updated Tue. September 24, 2024
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easttennessean.com
February 28, 2018
“Tom Arnold is the former State Chairman for the Tennessee Libertarian party and he has 40 years experience as a political operative,” said Claflin. The College Libertarians of ETSU is a political organization on campus that was formed in light of the 2016 election. “I realized that the current political systemÃâà...
IVN News
July 12, 2017
There is big news for the Libertarian Party: It can add one more state where it has official party status and ballot access for the 2018 midterms. Ballot Access News reported Monday that the LP's petition for party status was validated by the Arkansas secretary of state on July 7. This means the LibertarianÃâà...
IVN News
March 10, 2017
Jim Tomasik, chair of the Libertarian Party of Tennessee, says the party is taking multiple approaches to secure recognized status, one of which involves the state legislature. “We simultaneously have a bill going through the state legislature that wishes to reduce the number of required signatures to 5,000Ãâà...
Knoxville News Sentinel
February 17, 2017
The race for five Knoxville City Council seats begins in earnest Friday as interested candidates can pick up their nominating petitions for the first time. Knoxville voters will replace five City Council seats this fall as the terms for Councilmen Nick Pavlis, Duane Grieve, Brenda Palmer, Nick Della Volpe andÃâà...
Jackson Sun
January 30, 2017
Libertarian Party of Madison County chair Corbin Brown was confused when he heard about Gov. Bill Haslam's gas tax proposal. Brown said the state's $800 million-plus surplus makes the proposal unnecessary. “This is one more way for the government to take which does not belong to them,” Brown said.
Tennessee Journalist
September 7, 2016
The East Tennessee Libertarian Party gains traction in East Tenn. and creates a GoFundMe to help support their efforts. ... to submit “petitions bearing the number of signatures equal to 2.5 percent of the votes cast in the last election for governor,” according to the Libertarian Party of Tennessee website.
WPLN
August 6, 2016
"It's a tough road to hoe, but we're doing our best to get there," says Donn Janes, vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Tennessee. Another hurdle: Although Johnson will be on the Tennessee ballot, he will be listed as an independent, not a Libertarian. In order to be listed on the ballot in Tennessee, minorÃâà...
TheBlaze.com
July 12, 2013
TheBlaze had reported based on an article from the Daily News Journal that friend Axl David (who also serves as communications director for the Libertarian Party of Tennessee, to which Kalbaugh belongs) had spoken with Kalbaugh about planning the confrontation to “exercise his rights.” But nowÃâà...
Murfreesboro Post
July 10, 2013
Axl David, who serves as communications director for the Libertarian Party of Tennessee, insists no one involved with the video has claimed the sobriety checkpoints are unconstitutional. David said the Libertarian Party has become concerned about how the Sheriffs Office conducts DUI checkpoints, notingÃâà...
