Update from Mike Dooling:
FYI: The national convention is being livestreamed on UStream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/5815382 — I’m watching until I can be on the floor in Orlando Saturday morning.
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Posts published in May 2016
As the Presidential campaign heats up, there might be info from the major parties that might interest the people who read IPR. This would be a good place to post it.…
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Posted at Dearn for VP:
Now that the vote is completed, I wish to explain myself.
I learned that the poll companies (and perhaps CPD) stated that they wouldn’t include libertarians without Weld.…
William Weld wins Libertarian Party vice presidential nomination on second ballot (both ballot results listed below, from Wikipedia:
| Libertarian National Convention Vice Presidential vote, 2016 – 1st Ballot[7] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | First Ballot | Percentage |
| William Weld | 426 | 49.022% |
| Larry Sharpe | 264 | 30.380% |
| William Coley | 93 | 10.702% |
| Derrick Grayson | 48 | 5.524% |
| Alicia Dearn | 29 | 3.337% |
| None of the above | 6 | 0.690% |
| Daniel Hogan (Write-in) | 1 | 0.115% |
| Austin Petersen (Write-in) | 1 | 0.115% |
| Gary Johnson (Write-in) | 1 | 0.115% |
| Totals | 869 | 100% |
No candidate achieved the majority on the first ballot, so there was a second ballot vote.…
ORLANDO, FL – Libertarian candidate for president Gary Johnson secured the Libertarian Party nomination today at the Libertarian National Conference.
“I am happy to endorse the nominee’s candidacy for President of the United States,” said Austin Petersen.…
Gary Johnson wins the Libertarian Party presidential nomination on the second ballot (both ballots below, with percentages corrected for first ballot, from Wikipedia)
| Libertarian National Convention Presidential vote, 2016 – 1st Ballot[5] | ||
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| Candidate | First Ballot | Percentage |
| Gary Johnson | 458 | 49.5% |
| Austin Petersen | 197 | 21.3% |
| John McAfee | 131 | 14.2% |
| Darryl Perry | 63 | 6.8% |
| Marc Allen Feldman | 58 | 6.3% |
| Kevin McCormick | 9 | 1.0% |
| None of the above | 5 | 0.5% |
| Ron Paul (Write-in) | 1 | 0.1% |
| Vermin Supreme (Write-in) | 1 | 0.1% |
| Heidi Zemen (Write-in) | 1 | 0.1% |
| Derrick Grayson (Write-in) | 1 | 0.1% |
| Totals | 925 | 100% |
No candidate achieved the majority on the first ballot, so there will be a second ballot vote.…
Gary Johnson barely missed a first round win on the first ballot for President at the Libertarian national convention here in Orlando. It now is on second ballot tabulation.…
Via Chris Lesiak on a prior post:
Here is a link to CSPAN’s coverage of the debate starting now:
http://www.stream2watch.co/live-now/live-tv/us/c-span-live-stream
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Scotty Boman with Gary Johnson
Scotty Boman is a Libertarian Party activist from Michigan and former candidate for U.S. Senate. Read more about Boman at his Wikipedia page.…