Libertarian Party Reform Caucus
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The Libertarian Party Reform Caucus (LPRC) is a political organization in the United States dedicated to reform the Libertarian Party nationwide. Founded on March 7, 2005 by LP members Todd Andrew Barnett and Chris Bennett, the caucus was created as a "last-minute ditch effort, to save the LP by reforming the Party at the National level."
The organization is comprised of reformers who want to implement pragmatic reforms from within the LP as well as the United States government in order to restore liberty. Like its sister organization Libertarian Reform Caucus, it wants the LP to become a real political party that will run experienced and qualified candidates who will run winnable campaigns and get elected to office at the local, county, state, and federal levels.
The LPRC, described as "the conscience of the LP," has stated the following goals:
- To argue against and fight the recent LNC dues increase
- To argue for the dissolution of UMP and urge state parties to abandon the system altogether
- To rewrite and truncate the LP Platform, making it easier to read and much more sensible and practical than as it currently stands
- To reform the internal structure of the Libertarian Party
- To reform the Libertarian National Committee and its policies
- To rewrite the LP Bylaws and establish a better, clearer party structure than ever
- To enforce the LP's mission statement of electing LP candidates to public office and directing public policy in a libertarian or libertarian-leaning direction
- To decentralize the functions of the National HQ from the state affiliates and allow state parties to fend themselves
[edit] The Plan
The plan of the LPRC is to attract currently disgruntled Party members, former Party members, and voters who have never been members of any political party.
