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Posts published in August 2016

FIELD REPORT: Johnson Billboards

By Joseph Buchman, PhD on August 31, 2016 5:34 PM

SaneNote: I’m headlining this with “FIELD REPORT” in the hope that other IPR contributors and readers will submit reports from around the USA (and around the world) reporting on their experience with, or media exposure to, Independent political campaign activity.…

Libertarian Party of Michigan Joins Other Affiliates and LNC in Issuing Gun Rights and Watch List Resolution

By Caryn Ann Harlos on August 31, 2016 3:16 PM

Libertarian_Party_of_Michigan_LogoThe Libertarian Party of Michigan joins New Mexico, Colorado, Jefferson Parish (Louisiana), and the Libertarian National Committee in issuing the following resolution:

WHEREAS, the Platforms of the National Libertarian Party and the Libertarian Party of Michigan affirm the right of due process, and deny the legitimacy of “victimless crimes”; and

WHEREAS, the government has steadily encroached upon these rights by illegitimately regulating and restricting access for firearms and ammunition, and may further seek to deprive people, who have been convicted of no crime, of their inherent right to full self-defense by denying their civil and inherent rights to obtain firearms and ammunition; therefore

BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian Party of Michigan opposes any policy which would deny access to any firearms or ammunition to any person solely for being placed on any government watch or no-fly list, and reaffirms its call to repeal and oppose any existing or proposed firearm and ammunition regulations.…

LPCO Press Release: Libertarian Excluded from Debate over Fraction of a Percent

By Caryn Ann Harlos on August 30, 2016 1:04 PM

silenced-2DENVER, COLORADO—During an election season where voters have expressed unprecedented dissatisfaction with their choices and over 30% of Coloradan voters are unaffiliated, Club 20, a “non-partisan coalition” has excluded Libertarian Party Senatorial Candidate Lily Tang Williams from their debate forum scheduled for September 10, 2016.…