Libertarian Party of Ohio
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| Libertarian Party of Ohio | |
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| Location: | Columbus, Ohio |
| Type: | Political party |
| Affiliation: | Libertarian |
| Top official: | Dustin Nanna, Chair |
| Year founded: | 1972 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Libertarian Party of Ohio is the Ohio political party affiliate of the national Libertarian Party. The group is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.[1]
This party regained ballot qualification in August 2024.[2]
On July 2, 2024, the Libertarian Party of Ohio submitted a minor party formation petition to the Ohio Secretary of State's office.[3][4] To obtain official ballot qualification, the petition for party formation had to have the following:
- 1. Signatures from more than 1% of the total number of voters in the last (2022) gubernatorial election; and
- 2. A minimum of 500 signatures from constituents across at least one half of Ohio's 15 Congressional districts.[3]
Party chair Dustin Nanna stated over 87,000 people from across the state signed the petition.[3] Ohio Libertarian Party candidates may appear on the ballot in the fall of 2024. For more information about Ohio's upcoming elections, please click here.[4]
Background
The Libertarian Party of Ohio (LPO) was founded in 1972. The party aims to promote Libertarian policies and support Libertarian candidates throughout the state. The party lost ballot access after the Ohio General Assembly implemented changes to party registration requirements under Ohio's Senate Bill 193 in 2013. The LPO filed a lawsuit challenging the 2013 law, but was unable to place any candidates on the ballot in 2016. As of May 2017, the Libertarian Party of Ohio had not won its lawsuit or regained ballot access.[5][6][7][8][9]
Platform
The Libertarian Party's current platform is composed of the following issues:[10]
I. Personal liberty
"Individuals are inherently free to make choices for themselves and must accept responsibility for the consequences of the choices they make. Our support of an individual’s right to make choices in life does not mean that we necessarily approve or disapprove of those choices. No individual, group, or government may initiate force against any other individual, group, or government."
- Self-Ownership
- Expression and Communication
- Privacy
- Personal Relationships
- Parental Rights
- Crime and Justice
- Death Penalty
- Self-Defense
II. Economic liberty
"Libertarians want all members of society to have abundant opportunities to achieve economic success. A free and competitive market allocates resources in the most efficient manner. Each person has the right to offer goods and services to others on the free market. The only proper role of government in the economic realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected. All efforts by government to redistribute wealth, or to control or manage trade, are improper in a free society."
- Aggression, Property, and Contract
- Environment
- Energy and Resources
- Government Finance and Spending
- Government Debt
- Government Employees
- Money and Financial Markets
- Marketplace Freedom
- Licensing
- Sex Work
- Labor Markets
- Education
- Health Care
- Retirement and Income Security
III. Securing liberty
"In the United States, constitutional limits on government were intended to prevent the infringement of individual rights by those in power. The only proper purpose of government, should it exist, is the protection of individual rights. The principle of non-initiation of force should guide relationships between governments."
- National Defense
- Internal Security and Individual Rights
- International Affairs
- Free Trade and Migration
- Rights and Discrimination
- Representative Government
- Self-Determination
Rules and bylaws
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- See also: Rules of the Ohio Libertarian Party
The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws. Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members. The bylaws also typically give details on the party's process for nominating and sending delegates to the national party convention during presidential elections. The following is a summary of the Ohio Libertarian Party's rules. This summary focuses on the structure and governance of the party:[11]
- The central committee is made up of two representatives from each congressional district in the state.
- The central committee is required to meet at least twice per year.
- The executive committee must develop the hiring process for the directors of the following five divisions: the communications division, the field development division, the finance division, the IT division and the political division.
Convention
The date of the 2016 state convention for the Ohio Libertarian Party, when the party selects its delegates for the 2016 Libertarian National Convention, was April 23.[12]
Leadership
The website for the Ohio Libertarian Party listed the following individuals as the party's state leadership as of July 2024:[13][14]
- Dustin Nanna, Chair
- Derek Strelow, Vice Chair
- Shellera Tarter, Treasurer
- Rochelle Kelley, Secretary
- James Barbour, Member At-large
- Drake Lundstrom, Member At-large
- Christoper Gill, Member At-large
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Ohio Libertarian Party Website
- Ohio Libertarian Party on Facebook
- Ohio Libertarian Party on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio, "LPO info request," accessed March 28, 2016
- ↑ The Advertiser-Tribune, "Libertarians recognized as Ohio party," August 22, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 21 WFMJ, "Libertarian Party of Ohio seeks official recognition," July 4, 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ideastream Public Media, "Libertarian Party of Ohio files for minor party status on ballot this fall," July 5, 2024
- ↑ Facebook, "Libertarian Party of Ohio," accessed October 23, 2015
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio, "Libertarians working to ensure party will be part of the 2016 elections," October 6, 2015
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Libertarians file legal challenge against Ohio's new rules for minor political parties; Greens may follow suit," November 8, 2013
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "Ohio Supreme Court Won't Put Libertarian Party on the Ballot," January 20, 2017
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "Ohio State Appeals Court Hears Libertarian Lawsuit Over Whether 2013 Ballot Access Law Violates Ohio Constitution," May 9, 2017
- ↑ Libertarian Party, "Platform," May 29, 2022
- ↑ Ohio Libertarian Party, "Bylaws," accessed October 23, 2015
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio, "Calendar" accessed October 23, 2015
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio, "Management Team," accessed July 5, 2024
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio, "Executive Committee," accessed July 5, 2024
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