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Free State Project 93% Towards Goal (freestateproject.org)

Posted by samzenpus on from the moving-to-better-quarters-on-campus dept.

Okian Warrior writes: Long term readers may recall the Free State Project, a plan to gather 20,000 liberty-minded participants and move to a low-populated state, as covered here on Slashdot. The project reached 90% of its 20,000 member goal last year with accelerated growth in recent months, and is on track to trigger the move to New Hampshire before year's end.

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  1. Already accomplishing by Okian+Warrior · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been following their progress from the beginning, and they're already having an effect on local politics.

    A number of free staters are already a member of the NH house. They managed to get the law banning switchblades repealed. This made sense, because virtually no one gets injured by switchblades, and there's lots of situations where being able to open a knife one-handed is really useful (such as EMS and rock climbing).

    They were just shy of legalizing marijuana in the last round (2 votes short of an override of the Governor's veto), they made it legal to inform juries of their right to nullification, and they've reduced the budget.

    (On jury nullification: at least one person was acquitted on cannibus charges by unanimous jury vote.)

    All in all, they're really having an effect. I can't wait to see what happens when the entire 20,000 get here.