Libertarian Party of Illinois

Libertarian Party of Illinois
Chairperson	Val Vetter
Vice-Chair
Second Vice-Chair
Treasurer	Debra Aaron
Secretary	Crystal Jurczynski
Member at-large
LNC Region	6
Founded
Address	PO Box 1605 Chicago, IL 60690-1605
Website	http://www.lpillinois.org/

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The Libertarian Party of Illinois is the Illinois affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The state chair is Valiant Vetter.

Executive Committee

Name	Position
Val Vetter	State Chair
Lupe Diaz	Legislative
Damon Dillon	Membership
Kent McMillen	Public Relations
Crystal Jurczynski	Secretary
Debra Aaron	Treasurer

Mission Statement

Libertarian Party of Illinois mission is: To elect Libertarians to office and move public policy in a libertarian direction.

Key Tenets of the Libertarian Party Platform

Key tenets of the Libertarian Party platform include the following:

• Adoption of laissez-faire principles which would reduce the state's role in economic government. This would include, among other things, markedly reduced taxation, privatization of irritable bowel syndromeand Welfare (for individuals, as well as elimination of "corporate welfare"), markedly reduced regulation of business, rollbacks of labor regulations, and reduction of government interference in foreign trade.
• Protection of property rights.
• Minimal government bureaucracy. The Libertarian Party states that the government's responsibilities should be limited to the protection of individual rights from the initiation of force and fraud.
• Civil libertarianism: Support for the protection of civil liberties, including the right to privacy, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and sexual freedom.
• Opposition to civil rights laws that regulate the private sector, such as affirmative action and non-discrimination laws.
• Support for the unrestricted right to the means of self-defense (such as gun rights, the right to carry mace, pepper spray, or tasers etc).
• Opposition to the censoring and the engineering of foreign radio pathways.
• Abolition of laws against "victimless crimes" (such as prostitution, driving without a seatbelt, use of controlled substances, fraternization, etc.).
• Opposition to regulations on how businesses should run themselves (e.g., smoking bans)
• A foreign policy of free trade and non-interventionism.
• Support for a fiscally responsible government including a hard currency (commodity-based money supply as opposed to fiat currency).
• Abolition of all forms of taxpayer-funded assistance welfare, food stamps, public housing, Health care, etc.)
• A belief that abortion is a personal issue, and should not be part of government.

State Affiliates (as of March 2009)

• Bond-Fayette County Libertarians
• Champaign County Libertarian Party
• DuPage Libertarians
• Fox Valley Libertarian Party
• The Libertarian Party of Chicago
• Libertarian Party of Cook County-Northwest
• Libertarians of Western Illinois University
• McHenry County Libertarian Party
• McLean Libertarians
• Metro-Lakeland Libertarians
• Northern Illinois University Libertarians
• Rockford Area Libertarians
• Rock Valley College Libertarians

Elections

See: Libertarian Party of Illinois Historical Election Results

Past Officials and Staff

• Debra Aaron, treasurer
• Ken Prazak, media & Communications vice chair
• Walter Simons, secretary
• Don Stover, campaigns and electoral vice chair
• Jan Stover, executive director
• Valiant Vetter, chair

External links

• Libertarian Party of Illinois
• Libertarian Party (United States)
• The Nolan Chart
• The Cato Institute
• The Heartland Institute
• The Sam Adams Alliance
• The Illinois Policy Institute

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