We are extremely pleased to announce the details for this year's Convention. We are holding the Convention at the Tavern on the Lake in Hightstown, NJ.
The Convention will be held on March 23rd from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Party's Business Meeting will be held on morning of March 23rd and will be open to all. Registration will be required for the afternoon events, which include a luncheon and speakers. Our full convention package includes lunch on Saturday and afternoon speakers with coffee and refreshments available all day.
Early bird registration for the full Convention is $55 until March 19th, after March 19th the price increases to $65. We accept all credit cards on our registration page. A very affordable student discount is available.
Note that the business meeting on Saturday morning is free. You do not need to register for the business meeting.
Schedule (tentative) includes:
9:00 - 12:00 NJLP Business Meeting, Coffee and light breakfast served
12:00 - 1:00 Buffet Luncheon
1:10 - 5:30 Speakers and presentations
Speaker Biographies:
Jon Peditto - Drug War Victim
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Dr. James S. Taylor - Immigration Restrictions Impinge on Human Freedom
In addition to his academic writing he has authored numerous Op-Eds on bioethical issues which have appeared in publications including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News, and USA Today. (One of his award-winning Op-Eds for the Los Angeles Times was credited with influencing the ruling of the 6th District Court circuit that led to the legalization of payment for bone marrow.) He is an occasional contributor to National Public Radio and has been quoted in The New York Times. James currently lives with his wife and daughter on a (very) small farm that they’ll be turning back into a dairy as soon as they acquire the necessary cows. In the meantime, he is forced to rise at insanely early times each morning to tend to the various needs of chickens, lazy hunting dogs, pointless cats, and bees. |
Matt Welch
Reason has been a Western Publications Association magazine of the year finalist every year under Matt's leadership, winning five total first-place Maggie awards, as well as another 18 first-place notices from the Greater Los Angeles Press Club. Welch himself has won eight first-place L.A. Press Club awards over the years, for work on subjects ranging from Jackie Robinson to Cuba to the "banal authoritarianism" of Thomas L. Friedman and David Brooks. From December 2013 to January 2015 he was co-host of the nightly Fox Business Network program The Independents. Before assuming editorship of Reason in 2008, Matt worked as an assistant editorial pages editor for the Los Angeles Times, as a media columnist for Reason, California correspondent for The National Post, political columnist for WorkingForChange.com, and regular contributor to the Online Journalism Review. Before 1998, he lived for eight years in Central Europe, where he co-founded the region's first post-communist English-language newspaper, Prognosis, worked as UPI's Slovakia correspondent and managed the Budapest Business Journal. Matt's work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN.com, ESPN.com, The Hardball Times, The Columbia Journalism Review, Salon.com, Commentary, LA Weekly, Orange County Register, and scores of other publications. He is a frequent guest on MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN, public radio, and AM radio stations from coast to coast. He blogs daily at Reason's Hit & Run, and maintains an active Twitter feed. Matt lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two daughters. |
Melissa Edgar
Melissa has gathered thousands of signatures for ballot access across several election cycles, and has officially spent “enough” time in rural Illinois. She also uses her clipboard as a professional camp counselor, through programs with Scouts BSA and CISV International. Most recently, she spent months before the midterm elections working on campaigns in Wyoming, Utah and Montana. In her free time she sells merch for her friends’ punk bands out of a van across Canada, performs spoken word poetry, and eats as many burritos as possible. Currently, she lives in West Philadelphia. |
Vermin Supreme - Supreme for President
Vermin describes himself as a "friendly fascist" who - running on a platform of mandatory dental hygiene, zombie power and a pony for everyone . On May 28 2018, Supreme declared his candidacy for President of the United States, seeking the Libertarian Party nomination. |
Arvin Vohra - Arvin Vohra for President
Arvin Vohra is seeking the LP nod for President, campaigning to downsize, defund, and eliminate damaging federal government programs. Before starting his own educational business, he studied Mathematics and Economics at Brown University, and then worked as an actuary. After seeing the negative effects of government on business, education, and more, Arvin spent more and more time working for the cause of liberty. Arvin founded The Vohra Method, a college entrance exam preparatory company. |
Location
Tavern on the Lake is located at 101 North Main Street in Hightstown, NJ. The convention is to be held in the upstairs room. The entrance to the upstairs room is outside to the right of the main entrance.
UPSTAIRS
HIGHTSTOWN, NJ 08520-3306
Convention Registration | |
Full Convention Package | $55.00 |
Student Rate Full Convention Package | $40.00 |
Business Meeting Only | $0.00 |
Speakers Only | $20.00 |
Additional donation (completely optional) | |
Recommended | $5.00 |
Supporter | $10.00 |
Sponsor | $25.00 |