Alabama Libertarian convention coming up Saturday, May 10, 2014

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The Alabama state LP convention is on Saturday, May 10 in Birmingham, and features Judge Jim Gray (2012 VP candidate), national LP Political Director Carla Howell with “Who’s Driving” political training, Sharon Harris of Advocates for Self-Government, and former Mississippi LP Chair and current US House candidate Danny Bedwell. Due to Alabama’s ballot access laws this will be our first convention to nominate multiple candidates for public office since 2002. There is no charge for the speakers or for observing business, but there is a charge for people who want to eat lunch or go to the evening fundraising event, and only Alabama LP members (separate from national members) can vote.

We encourage as many people as possible to run for office; even if you don’t have a lot of time or money, putting your name on the ballot will help our other candidates and . If you live in a county other than the ones we have money to do ballot access work for, you can still nominate yourself for office. You may or may not be able to get yourself on the ballot. At the very least I will provide advice and consulting, and we may or may not come up with money and petitioners to help you if we get done with the counties we are working on now early and raise enough. Minimum qualifications to run for office are at http://www.sos.state.al.us/elections/minqualifications.aspx ; some offices only require you to be 18 years old and a resident of the state for one day. We will also be electing state party officers.

Details below:

2014 Libertarian Party of Alabama Convention

The Libertarian Party of Alabama will host its annual convention on Saturday, May 10, 2014. The convention activities will take place at the Libertarian Party of Alabama headquarters located at 2330 Highland Avenue South in Birmingham, Alabama, with registration beginning at 8:00 am. A variety of lunch options will be available including on your own to premium seating with our nationally renowned speakers. An outing with our speakers has been planned to Regions Field in downtown Birmingham for after the convention to watch Pensacola vs. the Barons. The outing will include food and soft drinks for a cost of $35/person.

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Convention Schedule:

8:00-9:00 am

Registration and Credentialing

9:00-10:45 am

Nomination and Speeches from Candidates Seeking Office

11:00 am – 11:15 am

2013-2014 Officer Reports

11:15 am – 11:45 am

Business Meeting

11:45 am – 12:00 pm

Executive Committee Elections

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunch

Please see below for details on attending the optional buffet

lunch featuring seating with our august speakers.

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Sharon Harris

An award-winning speaker, Ms. Harris conducts communication training seminars,

and administers the Advocates for Self Government guest speaker program.

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Danny Bedwell

Mr. Bedwell is the candidate for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District

and former Chair of the Libertarian Party of Mississippi.

2:15 pm – 4:00 pm

Carla Howell

The Libertarian Party Political Director will be presenting

her “Who’s Driving” political training.

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Judge Jim Gray

2012 Libertarian Party Vice President Nominee

The Libertarian Party of Alabama has met the threshold petitioning requirements to be placed on the ballot for the upcoming November 2014 elections in Jefferson County and is continuing petition efforts in Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, and Shelby Counties. This designation allows the Libertarian Party of Alabama to run candidates for all county positions along with several State senate and house seats that are located entirely within these counties and one US House seat if we make the ballot in all these counties. If you are interested in running for a political office as a Libertarian or attending the convention, please contact: Mr. Leigh LaChine, Chair, 205.936.9387 or [email protected].

The Libertarian Party of Alabama is the official State affiliate for the national Libertarian Party. Founded in 1971, the Libertarian Party believes in achieving liberty through economic freedom and social tolerance, and is the nation’s fastest growing political party.

Fundraising Luncheon

We invite you to join us at the Taj India Restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday, May 10, 2014. The luncheon will feature a buffet and soft drinks with a cash bar available. A variety of sponsorships are available from $25 to $35 which includes seating with our nationally renowned speakers.

Seating with the speakers is limited, and tickets must be purchased in advance.

For more information please contact Leigh LaChine.

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Biographical info on our speakers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P._Gray

Judge James (Jim) P. Gray is a nationally known and respected author and speaker who has long advocated reform of the nation’s drug laws. A highly regarded jurist, Judge Gray served on California’s Orange County Superior Court from 1989 to 2010. His hundreds of media appearances have included Fox News, ABC, C-SPAN and radio stations across the country. He is the author of three books. James Polin “Jim” Gray (born February 14, 1945) is an American jurist and the 2012 Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee. He was the presiding judge of the Superior Court of Orange County, California. Gray was the 2004 Libertarian Party candidate for the United States Senate in California. He is the author of multiple books and a play, and is critical of current American drug laws.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Howell

Carla A. Howell (born 1955) is an American political activist and small government advocate. She is President of the Center For Small Government. She is most known for organizing tax cut initiative petitions in Massachusetts (called ballot measures in other states). She started an initiative to repeal the Massachusetts state personal income tax in 2002 and again in 2008 and one to cut the state sales tax in 2010. She ran for office in Massachusetts for U.S. Senate (2000), Governor (2002), and State Auditor (1998) on the Libertarian Party ticket. In December 2011 she became executive director for the Libertarian National Committee. In 2010 she headed the Alliance to Roll Back Taxes, backing a ballot initiative to cut the Massachusetts sales tax from 6.25% to 3.0% which was on the November 2, 2010 ballot as Question 3. Her group collected and submitted 74,131 approved voter signatures in the fall of 2009, and another 14,023 signatures in the spring-summer of2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Harris

Sharon Harris is a libertarian political activist and president of the Advocates for Self-Government. Harris holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in psychology. In 1972, Harris was a founding member of the Libertarian Party of Georgia. In 1994, Harris ran as the Libertarian candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture in Georgia, garnering 301,416 votes for 22.61% of the total vote in the two candidate general election. Harris is best known for her work with the Advocates for Self-Government, through which she recommends various rhetorical strategies for convincing voters of the tenets of Libertarianism. Harris also frequently promotes the use of the World’s Smallest Political Quiz in conjunction with the Nolan chart in an event called “Operation: Politically Homeless”.

Danny Bedwell is the former chair of the Mississippi LP and a former and current candidate for US House in northern Mississippi.

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Paul Frankel
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*Alternate, Region 7 LNC (AL, MS, TX, OK, LA)
*Alabama Director, Our America Initiative
*Ballot Access Petition Contractor
*Volunteer Reporter, IPR https://independentpoliticalreport.com/