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Decision 2020

Monds becomes fifteenth active candidate for Libertarian presidential nomination

CAIRO, Ga. (Heartland Newsfeed via press release) -- The first Libertarian to receive over a million votes at the state level is taking a crack at the Libertarian presidential nomination, according to a press release Tuesday. The candidate, John Monds, received over a million votes in his 2008 Libertarian campaign for public service commissioner in Georgia. Monds would later run for governor in 2010 and set history as the first African-American candidate to appear on the ballot in Georgia. To […]

todayFebruary 4, 2020 75

Commentary

COMMENTARY: Elections limited to two-party system is unhealthy

Uncontested elections are even worse Petitioning recently ended for the members of the political duopoly for their upcoming primary election in Illinois taking place on March 17, 2020. Only in two counties was a political party that was neither Democrat nor Republican allowed to slate candidates for their own partisan primary. Libertarians in McLean and Kankakee counties recently filed their petitions for their own party primary. It's bad enough when your choices are often limited to Democrat or Republican, but […]

todayDecember 12, 2019 28

Columnists

COMMENTARY: Questionable ethics of St. Jerome Parish’s Fancy Farm Picnic panders to political duopoly, excludes Libertarian candidates

An annual event hosted by a Kentucky Catholic parish may have their not-for-profit status at risk following a July 26 letter. St. Jerome Parish, which hosts the annual two-day picnic at Fancy Farm, an unincorporated community in the northwestern part of Kentucky, and the event's organizers drafted a letter July 26 denying Libertarians time to speak during the candidate speeches on Saturday, August 3. It referenced a letter from Libertarian gubernatorial candidate John Hicks and running mate Ann Cormican, written […]

todayAugust 3, 2019 13

Decision 2020

Has the race for the Libertarian presidential nomination already begun?

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- With the 2018 Libertarian National Convention in New Orleans being one week removed, it appears the race for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination has already begun. Two of these potential candidates -- former Massachusetts governor William Weld and veterans' advocate/former radio personality Adam Kokesh -- had made several appearances at state level conventions in the past several months and were present at the biennial national convention, which ran until July 3. Kokesh announced that he […]

todayJuly 10, 2018 36

Decision 2018

Libertarians set to take over New Orleans as biennial national convention nears

ALEXANDRIA, Va./NEW ORLEANS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Libertarian Party will be holding their biennial national convention beginning next Saturday, June 30 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans with approximately 900 delegates from across the country expected to attend to conduct party business and elect their regional and national leadership for the next two years. The party's convention has proven to be the largest midterm political event in its 46-year history, with event organizers expecting an overall attendance of […]

todayJune 21, 2018 6

Business & Lifestyle

McAfee announces bid for presidential race in 2020

LEXINGTON, Tenn. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- With much speculation about the 2020 presidential race, a former candidate has once again tossed his name in the ring for top elected office in the nation. Well-known cryptocurrency enthusiast and information security legend John McAfee, who started his race for the presidency in 2016 under the banner of the Cyber Party and ultimately, the Libertarian Party, announced Sunday afternoon in a tweet that he has decided to run again in 2020. He considered options […]

todayJune 4, 2018 12

Ballot Access News

Libertarian National Committee chooses Austin as host of 2020 national convention

NEW ORLEANS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Libertarian National Committee convened in New Orleans, the host of the 2018 national convention, last Sunday to decide the host city of their next national convention. According to a report on Richard Winger's Ballot Access News, the committee chose to hold their 2020 national convention and presidential nomination in the Lone Star State -- in the city of Austin. According to the report, no other political party, major or minor, has set a location […]

todayDecember 17, 2017 6

Governmental Watchdogs

Libertarian Party news release: U.S. Department of Justice violated First Amendment rights of the press

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In a press release made available to the press Tuesday, the Libertarian Party called out the U.S. Department of Justice for a clear and blatant violation of the First Amendment by requiring Russian-funded news network Russia Today (RT) and its North American counterpart, RT America, to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which has been active since World War II. The foreign network has faced governmental threats if they didn't […]

todayNovember 14, 2017 2

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