RALEIGH (May 14) – The tax reform plan announced by state Senate Republicans last week is just another charade designed to make people think they are actually reducing taxes, the Libertarian Party of North Carolina state chair said in a statement today.…
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N.C. Libertarians appoint new officials
By Brian Irving on April 1, 2013 12:00 PM
RALEIGH (April 2) – The state Libertarian Party has appointed several new people to its executive committee. The new officials are: Jon Byers, membership secretary; Alex Matthews, director of university relations; Christopher Dooley, social media coordinator, and; Brian Irving, press secretary.…
N.C. Libertarians respond to governor’s State of the State address
By Brian Irving on February 21, 2013 9:31 AM
Nothing Gov. Pat McCrory said in his State of the State address indicates he’ll deviate from the 40 year record of both Democratic and Republican governors that’s contributed to the excessive debt, regulation and public sector bureaucracy handicapping North Carolina, said the chair of the state Libertarian Party.…
Libertarian N.C. county commissioner candidate racks up major endorsements
By Brian Irving on November 5, 2012 7:50 AM
Jason Bateman, Libertarian candidate for Mecklenburg (N.C.) county commissioner has picked up two major endorsement. Creative Loafing Charlotte an alternative newspaper, and MeckPAC, a non-partisan lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender political action committee are both backing him.…
N.C. Libertarian chair says ‘don’t waste your vote’ on Dalton or McCrory
By Brian Irving on November 2, 2012 1:26 PM
by J.J. Summerell
Chair, Libertarian Party of North Carolina
“Don’t waste your vote” is a refrain which independent, third party voters hear frequently, and the impact it has on those considering a third party vote is interesting.…
Howe asks N.C. Gov. Perdue to pardon the Wilmington Ten
By Brian Irving on October 31, 2012 4:51 PM
Libertarian N.C. gubernatorial candidate Barbara Howe has announced her support for a pardon of innocence for the group known as the Wilmington Ten, nine men and one woman convicted of arson and conspiracy in 1972.…
NC Libertarian Candidate for Governor polls 7 percent
By Joe Buchman on July 7, 2012 11:13 PM
A poll of 600 North Carolina adults released 5 July 2012 by the John W. Pope Civitas Institute with the headline “McCrory Lead Narrows with Libertarian in Poll” shows Libertarian Gubernatorial candidate Barbara Howe with 7 percent, Democratic candidate Walter Dalton with 44 percent, and Republican Pat McCrory with 46 percent. …
Libertarian Party Nominee Barbara Howe Polls 7% in North Carolina Gubernatorial Election
By Trent Hill on May 28, 2012 2:54 AM
SurveyUSA is one of the most accurate polling companies in the United States, along with Public Policy Polling. Those two polling firms have also been the most reliable in terms of including third party candidates in their polls over the last couple of years.…
Johnson Polls 6% in North Carolina
By Trent Hill on May 16, 2012 2:47 PM
Public Policy Polling is, by far, the best polling agency when it comes to including third parties in their surveys. They have included Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson in another poll, this time in North Carolina.…