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LEGAL NEWS Browne appears in 2 debates Browne campaign arry Browne will head on October — who opened the event by files suit to revoke into the November 7 22 — again "praising third parties and U.S. campaign law election with at least with Hagelin stressing the importance of H he for two nationally broadcast and Phillips having them included in President campaign presidential debates — and —in a discus- debates," said Browne. will file a sweeping law- a last-minute appearance sion that was The October 20 debate T suit before the November 7 described as at the Ronald Reagan Build- on Meet The Press — under election that will attempt to ing Amphitheater in Wash- his belt. "a breath of overturn most of the federal The Libertarian candi- fresh air," by • ington, DC was sponsored Browne: In laws regulating elections, Cedric Mu- by Judicial Watch. date participated in a three- two debates. the campaign announced. way debate with other third- hammad of "The issues raised in the The suit will seek "to Judicial Watch match-up party presidential contend- BlackElectorate.com. have the Federal Election transcended the pervasive ers in Minnesota on Sep- "[Meet the Press Commission, the Commis- showed] that the political political pandering of the tember 28 and another in sion for Presidential Debates, Washington, DC on October process in this country is three earlier Presidential and the federal campaign Debate Commission events, 20. Both were broadcast on being undermined by the funding system declared C-SPAN, and included the self-fulfilling prophecy that where the argument too often unconstitutional," said results from the 'main- descended into a contest of 's John campaign manager Perry stream' media's obsession who could promise to spend Hagelin and the Constitu- Willis. tion Party's Howard Phillips. with the Republican and the projected budget surplus While the suit will have and Pat Democratic Party's presiden- faster," reported the online no impact on the current news service NewsMax.com. Buchanan refused to par- tial candidates," he wrote. election, "we are trying to "In contrast, [the] face- ticipate in either debate. The September 28 de- lay the groundwork for off between Browne, Hagelin, Browne also appeared bate at the RiverCentre in St. even more successful Lib- on NBC's Meet The Press Paul, Minnesota was hosted and Phillips dealt with the ertarian campaigns in the with moderator Tim Russert by Governor Jesse Ventura challenges facing America." future," he said. Originally scheduled to be filed on October 26, the suit will now be filed "prior California LP "wins" six races (already) to the election," probably he November 7 elec- tarians in office who can put District, and the Guadalupe- in U.S. District Court in tion hasn't happened Libertarian solutions into Coyote Resource Conserva- Alexandria, Virginia. Tyet, but the California practice at the local level and tion District. Along with Harry LP already has six election work to diminish the im- The six victors boosted Browne, plaintiffs in the victories guaranteed. pact of government in their the number of California suit will include the Liber- That's because at least communities." Libertarians in office to 35 tarian Party, Gun Owners of six Libertarians are running Libertarians will win seats — a number Hinkle pre- America, the Constitution in uncontested races, said in the Placentia Library Dis- dicted will increase further Party's Howard Phillips, LP State Chair Mark Hinkle trict, the Guadalupe-Coyote after Election Day. and Citizens United. It will — so they will be automati- Resource Conservation Dis- "With an additional be funded through the U.S. cally appointed to the trict, the Alexander Valley [300-plus] Libertarians on Justice Foundation, a tax- positions they are seeking. Unified School District, the the November ballot, we exempt 501c3 group. "A win is a win and we Descanso Community Plan- are assured more victories," "If we win, it would com- will take it," he said. "We ning District, the La Honda- he said. "This was only the pletely free up the election now have six more Liber- Pescadero Unified School beginning." process," said Willis. Liberty Pledge News • October 2000 Libertarian says he's answer to dreams By John Fryar control laws that violate people's cians that they'll never forget." sional District seat are incumbent The Daily Tunes-Call constitutional right to keep and Nationally, there are more than Democrat Mark Udall, Republican bear arms. 200,000 registered