November 7, 2026
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From Ballot Access News via LP.org blog:
On March 24, U.S. District Court Judge John Z. Lee, an Obama appointee, struck down a 2013 Illinois campaign finance law that makes it illegal for any medical cannabis cultivation center or dispensary organization to make a campaign contribution to a candidate for state or local office.…
Aaron Starr
A post-Election Day drama has been playing out in Aaron Starr’s twin battles: one for a seat on the Oxnard City Council, which he lost by less than 1 percent of the vote, and the other to implement Measure M, a ballot initiative Starr championed and won, but which now finds itself back in court.…
Darryl W. Perry is chair of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire and sought the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2016. Originally posted at fpp.cc:
In March 2014 the Institute for Justice filed suit on behalf of Celeste Kelly, Grace Granatelli and Stacey Kollman against the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board.…
Ginger Jentzen at Socialist Alternative:
Low-wage workers have organized for two years to force $15 an hour to the center of Minneapolis’ 2017 elections.…
William Saturn at Saturn’s Repository:
Phil Davison
Back in 2010 I witnessed the future of politics. A little known councilman went before his local party and delivered the most passionate speech of this century thus far. …
On March 31, Rocky De La Fuente filed an amended complaint in his Georgia ballot access lawsuit, to cure certain problems with his original complaint.…
The first 100 days of a President’s administration is one of the most important in regards to their agenda and course setting for the next 4 years.…
Zachary Foster at Libertarian Party of Nevada:
Opposing open borders in favor of strict border control, especially by means of the state, is antithetical to liberty.…
LPedia.org is a wiki collaborative history of the Libertarian Party started in February 2005 by Shane Cory as an replacement for the older archive.lp.org. The site had gotten into maintenance trouble in June 2013 when new account creation was disabled and fallen into technical disrepair as the MediaWiki engine went through version upgrades without being installed on LPedia primarily due to the fact that there simply was not enough staff time to keep the site updated and the account creation was leading to potential security risks while it was installed on the same server as the main LP.org…
