After its establishment with the appointment of a county party chair in February, the Libertarian Party of Harrison County held its first meeting Thursday to meet like-minded individuals and discuss ways to spread the message of liberty in the county. <\/p>\n
I stepped up (because) our county needed someone to pull this together, said Michele Swint, county party chair. <\/p>\n
Swint was appointed chairperson by State Chair Patrick Dixon on Feb. 6. Swint said local election statistics show that there are Libertarians that exist in the county; however, they had not before Thursday officially met with each other. <\/p>\n
Nearly 30,000 ballots were cast by Harrison County voters in the general election (in 2012), exceeding 2008s totals by more than 1,500 ballots she said, citing a Nov. 17, 2012, article in the Marshall News Messenger regarding election results. <\/p>\n
What I find most interesting about this article is the number of votes for Libertarian candidates, said Swint. <\/p>\n
She said for U.S. President\/Vice President, 158 ballots were cast for Libertarians Gary Johnson\/Jim Gray. For the U.S. Representative District 1 race, 314 individuals voted for Libertarian John Jay Myers. For railroad commissioner, 366 voted for Libertarian Vivekananda Wall. For railroad commissioner unexpired term, 2,849 people voted for Libertarian Jaime O. Perez. <\/p>\n
Were not alone, Swint said. <\/p>\n
This proves Libertarians and libertarian thinkers are here, she said. We just need to find each other. <\/p>\n
I want to find them, she said, asking attendees for their assistance. I want to change things in our county. <\/p>\n
Swint said she was overjoyed that the first meeting was a success, drawing a roomful of attendees including the support of fellow party chairs Vance Lowry of Upshur County and Brandee Brown of Gregg County. <\/p>\n
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