• About Us
      • Back
      • FAQ
      • State Board
      • Platform
      • Contact Us
  • Get Involved
      • Back
      • Membership
      • Declare Yourself
      • Run for Office
          • Back
          • Steps to Run for Office
          • Candidate Questionaire
      • Send More Info
      • Central NJ Libertarians
          • Back
          • Monmouth County Libertarian Party
          • Donate to Central Region
          • About the Central Region
          • Central Region Minutes and Information
      • Southern NJ Libertarians
          • Back
          • Donate to South NJ Libertarians
          • About the South Region
      • Northern NJ Libertarians
          • Back
          • Donate to the North Region
          • About the North Region
          • North Region Minutes and Information
      • FAQ on Getting Involved
  • Donate
      • Back
      • Federal Fund
      • General Fund
      • State Fund
  • News
      • Back
      • Newsletters
          • Back
          • Advertise
      • All News
      • Upcoming Events
  • Join Us
      • Back
      • Join Us
      • Membership Renewal
      • Join as a Student for Free!

Member Login
   

News

A Respectable Election Result

Details
Written by: Tara Murphy
Category: Candidates and Elections
Created: November 14, 2022

More than a quarter of Branchburg voters said YES to term limits, putting residents first and said no to a tax increase in Tuesday’s election.  A vote for Tara Murphy and Jason MacDuffie was a declaration of independence from the GOP monopoly.  These votes came from a broad coalition of third party voters, Democrats, unaffiliated and even a few Republicans.  This bipartisan support in our historic run came from talking to people about the issues they care about.  We’ve demonstrated the viability of Libertarian candidates.  

Read more …

Runnemede Agrees to Repeal Preempted Disorderly Person Ordinance

Details
Written by: John Paff
Category: Preempted Ordinance Repeal Project
Created: August 31, 2022
No comments on “Runnemede Agrees to Repeal Preempted Disorderly Person Ordinance”

Update September 26, 2022 - the Runnemede Borough attorney has agreed that their Disorderly Persons Ordinance should be repealed. Below is the initial letter and the borough attorney's response. For more information on this subject see Loitering Ordinances - Invalid in New Jersey.


From: John Paff
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2022 4:30 PM
Subject: Runnemede Police Department's enforcement of a preempted ordinance.

Dear Mayor Kappatos and Members of the Borough Council:

I write, both individually and in my capacity as Chairman of the New Jersey Libertarian Party’s Preempted Ordinance Repeal Project to request the Mayor and Council ask Borough Solicitor Daniel H. Long to review Borough Code § 265-5 and render an opinion on whether or not it is preempted by the New Jersey Criminal Code.

Read more …

Republican Candidate Billy Prempeh and Libertarian Candidate Sean Armstrong Agree to Debate

Details
Written by: Mike Guadagnino
Category: Press Releases
Created: August 19, 2022
No comments on “Republican Candidate Billy Prempeh and Libertarian Candidate Sean Armstrong Agree to Debate”

New Jersey Libertarian Party

NJLP.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

CD 9 Republican Candidate Billy Prempeh and Libertarian Candidate Sean Armstrong Agree to Debate but Need the Democratic Candidate William Pascrell to Join Them

New Jersey—August 12th, 2022—The residents of the newly formed 9th New Jersey Congressional District have a choice between three candidates. Many are new to this re-drawn district and may not be familiar with any of these candidates or even their sitting congressman. To help them learn about the choices they may have, two of the candidates are calling for public debates to help residents familiarize themselves with these three choices.

Read more …

NJLP Statement on the FBI’s Authoritarian Activities

Details
Written by: Michael Manieri
Category: Press Releases
Created: August 10, 2022
No comments on “NJLP Statement on the FBI’s Authoritarian Activities”

New Jersey Libertarian Party

NJLP.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

NJLP Statement on the FBI’s Authoritarian Activities

New Jersey – August 10, 2022

On August 8, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Many on the left, who previously spent years decrying law enforcement as corrupt and calling to defund the police, are celebrating this raid and denying the possibility of FBI corruption. Conversely, those on the right who have spent years curtailing civil liberties, bolstering law enforcement’s powers, and defending police as they terrorized communities, see this raid as political persecution.

Read more …

Justin Amash leads the field as presidential candidate in NJLP Mid-summer survey.

