We should continue to require a signed pledge for membership. The Libertarian Party is the Party of Principle. It is just eight words, easy to grasp, yet our entire platform can be derived from this principle. If anyone can join regardless of their beliefs or principles, we'll be just like the other parties, and then people who would and did sign the pledge will resign. The other parties don't even consider it and it makes the LP look like it protests too much.
Libertarians believe in limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility.
We are not anarchists. We will gain more members if we drop the pledge than by retaining it. We are a party of principle, and the absence of force or coercion is a binding commitment that should guide our membership. Yes, we need it. Info By State Look up and access news and information from your home state.