Happy Birthday, Libertarian Party!
By QueensLP |
from the Libertarian Party newsletter
The Libertarian Party of the United States was founded on December 11, 1971, in Colorado Springs. A group of determined Liberty advocates led by David F. Nolan spent five months meeting, debating, and amending what would become the Libertarian Party’s first platform. Recognizing that the Republicans and Democrats had abandoned the original principles of Liberty the American founding fathers had set forth, this group, including John Hospers, Ed Crane, Manuel Klausner, Murray Rothbard, Roy Childs, Tonie Nathan, and Jim Dean, formed a party dedicated to the ideas of all markets being completely free.
Today we are celebrating our 48th birthday and the great gift bestowed upon us and the nation by our party founders — and we hope you will celebrate the day in Liberty.
In 2014, the Libertarian Party began working to purchase a headquarters and established the David. F Nolan Memorial Building Fund. Rent in the DC area has always been extremely high, so purchasing a building saves valuable resources and builds equity for the party’s future. As of November 2019, we have paid off over 80% of the building and 68% of the mortgage! We currently still owe approximately $160,000.
Our physical office location in Alexandria, Va., allows us to be headquartered in the center of the political world and has been a key asset in growing our influence and legitimacy in the last few years, as well as giving our team a home in which to organize. Your gift will be felt by decades of future Libertarians who will go on to grow the party and advance our principles. Ownership of a building in this ideal location will ground us in the work that we do and give a permanent home to those who cannot find a comparable vehicle for liberty with any other party in the political universe.
At the end of an already thrilling year, we have been given an opportunity that will allow our efforts and our funds to be much more focused in 2020 and the gains we will fight for and win.
We are so excited to announce that a gift has been offered to us of up to $60,000 toward the Libertarian Party’s building fund to match any of the birthday gifts you give to the building fund.
This opportunity will double any birthday gift to the Libertarian Party you make and could even allow us to pay off our mortgage in 2020!
Please consider making whatever year-end gift you can to our building fund to help us take advantage of this matching gift!
Thank you, Francisco. From a living room in Colorado to where we are today, we are so grateful for your partnership and your support. We cannot wait to kick off 2020 as our best year ever, once we end 2019 with another victory.
Take Action Today To Protect Your Voter Options in NY
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Protect Our Ballot Access
By QueensLP |
taken from https://lpny.org/fairvote/
STEP 1: CONTACT INFO FOR YOUR REPS IN NY ASSEMBLY and NY SENATE
- Find My NY Assembly Rep: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
- Find My NY Senate Rep: https://www.nysenate.gov/find-my-senator
Call or email them both with this information:
I am a voter in your district and I do not support the Campaign Finance Commission’s efforts to destroy the Libertarian Party and other parties in New York that aren’t Democratic and Republican. I am enrolled in the (INSERT YOUR PARTY HERE) party. The Democratic and Republican Parties are in control of every aspect of the rules for their political competitors and cheating those other party competitors is unacceptable. I deserve to have choices and I want to be able to tell my friends and family that my representative didn’t try to stay in power by cheating your smaller competitors.
Sincerely,
(Your full name)
(Your mailing address)
(Your email)
(Your phone number)
STEP 2: TELL US HOW YOU DID
STEP 3: SPREAD THE WORD
Share the link to this page with everyone you know and ask them to take the same steps. It doesn’t matter what your current party is. Millions of voters say that a strong third party is vital. Please help make sure that New York doesn’t lead the country in restricting the rights of voters to have those options.
STEP 4: DONATE TO HELP US STOP THIS WAR ON YOUR CHOICES
Donate to the Libertarian Party of New York today so we can be ready quickly for potential costly legal battles.
- PayPal
- Or send a check made out to “Libertarian Party of New York” to:
Libertarian Party of New York
PO Box 1627
Batavia NY 14021