Details
Written by: Mark Kapengut
Category: Latest News
Created: July 30, 2022
No comments on “Justin Amash leads the field as presidential candidate in NJLP Mid-summer survey. ”

We invited about a thousand of former NJLP members to the summer picnic. About 7% responded. A handful may be making their way to the event. Guys, welcome back!

Along the way, we polled them on their presidential preferences.

No candidate won a majority, but Justin Amash dominated with clear plurality, about 40%.

Among the rest of the candidates, Spike Cohen, Dave Smith and Trump tied for a second spot with 14% each.

Read more …

NJ Libertarian Party Statement on Murphy's Gun Control 3.0 Package

Details
Written by: Michael Manieri
Category: Press Releases
Created: July 03, 2022
No comments on “NJ Libertarian Party Statement on Murphy's Gun Control 3.0 Package”

New Jersey Libertarian Party

NJLP.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

NJLP Statement on Murphy’s Gun Control 3.0 Package

New Jersey – July 4, 2022:

In a state where respect for gun laws is akin to Nazi Germany, Governor Phil Murphy has even further violated and restricted your right to individual sovereignty. The latest “Gun Control Package 3.0” (because 1.0 and 2.0 did not work), is uncategorically the worst legislation in the country.

Read more …

NJLP Statement on Recent Gun Violence and Preposed Gun Control Measures

Details
Written by: Michael Manieri
Category: Press Releases
Created: June 02, 2022
No comments on “NJLP Statement on Recent Gun Violence and Preposed Gun Control Measures ”

New Jersey Libertarian Party

NJLP.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NJLP Statement on Recent Gun Violence and Proposed Gun Control Measures

New Jersey – June 2, 2022:

Read more …

Summer Picnic 2022

Details
Written by: James Ripley
Category: Events
Created: June 01, 2022
No comments on “Summer Picnic 2022”

Summer Picnic

Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 12 PM
39 Homestead Avenue, East Hanover, NJ 07936

The NJLP will hold annual summer picnic and general meeting at 12 PM on July 30, 2022.  More info coming soon.

Summer 2022 Newsletter.

Proposed business items / agenda.

Join #project-summergeneralmeeting on Slack to discuss business items needing attention or to suggest activities for members at the event. 

PRESS RELEASE: The NJ Libertarian Party Remains Committed to Protecting the Natural Right to Self Defense

Details
Written by: Michael Manieri
Category: Press Releases
Created: May 23, 2022
No comments on “PRESS RELEASE: The NJ Libertarian Party Remains Committed to Protecting the Natural Right to Self Defense”

New Jersey Libertarian Party

NJLP.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The NJ Libertarian Party Remains Committed to Protecting the Natural Right to Self Defense

New Jersey – May 23, 2022:

On Saturday, May 14, 2022, the lives of ten innocent people were senselessly taken and we join the nation in mourning this unimaginable loss. In the wake of this tragedy, we must remain committed to protecting the natural rights of citizens to own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones. In New York and New Jersey alike, police departments have significant discretion in denying people carry permits. Since, as the Supreme Court has ruled, police officers have no duty to protect citizens, innocent people are often left without any means to protect themselves against violent individuals. No one else should have to die before the state stops violating citizens’ natural rights to self-preservation by repealing gun laws.

Read more …

Candidate Tara Fisher's Press Release: Home Intrusion/Data Collection Reaches New Heights in Hazlet

Details
Written by: Tara Fisher
Category: Press Releases
Created: April 22, 2022
No comments on “Candidate Tara Fisher's Press Release: Home Intrusion/Data Collection Reaches New Heights in Hazlet”

Tara Fisher

fisher4freedom.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Home Intrusion/Data Collection Reaches New Heights in Hazlet, and it’s Not a Good Thing

Hazlet – April 22, 2022: The Hazlet Police Department has announced that the municipality has contracted with Appraisal Systems Inc. to inspect every home in the Township, inside and out, under the guise of property tax revaluations.

While such revaluations take place periodically under the law, the unprecedented nature of this level of intrusion goes in a dangerous new direction.  It is a further deterioration of civil liberties which opens the door to so many possible rights violations.  With no restrictions on what can be examined, residents are losing their privacy in the most complete way possible.

