Filing for the August 5th 2014 primary opens on February 25th and remains open through March 25th. The Missouri Libertarian Party is actively seeking candidates for federal, state and county races. Federal races include all eight House of Representative districts. State races include State Auditor, all 163 State Representative districts and 17 State Senate districts (the even numbered ones). Filing for state and federal races is in person in Jefferson City (except active duty military and physically disabled persons). Further information, including qualifications, is available here: http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2014primary/ County race information is available at the applicable county website or the County Clerk’s office. The party is also seeking candidates for committeeman/woman. Filing for county offices, including committeeman/woman is at the County Clerk’s office.
The main function of the Libertarian Party is to run candidates for office who support the Party’s principle of less government and more freedom, in order to move public policy towards increased liberty. The utilitarian goal is increased prosperity and peace. The moral imperative is that we may live in a society free of legitimized force, coercion, violence and theft. Those candidates who win will be able to directly influence public policy. Those candidates who don’t win will have magnified their voice for liberty, often being the only consistent voice for freedom in their race, amidst the status quo rhetoric of statism that will be put forth by the older party candidates. There is no greater to way to serve the Party’s objective.
While the Libertarian Party supports any and all activism genuinely aimed at increasing liberty, running for office on the LP ticket has two benefits that other forms of activism often don’t. Firstly it speaks to people at precisely the time when they are most attuned to politics, providing an immediate action they can take, and secondly it threatens statist politicians like little else can, in that their greatest desire is to get elected.
So if you’re tired of the statist rhetoric and the lies, if you want to give liberty a voice, if you think you can do a better job than your “representative” at protecting our freedoms, then step up and take action. http://lpmo.org/action/runforoffice
Contact Name:
Cisse W. Spragins, Ph.D.
Contact Email:
[email protected]