Democratic officials and allies appear to be increasingly looking to independent candidates in heavily Republican states as a way to compete where the Democratic Party label remains an electoral liability.…
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This article was originally published by Idaho Education News on March 27, 2026. It is republished here with permission. Any views expressed are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect those of Independent Political Report or the Outsider Media Foundation.…
Nine state Libertarian Parties and the We The People Party of Pennsylvania have filed an amicus brief calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Barton v.…
Members of the Constitution Party of Idaho selected Joel Skousen as the party’s presidential nominee over the weekend. Skousen was one of three candidates actively seeking the party’s presidential nomination at its recent state convention.…
The Constitution Party of Idaho will hold its state convention this upcoming Saturday, August 3, at the Karlfeldt Center in Meridian, Idaho. Convention delegates will elect new party officers and select a presidential ticket to place on the ballot for this year.…
A situation described as an “improper mass removal” of Libertarian Party of Idaho board officers was shared on the Libertarian National Committee’s public business list on Tuesday, prompting a motion by the national committee to recognize one of the two cohorts.…
Three Pacific Coast state counties voted earlier this month to support leaving their respective states in a sign of recent local support for secessionist efforts. Residents in Morrow and Wheeler Counties in Oregon and San Bernardino County in California have voted to leave and either join a pre-existing state or create a new one entirely.…
Submission from Kyle Markley:
I sent the following message to the Libertarian National Committee in my personal capacity as a life member of the national party, and not as a statement from the Libertarian Party of Oregon Board and without review by any other person on that Board. …
Note that this is a draft. The LNC might be interested in suggestions for improvements.
Whereas, The Libertarian National Committee has found no convincing evidence that the regularly scheduled annual convention of the Libertarian Party of Idaho (LPID) which took place on April 2, 2022 was invalid;
Whereas, The delegates at the April 2, 2022 LPID annual convention interpreted their own Bylaws and recognized the convention and its business as valid;
Whereas, Idaho state party leadership elections were conducted at the April 2, 2022 LPID annual convention; and
Whereas, The Judicial Committee of the LPID determined that “The convention held on April 2, 2022 was a legitimate, valid, and effective Convention of the Libertarian Party of Idaho,” and that the officers and their successors, including Jayson Sorensen as the interim Chair, are the legitimate officers of the LPID;
Resolved, That the Libertarian National Committee recognizes the leadership elected at the April 2, 2022 Libertarian Party of Idaho annual convention and their successors in the ordinary course of business as the legitimate representatives of the recognized Idaho affiliate, including interim Chair Jayson Sorensen who was elected pursuant to the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party of Idaho.…