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Covid19 Policy and the Libertarian Party

Posted by Jonathan Hopper August 30, 2021 11:16 AM

by Phil Jacobson

The Libertarian Party of North Carolina (LPNC) has gone on record as opposing government mandates regarding passports for Covid-19 vaccinations. The LPNC also opposes government mandates regarding the use of masks or other government mandates on this topic. It may seem, therefore, that LPNC opposes the use of these methods. That is by no means the case. It may also seem that libertarians are totally united on these points. That is also not the case.

Posted by Jonathan Hopper August 30, 2021 11:16 AM

by Bruce Basson

The question of what government does to protect our rights during a pandemic is likely to come up again and again as world population increases and pandemics become more common.

Posted by Joe Garcia August 19, 2021 6:48 PM

In every large organization, there will be good and bad actors. Libertarians are not immune to this, despite our emphasis on the equal rights and dignity of all people. There will be those who support the cause of Liberty who act in good faith, and those who will use it to act in their own self-interest.

For too long, it has been widely accepted that sexism and sexual harassment are an inherent part of the culture in politics and, in the spirit of unity, the problem is often ignored and even excused.

Posted by Jonathan Hopper July 04, 2021 4:39 PM

On July 4, 1776, after years of turmoil, a group of young men declared that the United Colonies would be free from British rule. Little did they know that this declaration of independence would change the country and the world as we know it. These men pledged their Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor to make this declaration. We have celebrated the 4thof July every year since. The day celebrates independence from tyranny, oppression, and taxation.

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The dirty little secret about political labels is that nearly all of them are creations of the leftist legacy news media. When news organizations report that a politician is conservative, quite often that label is based on an extremely shallow subset of criteria: Republican party affiliation, pro-life and pro-gun votes, and a stated aversion to national figures such as Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi. In truth, many of the elected officials that the socialists in the media claim are conservative are actually very much leftists.

The labels are irrelevant, and the loose use of the words by the press makes them largely meaningless.

That said, when reporters write that the IFF is Libertarian (with a capital letter L) that implies a connection with the Libertarian Party, which is an absolute lie. The IFF is nonpartisan, and is not connected with any political party: Libertarian, Republican, or Democrat. As far as the lowercase version of the word, IFF has never labeled itself as libertarian.

The IFFs policy concentration is on the limitation of government, which is central to the definition of conservative values, and the conservative spectrum of political ideas sometimes overlaps with libertarianism. Some libertarians believe that no government is the proper level of government. The IFF does not share that objective. We do, however, believe there is too much government, and too much government harms people and denies people their God-given rights.

If one is to label the IFF, it is most appropriate to label it as conservative, but more appropriate and specific descriptors would be pro-limited government, pro-free market, pro-liberty, and so on.

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Is the Idaho Freedom Foundation conservative or libertarian? - Idaho Freedom - idahofreedom.org

Election Day is this Tuesday, and there are quite a few choices to make on the ballot.

Across Virginia, voters will be choosing the three highest statewide offices on Tuesday.

Running for governor to lead the state of Virginia through the next four years are Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Republican Glenn Youngkin and Libertarian Princess Blanding.

Running for lieutenant governor are Democrat Hala Ayala and Republican Winsome Sears.

Running for attorney general are the incumbent Democrat, Mark Herring, and Republican Jason Miyares.

Across the state, voters will also choose House of Delegates candidates in Suffolk, thats for the 64th District, where incumbent Republican Emily Brewer and Democrat Michael Drewry are running, or the 76th District, where incumbent Democrat Clinton Jenkins has two challengers in Republican Mike Dillender and independent Craig Warren.

Across the city, there will also be elections for four constitutional offices. For Commonwealths Attorney, Craig Bales and Narendra Pleas are running for an open seat occasioned by Phil Fergusons retirement. For Treasurer, David Boyd faces off against incumbent Ron Williams. And Commissioner of the Revenue Susan Draper and Sheriff E.C. Harris are running unopposed for re-election.

Readers in the Sleepy Hole Borough will also find a special election for a School Board member to serve the remainder of a term ending on Dec. 31, 2024. Member David Mitnick stepped down from the board earlier this year, and Linda Johnson filled the seat by appointment, but running in the election to fill the remainder of the term are Heather Howell and Ebony Wright.

