This is a new campaign video from the Barr/Root camp. It is time for us to take back the rights that have been stripped away from us over the years. Tell the Democrats and Republicans you aren’t going to let them dismantle the US Constitution any longer. Show your support for the Libertarian Party and the Barr/Root campaign.

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Zogby conducted a telephone poll July 9th through the 13th. They contacted 1209 registered voters across the country and carries a margin of error of 2.9%. You can ready their full story at Zogby; the article is at the bottom of the page. The results of this poll are below:
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The Libertarian Party of Nebraska state convention was held on July 19th. A lot of ground was covered at this convention and this video covers a small portion of what was discussed there. The video features statements by vice-chair Michael Compton and Tom Becka. It is about 4 and a half minutes long.

Barr explains his plans to reduce the federal government’s size and runaway spending. He also talks about the problems with the Patriot Act and removing our troops from countries where we are not needed.

Listen to the full interview here. The interview is about 13 minutes long.

Tom Becka broadcasts on KFAB 1110 Monday through Friday from 4PM-7PM Central Time. You can also listen online at KFAB.com.

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Tony Ryan, a retired Denver police officer and a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), visited Omaha recently to speak about the failure of the War on Drugs. Read more about it here.

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word about the Libertarian Party of Nebraska. Please donate as much as you can to help us make the
much needed changes to Nebraska’s laws. Visit our Donation page to contribute.

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LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF NEBRASKA ANNOUNCES DATE FOR STATE CONVENTION

Omaha, NE – July 10, 2008 – The Libertarian Party of Nebraska has scheduled its state convention for July 19, 2008 to be held in Bellevue, NE. The Libertarians will nominate candidates for partisan seats in Nebraska districts. In addition, the party will review the current LPNE platform and if necessary, adopt changes. The LP gained ballot access in late-June and their candidates must file with the Secretary of State before August 1, 2008 to be on the ballot come November.

Jerry Kosch, the LPNE’s Chairman said, “Things are beginning to move really fast. We plan to nominate several libertarian candidates for partisan positions to be contested in November…giving Nebraskans’ a real choice and ultimately leading to a more open system of governance.”

Michael Compton, the Vice-Chairman added, “We are looking to create a strategy to maintain relevance in Nebraska politics. We have a long-term outlook for delivering to Nebraskans what they have told us they want; more choice, less government intrusion in their lives, and lower taxes.”

Jerry Kosch, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nebraska, received official notification from the Secretary of State’s office today that the Party’s candidates will be on the ballot come November. By gathering nearly 10,000 signatures from registered voters, the LPNE has successfully added the Libertarian Party and its presidential candidate Bob Barr to the ballot in the Cornhusker state. Nebraska becomes the 30th state to grant access to Libertarian candidates, which also makes it possible to change one’s party affiliation to Libertarian.

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Following the example of the Ron Paul Revolution advocates out there, supporters of Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party have scheduled a Money Bomb for our presidential candidate on July 2nd, 2008. Show your support for the principles laid out by our forefathers and donate to the Barr/Root campaign.  We cannot win without you.

UPDATE 6/20/08: There is another Money Bomb date set for July 4th, as well. Please donate what you can. We need to get Barr and Root on all 50 state ballots!

A little about myself so that you know who I am, as I have met few other LP members in Central Nebraska.  My name is Don Sluti.  I have been a member of the LP since 1981, residing in South Dakota from 1973-1987; New Zealand 1987-1992 and Nebraska 1992 to present.  I taught in the College of Business & Technology at UNK until retiring this past December. 

MY wife, Elaine, & I had initially planned to attend the LP Covention as observers.  After contacting Jerry Kosch, we were asked if we would be delegates representing Nebraska.  I served as head of delegation. 

Nebraska could have had up to 6 delegates.  However, like many other states, we did not have full representation.  Phil Zochol, a rancher and libertarian from Nebraska was also at the convention.  I recruited him as Nebraska’s 3rd delegate.

Never having attended the national convention, Elaine & I found it to be a fascinating experience.  I would hope that at the next convention Nebraska will have a full delegation, as the nominating process for President and Vice-President may have had a different outcome if each state had but one more delegate voting.

It was exciting to be in a room of several hundred libertarians, all dedicated to liberty and getting the USA on the libertarian path.  As a loyal reader of LP News, it was a thrill to meet and talk with some of the well-known names in the LP and other liberty loving people:  David Nolan, Steve Kubby, Mary Ruwart, Starchild, Steve Dasbach, Jim Lark, Barry Hess, Paul Jacob and a host of others.

The process of discussing and voting on the proposed By Law changes and entirely revamped Platform took up most of the first 2 days.  It was obvious from the discussion that there were 2 main theories of how the platform should be written.  One group felt that the platform should be a detailed document, with specific postions and proposed actions to be taken should the candidate be elected.  The other group felt that the platform should be more of a philosophical statement of beliefs, rather than an itemized listing.  Each plank of the proposal was debated and voted upon, with a slightly larger than 2/3 rds majority favoring the philosophical approach.

The presidential debates featured 7 of the 14 announced candidates.  The process of selecting those who would debate was as follows:  Each delegate had a token for President and Vice-President.  The candidates had to collect 30 tokens from delegates to be an official nominee for office, and had to collect 10% of the total registered delegates in order to participate in the debates.  For Vice-President an added provision was that if a defeated nominated Presidential candidate wished to run for Vice-President, that person would be included on the VP ballot.

The 8 nominated candidates were:  Bob Barr (former US Congressman R-GA), Michael Jingozian, Steve Kubby, Mike Gravel (former US Senator D-AK), George Phillies, Wayne Root, Mary Ruwart, Christine Smith.  All but Smith qualified for inclusion in the debate.

The balloting rules ensure that a deadlocked convention does not take place.  Write-ins are allowed (Ron Paul was a popular write-in choice).  Of course, NOTA (none of the above) votes were allowed.  After the first ballot, candidates receiving less than 5% were eliminated. Subsequent ballots  dropped the candidate with the lowest vote total.  After several hours and six ballots, Bob Barr outpolled Mary Ruwart 324-276.

The Vice-Presidential voting settled on Wayne Root on the second ballot.

Michael Redpath was re-elected LP Chair over 2 opponents.  The other Directors of the LP elected were:  Mary Ruwart, Michael Colley (Admiral USN ret.), Lee Wrights, Angela Kenton and Dixon (sorry, missed the first name).  LP Secretary and Treasurer were re-elected. Finally, the Judicial Committee elected:  Tom Stevens, David Nolan, Allan Hacker, Ruth Bennett, Nick Sarwark, Tim Hagan, and Joe Cobb.

The Libertarin Party does not load the cost of its convention on the taxpayers, as do the Repulicans and Democrats.  I kept track of our cost of registration, transportation, room (which was about 50% of the total), and food.  For the both of us, it came to about $1,000.  As far as we are concerned, it was worth the expenditure.