Read more …

Ed Durr Advocates for Progressive Government Handout

Details
Written by: Michael Manieri
Category: Press Releases
Created: March 24, 2022
No comments on “Ed Durr Advocates for Progressive Government Handout”

New Jersey Libertarian Party

NJLP.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ed Durr Advocates for Progressive Government Handout

New Jersey – March 24, 2022:

The Republican Party once again showed that they are merely speed-limit progressives. State Senator Ed Durr introduced the Gas Price and Inflation Tax Credit Act to give $500 to households making up to a quarter of a million dollars. This will cost taxpayers nearly $1.5 billion! Not even Democrats are calling for this ridiculous payment. Durr cites inflation and rising gas prices as his reason for expanding the welfare state. Of course, further increasing government spending will only fuel a worse inflationary crisis.

Read more …

Tara Murphy and Jason MacDuffie Announce Candidacy For Branchburg Township Committee

Details
Written by: Michael Manieri
Category: Press Releases
Created: March 16, 2022
No comments on “Tara Murphy and Jason MacDuffie Announce Candidacy For Branchburg Township Committee”

New Jersey Libertarian Party

NJLP.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tara Murphy and Jason MacDuffie Announce Candidacy For Branchburg Township Committee

New Jersey – March 16, 2022:

At the NJLP Convention on March 12, 2022, the New Jersey Libertarian Party nominated Tara Murphy and Jason MacDuffie for Branchburg Township Committee. Murphy and MacDuffie are both long-time New Jersey residents who are vying to break up the GOP monopoly in Branchburg. 

Read more …

NJ Libertarian Party Holds 2022 Convention, Elects New Board

Details
Written by: Michael Manieri
Category: Press Releases
Created: March 16, 2022
No comments on “NJ Libertarian Party Holds 2022 Convention, Elects New Board ”

New Jersey Libertarian Party

NJLP.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NJ Libertarian Party Holds 2022 Convention, Elects New Board

New Jersey – March 15, 2022:

At the NJLP Convention on March 12, 2022, the New Jersey Libertarian Party elected a new State Board. After serving for the past year, many board members decided to step down from leadership to pursue other means of Libertarian activism. Then Chair Dan Krause gave a speech about accomplishing his goals for the NJLP over the past two years before handing the gavel over to newly elected Chair Nikhil Sureshkumar.

Read more …

Libertarians for Transparent Government Win NJ Supreme Court Case

Details
Written by: John Paff
Category: Open Government Advocacy Project
Created: March 09, 2022
No comments on “Libertarians for Transparent Government Win NJ Supreme Court Case”

On Monday, March 7, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that settlement agreements that resolve disciplinary charges against public employees, redacted as necessary, are disclosable under the state's Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The case is Libertarians for Transparent Government v. Cumberland County.   I have already used the newly minted ruling to dislodge a previously-denied separation agreement involving a Somerset County police sergeant.

Read more...

Mercer County LP Calls for Cleveland Children's Hospital To Treat Tanner Richardson

Details
Written by: Michael Manieri
Category: Press Releases
Created: February 27, 2022
No comments on “Mercer County LP Calls for Cleveland Children's Hospital To Treat Tanner Richardson”

Mercer County Libertarian Party

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

<February 27, 2022 >

MERCER LP CALLS FOR CLEVELAND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TO TREAT TANNER DONALDSON

Mercer County, New Jersey-- Nine-year-old Tanner Donaldson is suffering from stage 5 chronic kidney disease. In 2018, Richardson was approved for a transplant. After four long years of searching, the family discovered that Tanner’s father, Dane Donaldson, is a match. The hospital denied the transplant because Tanner’s father isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. This policy is nothing short of both cruel and indefensible. 

Read more …

NJLP Police Accountability Project files IA Complaint Against State Police

Details
Written by: Webmaster
Category: Police Accountability Project
Created: February 08, 2022
No comments on “NJLP Police Accountability Project files IA Complaint Against State Police”

On February 7, 2022, I filed the following Internal Affairs complaint against three New Jersey State Police Detectives.


New Jersey State Police
Office of Professional Standards
Intake and Adjudication Bureau
P.O. Box 7068
West Trenton, NJ 08628-0068
via e-mail only to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dear Sir or Madam:

Please accept this e-mail as my complaint against Detective Carlos Estevez and, to a lesser degree, Detective Sergeant James Sansone and Detective Kartik Birudaraju. The facts related to the February 20, 2016 stop of Jeffrey Van Queen are set out in a February 7, 2022 Appellate Division decision, which is on-line here. The motor vehicle stop led to Van Queen’s arrest and ultimate plea to a weapons offense which caused him to be sentenced to seven years in prison with a three and one-half year parole disqualifier.

