Libertarian Candidate Marshall Burt Wins Wyoming State House Race
And in a three-way race for governor in Indiana, Libertarian Donald Rainwater gets more than 13 percent and wins more than 20 counties.
And in a three-way race for governor in Indiana, Libertarian Donald Rainwater gets more than 13 percent and wins more than 20 counties.
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It is the first state to do both at the same time.
The initiative makes noncommercial possession of controlled substances a citable offense punishable by a $100 fine.
The ballot initiative allows adults to use the promising psychedelic at state-licensed "psilocybin service centers."
The initiative makes Arizona the 13th state to allow recreational use.
Mississippi is the 35th state, and the second in the Deep South, to recognize marijuana as a medicine.
The ballot measure applies to noncommercial production, distribution, and possession of "entheogenic plants and fungi."
The constitutional amendment charges state legislators and regulators with writing specific rules.
It's been a good night for incumbents.
Regardless of Tuesday's final tally, Libertarians have cemented themselves as the third party in the United States.
A new survey from realty company Redfin finds that only 24 percent of Trump supporters and 32 percent of Biden voters support reducing zoning regulations in their neighborhood.
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Republicans rode an electoral wave in 2010 and used that perch to draw favorable congressional districts in many states. Will Democrats have the same opportunity after this year?
It wasn’t a plot to undermine democracy. It wasn’t a Russian intelligence operation. It was a low-tech scam.
American voters have the chance to usher in a few libertarian policies this election, courtesy of these state ballot measures.
A new lawsuit says the state's electioneering statutes violate the First Amendment.
The president's warnings about the destructive potential of a Democratic White House should make us skeptical of the powers of the executive—not just the person who wields them.
There was nothing remotely fraudulent about the 127,000 votes cast in Harris County's drive-thru voting station.
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If Trump loses his bid for re-election, it will be because Rust Belt voters abandoned him after four years of misguided economic policies.
There could be in some situations. But less often than many assume. And, ironically, the same reasoning suggests many people would have a duty NOT to vote in such cases.
The president's COVID-19 adviser is not always right, but at least he is attempting to describe reality.
In an age of parties run by extremists, the next majority is just an election away, explains political scientist Morris P. Fiorina.
"There’s a big difference between equality and equity."
That requires reducing government’s power to punish those who lose a vote.
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How seriously should we take the threats of protesters who recently built guillotines outside of Jeff Bezos' house?
"I obviously identify with and resonate with and connect with my libertarian brothers and sisters on so many levels," says the controversial former child actor.
A lawsuit filed just days before the election asks federal courts to toss out all the votes already cast at drive-through polling stations in Harris County.
Food industry workers and wonks make their case for agricultural and food industry reforms.
Both candidates have serious flaws. But a Trump victory would be a much greater evil than the alternative.
The Libertarian Party has been pursuing a heavier-than-average ground game in races with just one major-party opponent and a small number of voters needed to win.
Yet the Libertarian presidential nominee is still not being polled in one-third of the country, including states that are historically friendly to third-party candidates.
Donald Rainwater, who is polling north of 10 percent, attracts voters who oppose Indiana's heavy-handed coronavirus lockdowns.
Occupational licensing rules are more often arbitrary bureaucratic hurdles than they are protections for health or safety.
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The ballot initiative would allow companies such as Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash to classify workers as independent contractors rather than as permanent employees.
And maybe a lot longer, since the Supreme Court left the door open to re-hearing a Republican-led challenge seeking to discard late-arriving absentee ballots.
The Democratic nominee championed the law as a way to protect women. Instead, it hurt them.
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Whether Trump or Biden wins, the Stanford political scientist says "unstable majorities" will persist in the coming decade.
That claim is wildly implausible and contradicted by the president's suggestion that COVID-19 was never much of a threat.
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