Author Archive | Bob Johnston

Aaron Starr, who lost a close race for the Oxnard City Council last November but won a ballot measure to overturn the city’s wastewater rate hike, was interviewed on KEYT-TV, the local ABC affiliate. He explains his reasons for planning to recall elected city council members who recently voted for a rate hike. Click here to watch […]

[UPDATE: POSITION FILLED. NO MORE APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED] The Libertarian Party is seeking a Candidate Support Specialist who will help recruit a record number of Libertarian Party candidates nationwide for the 2018 election cycle. You will help all candidates run more effective campaigns, and help identify specific opportunities where Libertarians can win elections. Job Description: […]

The Libertarian Party is seeking a Press Secretary who shares our love of liberty and will help the Libertarian Party succeed as a vehicle for implementing libertarian policies. Job Description: The Press Secretary monitors breaking news and prepares responses from a Libertarian perspective. In addition to responding to what’s already happening, a highly successful Press […]

Iowa Governor Terry Brandstad signed bill H.F. 516, which eliminated the straight-ticket device, on May 5. Straight-ticket ballots list the officially qualified parties at the top, usually just “Democrat” and “Republican.” Voters can check an adjacent box to cast a vote for all of that party’s candidates on their ballot. Thus voters are often unaware […]

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was interviewed by Glenn Beck on two of his shows on May 11. Click here to listen to the interview on the radio show, “The Glenn Beck Program.” Click here to watch a clip from that radio interview on how to solve the culture war. Click here to watch a clip […]

Joseph Stallcop, a state representative from Cheshire County, N.H., district four, switched from the Democratic Party to the Libertarian Party (LP) on May 10. He is the second New Hampshire legislator to switch to the Libertarian Party. Caleb Dyer of Pelham switched to the LP from the Republican Party in February. “My time in Concord reinforced [my […]

Ballot access in South Dakota, which had been one of the toughest in the nation, was made easier, as Governor Daugaard signed bill HB 1034 on March 13 to allow political parties to retain party status with any statewide office candidate getting at least 2.5% in a general election race. Previously, the only way for a political party […]

After receiving the Libertarian Party’s nomination for Governor of Virginia on Saturday, May 6, Mechanicsville lawyer and business owner Cliff Hyra said in an interview with Bearing Drift that he predicts “Virginia will legalize marijuana before it privatizes the state’s ABC [liquor] stores.” From the article: “Of course, I’m for both,” he said, noting that “as […]

Thank you for taking the time to explain your reasons for your vote on TrumpCare, and for being one of the few congressmen who communicates directly with his constituents. Although we are from different parties, I have often presented you as an example of a member of GOP that could be trusted to fight for […]

On May 4, 2017, the Libertarian Party lost one of its true luminaries, and I lost a friend. Roger Lee Wrights passed away after leading a full life devoted to liberty and peace for all people. I got to know Lee through his service on the LNC at various points between 2002 and 2014, and […]

It is now easier for a party in Nebraska to retain ballot access, because a party that has at least 10,000 recognized voters will be a recognized party. Although Governor Pete Ricketts didn’t sign the bill, he let it go into effect. The bill had been introduced by Libertarian legislator Laura Ebke, and passed 49–0. A party […]

From a press release issued by the LP of Kansas on May 2, 2017: “The Libertarian Party of Kansas’ Executive Committee embodies the political middle ground the party has claimed for years, following last weekend’s State Convention in Mission, Kansas. “Party leadership is predominantly female for the first time since inception with the election of […]