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At our state convention on April 14th, the Libertarian Party of Arkansas nominated several fine candidates for office — but many ballot positions remain open. At the close of the convention, the delegates voted to end the proceedings in recess, with another nominating session to be held at a later date if additional candidates had stepped forward – and some have.
The Arkansas Secretary of State’s Office has informed us that a filing deadline of noon on May 22 will be strictly enforced. So, the Executive Committee has decided to call for an extended session on May 20, 2012:
Extended Session of the LPAR State Convention
Sunday May 20, 2012 from Noon to 2:00 PM
at
American Pie Pizza
830 N Hills Blvd,
North Little Rock, AR 72116 (map).
New prospective candidates and the entire membership of the Libertarian Party of Arkansas are invited to attend to consider additional candidates for nomination.
Candidates seeking nomination are encouraged to contact the Elections Committee in advance (at candidates@lpar.org), to let us know of your interest, and to answer any questions you might have.
 Photo courtesy of Andy Shupe with NWAOnline.com (Copeland on the left) Casey Copeland, Treasurer for the Libertarian Party of Arkansas, attorney and Alderman in Prairie Grove, AR, brought a case to the Arkansas Supreme Court that led to the overturn of the law banning sexual contact between teachers and adult students. The Arkansas Supreme Court found that people over the age of 18 have a constitutional right to engage in a consensual sexual relationship.
The case was about Elkins High School history and psychology teacher David Paschal, who admitted to having a consensual sexual relationship with and 18 year old student.
“Regardless of how we feel about Paschal’s conduct, which could correctly be referred to as reprehensible, we cannot abandon our duty to uphold the rule of law when a case presents distasteful facts,” wrote Chief Justice Jim Hannah.
Paschal, who is serving a 30-year sentence, will have his convictions reversed and dismissed. His attorney, Casey Copeland, said his client was “vindicated by the Supreme Court.”
“I think that this case does not necessarily say a teacher can do that and keep their job,” said Copeland. “I think the loss of job and loss of teacher’s license might be Continue reading Libertarians Making a Difference in Arkansas – Casey Copeland, Attorney
Rodger Paxton posted this in Arkansas, Ballot Access, Election, Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR, LPAR Convention, LPAR Executive Committee, Press Release, The Libertarian Alternative, Third Party on April 19th, 2012
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 19 2012
AR Libertarian Party’s 2012 Candidates
(Little Rock, AR) On Saturday, the Libertarian Party of Arkansas (LPAR) nominated candidates for the 2012 election during their state convention. The LPAR nominated candidates to run in all four Congressional districts as well as candidates in several state-wide and . . . → Read More: Release: AR Libertarian Party’s 2012 Candidates
Saturday, April 14th, 2012 9:00AM
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas will be holding our 2012 State Convention in Little Rock on April 14th! Registration for this event can now be taken care of at our website! It will be held at the Comfort Inn and Suites Downtown at the Clinton Library at 707 . . . → Read More: 2012 LPAR State Convention!
Thanks to our successful petition drive last summer, candidates of the Libertarian Party of Arkansas will be on the ballot in this November’s general election. We can nominate candidates for any partisan office around the state — Justice of the Peace, General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives . . . they’re all up for . . . → Read More: Looking for a Few Good Candidates (Actually, more than a few)
I still vividly remember being at work on 9/11/01 and watching the news feeds from my computer in my office as they replayed the planes crashing into the World Trade Center towers and thinking of the horror that must be going on within those structures. I, like most people across America, sat and felt utterly helpless as those towers fell to the ground. I was nearly reduced to tears thinking of the possible staggering loss of life and of the family’s of those affected by this attack. Ten years later I still have a feeling of great sympathy for those family’s and all the family’s since that have suffered through this deep grief as the nation went to war. It was, truly, one of those moments in the history of this country that we can all look back on and say, precisely, “This was the day it all changed.”
I consider myself an “amateur” historian so I rarely, if ever, look at anything as a singular instance. So as we mark the tenth anniversary of that day, we all need to reflect upon those tragic events, some of the reasons for the attacks and all that has transpired from that day to this. For nothing exists in an historical vacuum and this is usually where I end up being the “odd man out” of any discussion in such matters.
Recently, I’ve read several opinion pieces and letters to the editor which called these attacks “unprovoked”. Nothing could be further from the truth. It was our meddling in the affairs of the nations of the Middle East, it was our propping up of despots and then “throwing them under the bus” when they no longer served our needs, it was the fact Continue reading My thoughts 10 years later
A couple of months ago, the LPAR Executive Committee approved a motion to create a Promotions Committee that will be responsible for finding ways to promote the Libertarian Party of Arkansas through advertising, direct mail or other ways. As we move into the election season with Libertarian candidates on the ballot, it will be . . . → Read More: LPAR Promotions Committee
by R. Lee Wrights
 “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual – or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.”
- Samuel Adams, in the Boston Gazette, 1781
Every election Libertarians are invariably confronted with the charge that a vote for a Libertarian candidate is a wasted vote. The accuser claims that if you really wanted limited government you should vote for the candidate who has a chance of winning – the Republican. In some rare cases, the assertion may be that if you really wanted to protect civil liberties you’d vote for the candidate who has a chance of winning – the Democrat. And yet, our liberty goes unprotected as government grows unimpeded.
To my utter astonishment, this bogus argument invariably causes some genuine freedom-loving people to betray their stated beliefs. Why do they leap from the Ship of Principle into the stormy Sea of Compromise at the very moment their strength, courage and resolve are needed the most? Only one thing makes a person abandon everything they’ve ever believed in and fought for – desperation, the feeling that all is lost and the best one can do is choose the lesser of two evils. Even telling them that voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil doesn’t seem to dissuade them from their decision.
Little do they realize that they have once again been duped by the Wasted Vote Lie. It is a deliberate, carefully crafted fable concocted and perpetrated by the Democratic and Republican duopoly to maintain their stranglehold on power. They cleverly employ the propaganda trick of tyrants throughout the ages; if you repeat a lie loud enough and often enough eventually people will believe it.
The worst thing about voting for the “lesser of two evils” is that it actually has the opposite effect of what it’s intended to do. Winning candidates don’t know, they don’t want to know – and frankly don’t care – why people vote for them. They certainly don’t know and don’t care how many of the votes they got were so-called protest votes. All they want is enough votes to win. They’ll consider all the Continue reading The Wasted Vote Lie
The Executive Committee last night authorized the creation of an Elections Committee. This committee is much needed and will have many responsibilities that have the potential to make big changes in the LPAR and in the State of Arkansas.
The main responsibilities of this committee will be to help find, coordinate and train candidates . . . → Read More: Do you want to help shape the State of Arkansas and the LPAR?
The LPAR has been in the news a lot recently, and here are a couple of places.
NWAHomepage.com with a two-minute video that ran on the local Fox News station. Click the link to watch the video!
KUAF 91.3 Ozarks At Large public radio program. Once on the Ozarks at Large page, search for . . . → Read More: LPAR in the News
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