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California is about to vote on one of the most undemocratic proposals in the history of the state, Prop 14. As Debbie Tharp of the California Libertarian Party (CALP) explains, "Prop 14 (the top two initiative) allows voters to vote for any party they want in the primary elections, and it is being sold as […]

Dear Libertarian, I hope you will attend our National Convention in St. Louis. If you haven’t decided whether to attend yet, it’s still not too late — you can even show up unannounced. However, there are some risks you need to be aware of if you show up to the convention without registering in advance, […]

May 17, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, I’m pretty busy with preparations for our upcoming National Convention in St. Louis, so today’s Monday Message is a little briefer than usual. You might have noticed this New York Times editorial by Paul Krugman. In it, he says that libertarianism doesn’t work, and proves it by pointing […]

On May 11, there were Libertarian candidates in two special elections for State Senate in Georgia. David Montané ran in District 42, getting 7.5 percent of the vote against two Democrats and an independent candidate. Brandon Givens ran in District 49, getting 8.1 percent against two Republicans. View the election results.

May 10, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, You’ve probably seen a lot about the big BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Libertarians are sometimes attacked for not having good answers to environmental questions. In this case, I think there are problems that Republicans and Democrats in Congress have created, and Libertarians would have […]

Emily Salvette, chair of the Michigan LP, writes in the Detroit Free Press in opposition to the new Michigan law banning all texting while driving: Will this law increase public safety? Probably not. It is intended to deter distracted driving that is reckless. But reckless driving is already illegal. Police can already issue tickets to […]

Dear Friend of Liberty, I hope you’ll try asking at least one other person to join the Libertarian Party and become a dues-paying member for a minimum of $25. I hope whoever you ask will agree and join our party, but I’m not asking you to follow up or worry too much about whether your […]

On May 4th, Libertarian Party candidate Christina Tobin appeared on FOX’s ‘Freedom Watch’ with Judge Napolitano to discuss California’s upcoming vote on Prop 14. As Christina Tobin notes, Prop 14 "…is the biggest threat to third parties and independents in 60 years."   Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com

Libertarian Doug Burlison, a city councilman in Springfield, Missouri, writes in an editorial in the Springfield News-Leader: A little over a week ago, Central High School conducted a lockdown for the purpose of a random drug search. This is the school that a couple of our children attend, and as parents, we wholeheartedly object to […]

May 3, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, Last Friday the number of fans on our Facebook fanpage surpassed 40,000! Facebook is one of the biggest social networking sites on the internet. Our fanpage provides a forum for thousands of people to discuss Libertarian ideas. A year ago, in April 2009, we only had 8,000 fans. […]