Libertarian vot- Carolyn Cox and the Green Party's DENVER — If people want On the federal level, Olivier ers, and the party has fielded more Ronald Forthofer. smaller government and lower said, "any gun-control law is a vio- than 1,500 candidates for local, Meanwhile, computer systems taxes, they should vote for Liber- lation of the Second Amendment." state and national office this year, engineer W. Earl Allen, an unin- tarian candidates, according to Moreover, "the federal govern- Olivier said. He said the party corporated eastern Boulder Coun- , that party's vice presi- ment should be protecting the peo- plans to spend about $7 million this ty resident running for the Legisla- dential candidate. ple's rights from the states that year campaigning in all 50 states. ture's House District 31 seat, said During a Friday morning news are trying to violate the Second Browne is to visit Denver on Oct. in another of the Friday morning conference, Olivier said that by Amendment." 2, with rallies scheduled on the news-conference speeches that casting ballots for his party's pres- As for the Republican standard- state Capitol steps and at the Den- there's a "Libertarian solution" to idential ticket, "the voters can vote bearer, Olivier said that "if you ver Tech Center. traffic congestion on Colorado's for huge vote for George Bush, you're say- In 1971, Colorado was the birth- highways. spending cuts ing that he should decide which and small place of the Libertarian Party, and The problem, Allen contended, charitable organizations you the state's voter registration lists is that motorists' use of the gov- government. should contribute to." This year, the currently include "just under ernment-built highway is "free," voters can "If you vote for ," 4,000" Libertarians, according to and that people who are given vote for a a Reform Party presidential can- state chairwoman Bette Rose something for free "are going to government that's so small that it didate, "you're saying that he Smith, and the party has 88 candi- over-use it." doesn't need an income tax." should decide which country you dates running for local, state and Allen said the state should "put a should be able to buy a car from. congressional offices. Olivier, a former Bellflower, price on driving 1-25 ... or Inter- Calif., mayor and city council "And if you vote for Ralph Nad- Several of those candidates also state 70 up into the mountains," member, is an engineer with Boe- er," the consumer activist who's spoke at Friday's news conference, with higher tolls for rush-hour use, ing and a freelance Internet Web the Green Party's presidential including David Baker, a Boulder and possible toll-free periods dur- site developer. He's the Libertari- nominee, "you're saying that he resident who's running for ing late-night hours. an Party running mate of Han'y should determine whether or not Congress from the 2nd District. A system of tolls tied to traffic Bmwne, a Tennessee financial ad- you can even drive that car." Baker, a hospital administrator, conditions, Allen said, would even viser. "A vote for any one of these guys attacked government involvement out "the amount of road space Olivier said he and Browne pro- is a vote for big government and in regulating of the health-care available in Colorado" and "will pose privatizing the federal Social the high taxes that go with it," system and health-care providers, keep people from having to drive Security system; selling trillions Olivier said. "A vote for Harry charging that Medicare, for exam- 25 on 1-25." of dollars' worth of federal lands Browne and Art Olivier is a vote ple, is organized "like a Soviet fac- Allen and Thornton Republican and buildings to buy private annu- for small government and the free- tory." Pam Rhodes are challenging in- ities for people who are currently dom that goes with it." Baker charged that that agen- cumbent Thornton Democratic dependent on Social Security in- Even if Libertarian Browne cy's over-regulation, delays, test- Rep. Paul Zimmerman's bid for come; ending drug prohibitions doesn't win the White House, a ing requirements "and bungling" re-election to the House District 31 and what he called the govern- vote for him won't have been wast- have "contributed to hundreds of seat, which represents portions of ment's "destructive, no-win war on ed, Olivier asserted, because it thousands of premature deaths." eastern Boulder, southwest Weld drugs," and repealing federal gun- "will send a message to the politi- Also seeking the 2nd Congres- and northern Adams counties.

