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I’m coming to you today, the final day our first quarterly FEC deadline of 2020, with an important request: I’m asking you to start your Libertarian Party membership before tonight’s deadline. This crisis has made it clearer than ever: Our country is hurting due to overregulation by the federal government controlled by the Democrats and […]

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on March 27, 2020: In a time of “social distancing” and the coronavirus, third-party candidates shouldn’t have to go door to door collecting over 20,000 signatures to get on the ballot in Georgia, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. The lawsuit by Libertarian Party and Green Party nominees for the […]

Alabama Libertarian Party chair Laura Lane was quoted in an article on Al.com, the website of the Birmingham News, the city’s main newspaper, on March 24, 2020. Alabama businesses, employees, and consumers are scrambling to adjust to closed schools and restaurants, cancelled sports seasons, work-from-home instructions and other disruptions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. […]

In this time of fear, chaos and uncertainty, a choice must be made in the heart of every individual — to abandon one’s principles to fear, or to hold firm to them. The Libertarian Party seeks always to lead by example, and we choose to hold firm to ours. One of the core principles of […]

The national Libertarian Party Platform Committee will have a meeting on April 2, 2020 at 7:00-9:00pm EST. The log-in information and the agenda are below. Please direct any questions to the Committee Chair, Caryn Ann Harlos at secretary@lp.org. Topic: Platform Committee Meeting Time: Apr 2, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom […]

While millions of Americans are practicing social distancing in a COVID-19 outbreak, delivery service companies like Amazon are right at our doorstep with food, supplies and necessities. Facebook is the largest social media platform in the world. We are seeing community members from every city sharing vital information about grocery stores that are out of […]

From KPAX.com, the CBS television affiliate in Western Montana, on March 19, 2020: Lewis and Clark County Commissioner Susan Good Geise said Wednesday she’ll be the Libertarian Party’s new candidate in Montana’s U.S. Senate race – replacing a last-minute withdrawal. Geise, a Republican county commissioner, told MTN News she contacted the Libertarians after reading about […]

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe show on March 17, 2020, to discuss the coronavirus, and how to balance public health while protecting civil liberties. “You don’t need to have draconian measures from the government if people are accurately informed about what is going on,” said Mr. Sarwark. “We need […]

From Ballot Access News on March 11, 2020: The New Mexico Libertarian Party has 12 candidates for State House on its June primary ballot, and 6 candidates for State Senate. That is the highest number of legislative candidates that any party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, has had in New Mexico since the […]