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. You can visit elections.virginia.gov to find out where your polling place is, or you can call the Suffolk Voter Registrars Office at 757-514-7750.

If you have received a ballot by mail and not yet returned it, you can also drop it off at the registrars office, 440 Market St., first floor, or at any voting precinct on Election Day only up until 7 p.m.

Identification is needed to vote, so make sure you have one of the following with you. If you have none of these, you will be required to either sign an ID confirmation statement or vote a provisional ballot:

Election Day closings

Election Day is now a holiday in the state of Virginia, so some city offices will be closed. The following offices, facilities and services will observe the following schedule:

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Kevin Hulbert puts pro-Youngkin signs up as people gather to protest different issues during a Loudoun County School Board meeting in Ashburn, Va., October 26, 2021.(Leah Millis/Reuters)

While most pollsters find the Virginia gubernatorial race to be tied (or Democrat Terry McAuliffe slightly ahead), a new Fox News poll shows Republican Glenn Youngkin jumping out to an eight-point lead:

McAuliffe receives 45 percent to Youngkins 53 percent in a new Fox News survey of Virginia likely voters. Youngkins eight-point advantage is outside the polls margin of sampling error.

Thats a big shift from two weeks ago, when McAuliffe was ahead by five, 51-46 percent.

While the Fox poll could be an outlier (or a leading indicator), even the polls showing a tied race are good news for Youngkin. McAuliffe, as a former governor who served from 2014 to 2018, should effectively be viewed as an incumbent, and theres a good chance that undecided voters will break in favor of the lesser-known challenger at the end of the race.

Bidens national job approval rating is almost exactly where Obamas was in 2013 when McAuliffe won with 47.8 percent of the vote. The Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli lost to McAuliffe in 2013 by 2.3 points, while a libertarian candidate siphoned off 6.5 percent of the vote statewide. In 2021, there isnt a libertarian candidate running in Virginia.

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Fox Poll: Youngkin Takes the Lead in Virginia - National Review

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY Early voting is already underway in New York City, with the Nov. 2 general election rapidly approaching. Before you head to your polling place, here's a look at what will be on the ballot in Midtown and Hell's Kitchen and across the city.

First, a word about voting: to find your early or election-day poll site and view a sample ballot, use the Board of Elections website.

The only neighborhood-level races in this year's election are those for City Council. In the three Council districts that cover Midtown, two are contested, while one candidate will be unopposed.

In District 3, Democrat Erik Bottcher has no challengers as he seeks to replace Corey Johnson in a district that covers Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, the West Village, and parts of Midtown and the Upper West Side.

Further east, incumbent Democrat Keith Powers is running for re-election in District 4, which covers the Midtown East neighborhoods of Turtle Bay, Murray Hill and Sutton Place, as well as Koreatown, Times Square, Stuyvesant Town and parts of the Upper East Side.

Powers is being challenged by David Casavis, who is running on the Republican and Independent/Libertarian party lines. Casavis is a Republican district leader and adjunct professor at SUNY and CUNY.

Further downtown, meanwhile, incumbent Democrat Carlina Rivera is also seeking re-election in District 2, which covers the East Side below 35th Street including Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Murray Hill, the Lower East Side and the East Village.

Rivera has two challengers: Juan Pagan, an independent, and Allie Ryan, running on the "Neighborhood" party line. (Watch last week's debate between Pagan and Ryan here.)

Midtown voters will have two Manhattan-wide races on their ballots: the elections for Manhattan Borough President and Manhattan District Attorney.

In the BP race, Democratic nominee Mark Levine is going up against Republican Louis Puliafito and Libertarian Michael Lewyn.

The race for Manhattan's top prosecutor, meanwhile, is between Democrat Alvin Bragg and Republican Thomas Kenniff.

Meanwhile, the citywide races on the ballot will be for mayor, public advocate and comptroller.

In addition to local elections, New Yorkers will be asked to vote on five proposed amendments to the state constitution, governing redistricting, environmental rights, voting and civil court claims.

To learn more about each proposition, read this guide from THE CITY.

Early voting will continue through Sunday, Oct. 31, followed by election day on Nov. 2. To find your poll site, click here.

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