A The Daily nines-Ca/4 Longmont, Colorado, September I I, 2000 V The Arlington Heights Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL, October I, 2000 libertarian candidate makes his stop in suburbs

BY JAMES D. WOLF JR. that do," he said. Those who don't Daily Herald Staff Writer "We want to get gov- will live as well on charity as by the government. The first step to cut big govern- ernment out of your "We want to get government out ment and restore freedoms is to life. No matter what the of your life. No matter what the get rid of the federal income tax, issue, we're not going to say 'well Libertarian Party presidential can- issue, we're not going start a government program to clirlararry Browne told sup- to say 'we'll start a help it,' " Browne said. "We're porters at an Arlington Heights going to look at how government rally Saturday night. government program caused this problem and get it out People giving up some govern- to help it.'" of it." ment programs that benefit them is , In keeping with Libertarian phi- "the great Libertarian offer," he — Harry Browne, losophy of less government and told about 100 supporters at the Libertarian personal responsibility, Browne Sheraton Arlington Park. presidential candidate has declined about $1 million in "Their income tax is the reward matching campaign funds from the people will get to get rid of govern- federal government, fund-raiser ment programs," he said. vent, and the portion of the budget Michael Cloud said. Before the income tax started in it takes has increased 17 times Browne said he would get rid of 1913, the government supported since 1935 — from 1 percent to 15 all campaign finance laws, includ- itself on tariffs and excise taxes, percent, he said. ing disclosure. Browne said. That limited the His plan is to sell government The Libertarian's message has amount of money the government assets, including the parks and Mary Ann Thurow of Arlington Heights gets Libertarian found an audience, and Browne is took in, because when the govern- other land it owns to set up private presidential candidate Harry Browne to autograph a copy of his on the ballot in 49 states. Although ment raised tariffs, people bought accounts for those who have book at a Libertarian Party rally in Arlington Heights Saturday. he was on Arizona's ballot in the less. already paid into the system, then Daily Herald Photo/M. Scott Mahaskey 1996 election, a split in the state But income tax is unlimited, so end Social Security. party cost him that ballot this year. government can raise it and keep The war on drugs has also done search your home without due That interference with drug com- According to Browne's campaign, growing. And the Internal Revenue more to promote drugs than pre- process if even someone mad at panies' roles has also increased his pull is similar to Green Party Service is going to find the money vent them, he said. you, anonymously tips off police costs, he said. Better medical tech- candidate Ralph Nader's in Illinois that government wants. People are locked up for nonvio- th4you may have guns and drugs, nology should be like better com- and more than that of Pat With no income tax, people could lent crimes while rapists, murder- he said. puter technology: The price goes Buchanan of the Reform Party — send their children to schools they ers and violent criminals get out on Browne said heroin was once down and quality goes up. about 3 percent of the voters. want. Government schools would plea bargains because of crowded sold without prescription, but kids Now seniors are paying more out He told the audience that the eventually be phased out, he said. prisons. didn't abuse it. of their pockets for medical expens- party could have a Libertarian Browne also said if he was presi- "They have used the war on The war on drugs has made it es than before Medicare, he said. president and Congress within the dent, he would end Social Security drugs to tear up the Bill of Rights," tempting forbidden fruit, and drug There will always be people who decade if it keeps growing at its and the war on drugs. . he said. Federal agents can seize dealers push it on kids, but private do not take care of themselves, but current rate. It is now 21/2 times the Social Security gets more insol- property, check private e-mails and industry wouldn't. "that is no reason to punish those size it was in 1996. Liberty Pledge News • October 2000 Browne preaches Third Parties Tap the Net

BY JOSH SCHONWAU) Ralph Nader has recruited more lyst of Internet political strategies, the gospel s Election Day approaches, than 35,000 volunteers online and views the adoption of Net poli- A the Internet is playing an has compiled an e-mail list of near- ticking techniques by third-party of less increasingly crucial role in the cam- ly 100,000 subscribers. The Liber- candidates as an obvious move. paigns of lesser-known presiden- tarian Party has raised nearly "The Internet is custom-made Libertarian Party tial candidates. $200,000 through e-mail solicita- for third parties," Noble said. "It Lacking the financial resources tions and plans to test a $20,000 ban- gives everyone the same set of tools." candidate speaks to compete with the massive tele- ner-advertising campaign this week. Indeed, minor parties, which vision ad blitzes and direct mail These candidates, as well as the lack the vast, labor-intensive in Jacksonville efforts of the Democratic and Reform Party's Patrick J. precinct operations of the Democ- By Matthew I. Pinar Republican campaigns, third-party Buchanan and Natural Law Party rats and Republicans, are now able Times-Union staff writer candidates have turned to cost-effec- candidate John Hagelin, are to quickly mobilize supporters tive Internet marketing strategies accepting credit card contributions from across the country — just Libertarian presidential candi- date Har—FfIcrowne was in Jack- to recruit volunteers, raise money online. like the major parties. sonville yeaea-11-y, spreading and court undecided voters. Phil Noble, president of Poli- After the Commission on Pres- the party message of less gov- To date, Green Party candidate ticsOnline, Charleston, SC, an ana- idential Debates limited the ernment and shoring up support debates to vs. George W. for his race against major party candidates Al Gore and George Bush, four of the excluded