Read more...

NJLP Resolution on Vaccine Mandates

Details
Written by: Mike Guadagnino
Category: Press Releases
Created: August 10, 2021
No comments on “NJLP Resolution on Vaccine Mandates”

For immediate release
August 7, 2021

NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 23, 2021: Whereas, it is the principled belief of the New Jersey Libertarian Party and many others that individual rights must not be denied, abridged, or enhanced by Government at the expense of other people’s rights, on any basis, including – but not limited to – sex, gender identity, wealth, race, color, creed, age, national origin, political preference, biological factors, or sexual orientation and,

Whereas, freedom and responsibility cannot be separated and exclusion of moral approval or disapproval is deliberate: peoples’ rights must be recognized; the wisdom of any course of peaceful action is a matter for the acting individual to decide,

Read more …

NJ DOE certifies Jim Tosone as Official Candidate for NJ Senate

Details
Written by: Jim Tosone
Category: Press Releases
Created: August 09, 2021
No comments on “ NJ DOE certifies Jim Tosone as Official Candidate for NJ Senate”

New Jersey Libertarian Party
PO Box 56 Tennent, NJ 07763-0056
njlp.org This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Jim Tosone – NJ Senate Candidate This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Jersey Division of Elections certifies Jim Tosone as an Official Candidate for NJ Senate

Tennent, NJ. August 6, 2021 – The New Jersey Division of Elections has certified that Jim Tosone will be on the ballot as the Libertarian Party’s candidate for NJ Senate in the General Election in the 39th Legislative District.

The district is comprised of towns in northern Bergen and Passaic Counties. It has 167, 000 registered voters of which 43% (over 72,000) are unaffiliated. For those voters, who are concerned about both government spending/taxes/debt and interference in their personal lives, Tosone will offer the Libertarian Party solutions.

Read more …

NJ Supreme Court Rules Police Officers Accused of Serious Misconduct Must Be Named

Details
Written by: Jay Edgar
Category: Police Accountability Project
Created: June 28, 2021
No comments on “NJ Supreme Court Rules Police Officers Accused of Serious Misconduct Must Be Named”

Internal Affairs complaints in New Jersey are often not disclosed to the public. In 2014, John Paff, the head of the NJ Libertarian Party’s Open Government Advocacy Project requested info on complaints against correction officers who work at the Bergen County Jail. The response provided redacted the names of all the correction officer employees. His lawsuit against County resulted in Bergen County being forced to identify the officers.

In 2017 the Libertarians for Transparent Government sued the NJ State Police seeking the name of an officer who was fired for racially offensive behavior. As a result of this case and the George Floyd murder and outrage, a Law Enforcement directive was given by Attorney General Gurbir Grewal that required agencies to disclose the identities of officers who commit serious disciplinary violations. This was a reversal of a decades long policy.

Read more …

Student Rights Article Count:  16

NJ Libertarian Blog Article Count:  56

Selected Blogs Article Count:  204

Chair's Report Article Count:  8

Videos Article Count:  52

Political Cartoons Article Count:  1

Events Article Count:  25

Open Government Advocacy Project Article Count:  183

Letters to Editor Article Count:  73

Latest News Article Count:  329

Candidates and Elections Article Count:  88

Insight New Jersey Article Count:  1

Preempted Ordinance Repeal Project Article Count:  42

Police Accountability Project Article Count:  144

Press Releases Article Count:  35

Legislative Affairs Committee Article Count:  19

Policy News Article Count:  16

Legislative Affairs Committee Project Article Count:  3

Page 3 of 65

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
© New Jersey Libertarian Party 1972 - 2025

The NJ Libertarian Party is NJ's third largest political party, founded in 1972. Our vision is for a world in which all individuals have the right to exercise sole control over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live as they choose. Our goal is to build a political party that elects Libertarians to public office, and moves public policy in a libertarian direction.

  • Member Access
    • Login
    • Bylaws
  • Special Projects
    • Open Government Project
    • Preempted Ord. Project
    • Police Accountability Project
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Newsletters
    • Upcoming Events
  • Store