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Former Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska, a 2008 candidate for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, has died at the age of 91, his namesake Gravel Institute reports:
https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute/status/1409141062799708163?s=19…
Earlier today, Twitter suspended President Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours after he posted two tweets about the breach of the Capitol building that Twitter disapproved.…
Polling in the 2018 Texas governor’s race shows Libertarian Mark Tippetts solidly in third place, with a huge 16 percent of voters undecided, according to the poll with the largest sample size to date conducted in June by the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune.…
From the Libertarian Party of Texas:
Thank You to everyone who participated in the LPTexas Vote With Your Dollars Straw Poll. Not only have you expressed your preference and helped LPTexas make a great and productive Presidential Debate Forum, but you have also helped give LPTexas additional resources to make the entire convention an even bigger showcase for liberty!
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Texas will hold its biennial election on amendments to the state constitution on Tuesday, November 3. The Libertarian Party of Texas makes the following recommendations on the seven proposed amendments and two important local ballot initiatives:
Proposition 1, SJR 1: Oppose
“The constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes from $15,000 to $25,000, providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, authorizing the legislature to prohibit a political subdivision that has adopted an optional residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption, and prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property.”…
I recently saw an email from Students for Liberty entitled “The Rise of the Libertarians”. It caused me to think about the great things that are happening and the great opportunity we have in the “Launch 2014” campaign here in Texas.…