candi- W. Bush. dates conducted Internet-based "I want to be free to live my petition campaigns. Nader's "Get life the way I Continued on page 70 want to live it, not the way Al Gore or George W. Bush thinks Continued from page 1 is best for me," Browne said. Third Parties Tap the Net "We are not go- ing to find Ralph in the Debates" campaign led the the Libertarian Party, estimated that pack. collecting 65,000 signatures. roughly 80 percent of the party's new Browne freedom thourgh Re- Even more significantly, Nader cam- inquiries come from the Internet. In 1996, publicans or Democrats." paign spokesman Tom Adkins credited the the party's toll-free number was still the The Libertarian Party sup- campaign's Web site and e-mail list with leading source of inquiries. Dasbach ports eliminating all but the driving a petition-signing campaign, which expects that the more costly and labor- Most basic of federal govern- has helped Nader get on the ballot in more intensive 1-800 number will eventually ment, including repealing the than 40 states, a Green Party record. be phased out. federal income tax, ending So- Each of the minor parties uses the The Libertarian Web sites, which cost cial Security and Medicare and Internet to mobilize volunteers for cam- the party about $10,000 per month, are a shredding laws regarding guns paign activities, such as calling radio much more effective and efficient way of and drugs. shows, writing letters to newspapers and acquiring new members, Dasbach said. Vot- "The politicians cannot be participating in protests. ers shopping for candidates or ideologies trusted with your money," said When Libertarian candidate Harry can now dig through extensive information Browne, now on his second cam- Browne was excluded from an interview on Libertarian positions, make a decision paign as the Libertarian nomi- with Nader and Buchanan on NBC's and join on the spot. nee. "I want to be free from that system forever and I want to be "Meet the Press," the party immediately Third-party campaigns also say they are free from it completely." tapped its Internet audience for a show of increasingly soliciting their e-mail lists. More than 200 people packed protest. Libertarian callers tied up the Supporters who join the Libertarian e- a meeting room at the Marriott show's phone lines for more than a week. mail list, which now numbers more than Hotel on the city's Southside, The growth of the Internet also has 20,000, receive "soft" solicitations through more than twice what organiz- been a boon to the member acquisition daily e-mail updates and special appeals. ers said they expected. Most of -I The Florida Time,..-l'aioa efforts of third-party candidates. By nature, The Libertarians have earned nearly the people said they were at- third-party campaigns have a smaller, $200,000 through e-mail solicitation, and Jacksonville, Florida tending their first Libertarian more diffuse base of support than the they expect this figure to grow. event. September 9, 2000 major parties, making targeting prospec- Nader's campaign has raised more than National polls show Browne tive supporters more challenging. More- $75,000 via e-mail and is using e-mail to help with approximately 1 percent of A tAfarkethw Neay. over, third parties receive much less media sell $20 tickets to the candidate's seven-city the vote, less than shadow can- [national magazine], coverage than the major candidates. As a Super Rally fundraising tour. didates like Green Party nomi- result, Noble said, one traditional barri- Both the Libertarian Party and the Nader nee Ralph Nader. But Browne October 16, 2000 er for third parties has been that they campaign say the Internet is still a much said even if Libertarians fail to win this year, he believes there could not find supporters, and supporters smaller revenue source than direct mail. is enough support within the could not find them. But Perry Willis, Browne's campaign party to elect a Libertarian But with new sites, search engines and manager, expects this to change rapidly as president and majority- the emergence of nonpartisan voter-infor- Internet marketing becomes a bigger part Libertarian Congress by 2010. mation sites — such as Vote.com, Web- of the Libertarian strategy. "If riu want smaller govern- whiteblue.org and FreedomChannel.com "I wouldn't be surprised if more than ment, all the rest are details," — information and access to third-party half of our fundraising revenue comes he said. "The first step to take is candidates are more readily available. over the Internet in the 2004 campaign," to stop supporting people who Steve Dasbach, national director of he said. 0 make government larger." Liberty Pledge News • September 2000

Editorials No Tax Money Politics Aside, Libertarian Candidate Is Taking Principled Stand

At this time when all the at- this weekend and noted that tention is focused on the Repub- while he qualified for about $1 N tiBIRTAiliAN tat KIC President 2000 lican and Democratic parties - million in federal matching 14AW{IL ,,wtrots,rwgrawila-vi with a degree of publicity about funds, he refused the money. Ralph Nader and the Green Par- You can't say you don't believe ty - we should take a moment to in government and then stick acknowledge another Third Par- your hand in taxpayers' pockets, ty candidate, Libertarian Harry he noted. Browne. Staff Photo by Kathleen Cole This is a more honest ap- Whether or not you agree proach than candidates saying Teen support with Libertarian views, it is re- that while they don't believe in freshing to see a candidate stand soft money contributions, they Juggling four different high school by his principles. activities, Trevor Southerland "have" to take them unless the added one more in July when he If Libertarians actually won other side stops too. became one of five founding power, they would abolish most Whether one agrees with Mr. members of the Catoosa County Cabinet posts, scale down the Browne and the Libertarians, if Libertarian Party. He is a sopho- bureaucracy and generally make Diogenes were alive today and more at Lakeview-Fort Oglethor- government so thin you could still looking for an honest man, pe High School and was first slip it under the White House his search might end at the Lib- introduced to Libertarian views by door. his grandfather. ertarian campaign headquar- Mr. Browne was on C-SPAN ters.

