The Libertarian Party will hold its first-ever Louisiana primary next month, when Anthony “Tony G” Gentile faces Randall Todd Hayes in the race for the U.S. Senate. It also will be the last one unless lawmakers change their minds on how federal elections should be held in the state.
Central Florida voters are going to see a new name at this year’s primary election. Seminole, Volusia and Orange Counties will be the first in Florida to have a Libertarian party primary. It’s making history for the state and could be a sign of where politics are heading. We’re accustomed to deciding who we want to represent us. Just pick your party. Democrat or Republican.
This year take a look at the first ever Florida candidates from a minor party and make it to the ballot to fight over the chair to be a state representative. The supervisor of elections in Seminole county says the new blood is a good thing. “It’s historic, it’s great,” said Mike Ertel / Supervisor of Election in Seminole County. “It’s going to be a good test on voter turnout and it’s just great for democracy to have folks that are in a smaller party, you know we may have a smaller political party here but we want to choose who our candidates are going to be.”
It’s the race between Franklin Perez and Ellen Paul that’s making headlines and history. It’s also a sign voters may be looking for a change, a chance to vote for someone other than a right or left wing party.
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July 14, 2010 5:00 PM
By John Stossel
Something’s happened to America, and it isn’t good. It’s become easier to get into trouble.
We’ve become a nation of a million rules. Not the kind of bottom-up rules that people generate through voluntary associations. Those are fine. I mean imposed, top-down rules formed in the brains of meddling bureaucrats .
Lao Tsu said, “The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.”
John Stossel is host of “Stossel” on the Fox Business Network. He’s the author of “Give Me a Break” and of “Myth, Lies, and Downright Stupidity.” To find out more about John Stossel, visit his site at http://www.johnstossel.com.