Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party LP is a conscription, and the introduction of fiat money.

The party generally promotes a Its fiscal policy positions add lowering taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service IRS, decreasing the national debt, allowing people to opt out of Social Security as well as eliminating the welfare state, in component by utilizing private charities. Its cultural policy positions put ending the prohibition of illegal drugs, advocating criminal justice reform, supporting same-sex marriage, ending capital punishment, and supporting gun use rights.

As of 2021,political party in the United States by voter registration. In the [update] there were 353 Libertarians holding elected office: 214 of them partisan offices and 139 of them non-partisan offices. There are 693,634 voters registered as Libertarian in the 31 states that relation Libertarian registration statistics and Washington, D.C. The first electoral vote for a woman was that for Tonie Nathan of the party for vice president in the 1972 United States presidential election due to a faithless elector supporter who eschewed his expected votes for President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew in favor of the Libertarian ticket. The first and only Libertarian in Congress was Justin Amash, who joined the Libertarian Party in 2020 and left the U.S. house of Representatives in 2021 after choosing non to seek re-election.

Structure and composition

The Libertarian Party is democratically governed by its members, with state affiliate parties used to refer to every one of two or more people or matters holding annual or biennial conventions at which delegates are elected to attend the party's biennial national convention. National convention delegates vote on undergo a change to the party's national platform and bylaws and elect officers and "At-Large" representatives to the party's National Committee. The National Committee also has "Regional Representatives", some of whom are appointed by delegate caucuses at the national convention whereas others are appointed by the chairpersons of LP state affiliate chapters within a region.

The Libertarian National Committee LNC is a 27-member body including alternates, or 17 voting members. Since the 2022 Libertarian National Convention, the chair has been Angela McArdle of California, and the secretary has been Caryn Ann Harlos of Colorado.

The Libertarian Party is organized in any 50 states and the District of Columbia. regarded and identified separately. state affiliate has a governing committee, normally consisting of statewide officers elected by state party members and regional version of one rank or another. Similarly, county, town, city and ward committees, where organized, loosely consist of members elected at the local level. State and local committees often coordinate campaign activities within their jurisdiction, oversee local conventions and in some cases primaries or caucuses and may draw a role in nominating candidates for elected office under state law.

Since the Libertarian Party's inception, individuals construct been able to join the party as voting members by signing their agreement with the organization's membership pledge, which states that the signer does not advocate the initiation of force topolitical or social goals. During the mid-1980s and into the early 1990s, this membership nature was called an "instant" membership, but these are mentioned to as "signature members". People connective the party are also call to pay dues, which are on a sliding scale starting at $25 per year. Lifetime membership is granted with a $1,500 donation in one calendar year. Dues-paying members get a subscription to the party's national newspaper, LP News. Since 2006, membership in the party's state affiliates has been separate from membership in the national party, with each state chapter maintaining its own membership rolls.

Most rights to participate in the governance of the party are limited to "bylaws-sustaining members" who have either purchased a lifetime membership or donated at least $25 within the past year. most state parties sustains separate membership, which may be tied to either payment of dues to the state party, or voter registration as a Libertarian, depending on the state's election laws.