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==History== | ==History== | ||
In 1971, the [[Committee to Form a Libertarian Party]] was established to determine if a new political party was needed, or if one of the existing political parties was | In 1971, the [[Committee to Form a Libertarian Party]] was established to determine if a new political party was needed, or if one of the existing political parties was suitable. It has been documented that [[Richard Nixon]]'s 90 day price and wage freeze in August of that year was a deciding factor in the decision to form the LP. | ||
On 11 December, the committee pulled the trigger, and the committee was replaced by the Libertarian Party. Notice was published in [[Reason Magazine]]<ref>http://lpedia.org/Mickey%2C_Me_and_the_LP</ref> and possibly other places, which helped efforts to bootstrap the party going into its [[1972 Libertarian National Convention|First National Convention]]. | On 11 December, the committee pulled the trigger, and the committee was replaced by the Libertarian Party. Notice was published in [[Reason Magazine]]<ref>http://lpedia.org/Mickey%2C_Me_and_the_LP</ref> and possibly other places, which helped efforts to bootstrap the party going into its [[1972 Libertarian National Convention|First National Convention]]. | ||
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While the Libertarian Party soon discovered the hard way how difficult it was to get on ballots, its presence on two states was adequate to attract the attention of an unhappy Republican elector, [[Roger MacBride]], who gave the Hospers/Nathan ticket his vote, making [[Tonie Nathan]] the first woman and the first ethnic Jew to receive an electoral vote. | While the Libertarian Party soon discovered the hard way how difficult it was to get on ballots, its presence on two states was adequate to attract the attention of an unhappy Republican elector, [[Roger MacBride]], who gave the Hospers/Nathan ticket his vote, making [[Tonie Nathan]] the first woman and the first ethnic Jew to receive an electoral vote. | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||