A lie Chattanooga Timeo-Pive Pres, Chattanooga, Tennessee Nele,,--Reettn), I larrisonburg, Virginia, October 24, 2000 August 21, 2000 A The Daily The Boolon Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, September 17, 2000 Senate hopeful big-time big government foe

By KAREN E. CRUMMY vows to delete government, not remove depart- percent weren't sure how to vote lenging Kennedy — who has ap- add to it. The role of the federal ments, laws on her approval rating, implying peared to be avoiding the issue — Libertarian U.S. Senate candi- government is to protect Ameri- and taxes. they didn't know enough about to a debate, Howell pointed out date Carla Howell wants to abol- can soil — and that's about it, Howell's her or her platform. that his slain brothers "never ish the income tax, eliminate most Howell said. chances of But her effect on the race ducked a debate." of the government, repeal gun Therefore, almost every other turning this should not be overlooked. With Kennedy spokesman Will laws and stop declaring war on government program or policy, election into a Robinson's campaign in a con- Keyser said that after the senator drugs. including immigration laws, edu- Libertarian stant state of controversy and finishes the three remaining Yes. she's serious. And while cation, the war on drugs, the min- Cinderella lacking Republican endorsement, weeks of the session, he will focus she may lag behind her oppon- imum wage and health care story are slim. most voters don't believe he on "those matters." ents, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy spending should be eliminated, In mid-August, HOWELL: Liber- passes the threshold of credibili- Even if Howell loses the Senate and GOP hopeful Jack E. Robin- she believes. The idea is that a Rasmussen tarian candi- ty. race, her party's platform may son in the polls, it would be a without all the extras, running the Research poll date would abo- Which leaves only Howell as turn out to be the winner. mistake to count her — and her federal government becomes so reported lish income tax. serious opposition to Kennedy — "Third parties are very effective message — out of the race. cheap that income taxes aren't Howell with 16 regardless of what polls say — be- vehicles for forcing issues that "Government is too big and needed. percent of the vote and Kennedy cause she treats the issues and her neither party wants to address be- taxes are too high." Howell said in And as for social issues like with 63 percent, but that was be- candidacy seriously. cause of their controversy," said a recent interview. "People abortion. Howell believes the fore Robinson was put back on 'Her campaign has raised more Jeffrey Sedgwick, a University of haven't had a choice to vote for government shouldn't regulate it, the ballot. than $500,000, allowing her to Massachusetts-Amherst professor someone who proposes small but it shouldn't subsidize the pro- A few days after that, Howell's launch radio ads blaming Ken- of political science. "They are very government — now they do." cedure either. numbers slipped to 6 peicent. nedy for Big Dig traffic jams, cost influential as incubators of ideas." The 44-year-old management "If elected. I'll go to Washing- Part of the problem appears to be overruns and political corruption In 1992, for instance. consultant stands for everything ton with an eraser," Howell de- the public's lack of exposure to often associated with the $14 bil- injected the balanced budget is- that Kennedy does not. Howell clared, promising to repeal and her. The latter poll found that 79 lion project. While recently chal- sue into the presidential election.