some people need to
see this before they will do it themselves.
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Encourage them to be true to themselves when they vote. You don't get a prize
for picking the winner, and if we all voted for who we really thought the best
candidate was, this country would be better for it. Also, a strong showing in
this election will put libertarian values front and center in the next, even if
we don't win. We can register our support for liberty by voting our
beliefs.- Show them the beautiful diversity of the Libertarian Party. No
matter who they are, where they come from, what they look like, what they enjoy,
what they believe, there are Libertarians like them. There is not a more diverse
organization in America. We respect each other and continually strive to
peacefully coexist. Believe it or not, Republicans do care about
this!
Be
welcoming. Be kind. Be encouraging. Be respectful.
Let's show America the beauty of
liberty and the merit of our candidates. If we diligently and diplomatically
share this message, Governor Johnson might just end up in the White House come
January! But even if he doesn't, our party will be bigger and stronger for your
efforts.
Towards
liberty,
Nicholas
Sarwark
Chair, Libertarian National
Committee
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For immediate release
July 18,
2016
Libertarian
Party mourns slain officers in Baton Rouge
ALEXANDRIA
— Nicholas
Sarwark, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, states, "The events in
Baton Rouge are heartbreaking and we all mourn with the people of Baton Rouge as
they grapple with the loss of innocent lives."
"After
every tragedy, people rightfully want to find the cause and prevent future
tragedies. Many will use this event to call for gun control and more laws.
However, the real solution here would be fewer laws."Sarwark
continues, "If we truly want to reduce situations in which police are pitted
against the people they are sworn to protect, we would end the war on drugs. The
constant escalation of prohibitionist policies have increasingly pitted police
and citizens against each other for decades and are largely responsible for the
militarization of police forces across America.
"Ending
the violence means ending the policies that lead to black and grey markets, the
highest incarceration rate in the world, and reduced economic opportunities in
the formal labor market for huge swaths of Americans. Ending the violence means
ending the war on drugs.
"Ending
the drug war will do more to heal the divide between police and citizens than
any other measure. It is the best way to save lives: both those of innocent
police officers and innocent citizens."The
Libertarian Party is the only political party in America devoted to protecting
all rights of all human beings all the time. As part of this mission, the
Libertarian Party seeks a minimal set of just laws that defend the rights of
individuals and are equally applied to all. __________________________
For immediate releaseJuly 16, 2016
Jeb and Mitt,
we welcome your vote
and admire your courage.
ALEXANDRIA — CNN reports that Gov. Jeb Bush and Gov. Mitt Romney are considering voting for Gov. Gary Johnson, Libertarian candidate for President.
Chairman of the Libertarian National Committee, Nicholas Sarwark, says, "The Libertarian Party is delighted that Govs. Bush and Romney are considering voting for our candidates, Govs. Johnson and Weld. I think they know that Johnson and Weld are far more qualified to be President and Vice President than Trump and Pence."
"It takes great courage for someone who has spent so many years serving the Republican Party to consider voting for a different party's candidate for president. We applaud Govs. Bush and Romney's courage. They don't have to agree with us on every issue to see that our Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates are clearly the best choices in this race."
"Govs. Johnson and Weld are exceptionally well qualified and also exceptional human beings. If Americans want candidates they can be proud to vote for, and who would serve honorably and justly, they should support Govs. Johnson and Weld."
The Libertarian Party is the only political party in America devoted to protecting all rights, of all human beings, all the time.
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Why I'm voting for
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president
2016 Presidential
Ballot Access Map
Interesting
Fact -- For the Record: What if I vote for a third party?
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need to hire 20 more paid petitioners right away! Please send your name, phone,
and address to the email addresses listed below for each state.
New
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Volunteers and professionals should contact Mark Axinn at
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Poll: Faced With Trump
and Clinton, Americans Want Third Choice
Libertarian Party
Calls for an End to All Violence
Libertarian Gary
Johnson could spoil the Southwest for Trump
Libertarian Party says laws should
apply equally to all.
Libertarian candidate
Johnson averaging over 7 percent in polls
]Gary
Johnson, toughening rhetoric, says Donald Trump is ‘clearly’ racist
Libertarian nominee:
Trump's comments on Mexican immigrants 'incendiary'
Libertarians Offer Alternatives to
Trump, Clinton - Interview with Arvin Vohra
Judge lowers Pennsylvania statewide candidate signature
requirement to 5,000
Listen to the Libertarians
Poll Finds Opening for
Third-Party Candidates as Clinton, Trump Remain Unpopular
New England states are
roadblock for Libertarians
Libertarian Party: The
Draft is Slavery. End it.
The Libertarian Party
& Johnson|Weld
2016
cordially invite you
to
An Exclusive Evening
with the Governors
@ FreedomFest
Friday, July 15, 7 - 9 PM
Come meet and talk with
Governors Johnson and Weld.
Koi Restaurant
@ The Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
Space is extremely
limited, so don't wait!
Tickets are $250 per
person.
Proceeds benefit the
Libertarian Party and
Johnson|Weld 2016
campaign.
Appetizers and wine
will be served.
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The Libertarian Party
opposes the No Fly No Buy bill and other restrictions without due process
Many Utah Republicans say they're sour on Trump, and Libertarians sense opportunity
Libertarian
nominee Gary Johnson on guns, debates and pot
CNN to HostTown Hall with Libertarian
Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates on June 22
Mitt Romney may vote
Libertarian, as GOP criticism of Trump deepens
In wake of Orlando shooting, Libertarian
Party calls for end to 'gun-free' zones
Libertarian hopeful
insists he can mount competitive campaign
The Libertarian
alternative
Gary Johnson’s claim that states
operate at a deficit because of federal education requirements
Secretary of State: Libertarians
free to run for office in N.H.
Bernie Sanders supporters have a
choice: Libertarian Johnson advocates civil liberties, peace, ending cronyism
The Libertarian Party
Was the First Modern Crew To Nominate a Woman To Ticket
Libertarian nominee:
'I don't think I'm going to be a spoiler'
Montgomery County,
Indiana GOP chair steps down, joins Libertarian Party
THERE IS A THIRD WAY AND IT’S CALLED LIBERTARIANISM
Another state legislator quits GOP,
joins Libertarian Party
Unconventional #20: How the results of the contested Libertarian
convention could reshape 2016 (and more!)
Libertarians Johnson
and Weld offer a credible alternative to Trump
Gary Johnson lays out Libertarian agenda, blows
kiss to Trump
Million-dollar super-PAC donation
coming for Libertarian ticket
Gary Johnson on CNN 5/31/16
Libertarians now have a presidential
candidate: Gary Johnson
Libertarians pick former
Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld as vice presidential nominee after heated
convention
Libertarian Party Presidential Debate
Libertarian Party set to pick
nominee at convention
The Libertarian Party Is In Turmoil
Over Its Vice Presidential Nominee
As they convene in Florida, Libertarians hope to
exploit frustration with main parties
5 things the
Libertarian Party stands for
Guns, weed and relevance
For #NeverTrump and
#NeverHillary voters, Libertarians are just the ticket
Libertarian Party eyes 2016 as
breakthrough year
Libertarian candidate beefs up
fundraising operation
William Weld joins Gary Johnson on
Libertarian ticket
William Weld sticks to Donald Trump
immigration policy comparison to Kristallnacht
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