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The Libertarian Party of Hawaii is convening tomorrow at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel for its annual convention.
Details: https://www.libertarianhawaii.com/post/2025-convention-libertarian-party-of-hawaii
Petitioning has been underway since Tuesday for the Libertarian Party in Cook County, Illinois. What I do know is there’s a slate endorsed by the Cook County Libertarian Central Committee, but other candidates are welcome to circulate petitions for the March 17, 2026 general primary. The petitioning period will run 82-89 days, with the filing period being October 27 through November 3.
I alluded to this primary petitioning drive in a July 17 article here on IPR (and later coverage on July 28 through LP Alliance’s The Torch).
IPR article: https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2025/07/illinois-libertarians-keep-ballot-access-in-cook-county-for-2026-primary/
The Torch article: https://thetorch.media/libertarians-in-cook-county-to-begin-petitioning-next-month/
The Unity Party will be holding a packed extremely important monthly general meeting with lots of very important developments most of which I cannot talk about here. You will have to show up to find out the link is https://meet.google.com/cgy-byru-vsi
The times are
12 noon Pacific Time
1 p.m. Mountain Time
2 p.m. Central Time
3 p.m. Eastern Time
4 p.m. Brasilia Time
8 p.m. British Summer Time
9 p.m. Central European Time