The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance (NHLA) is a nonpartisan, libertarian coalition in

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

. The organization supports libertarian

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s for state and local offices, and other libertarian causes and organizations. Just before the November elections in 2006, the

New Hampshire Union Leader The ''New Hampshire Union Leader'' is a daily newspaper from Manchester, the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. On Sundays, it publishes as the ''New Hampshire Sunday News.'' Founded in 1863, the paper was best known for the cons ...

editor wrote, "if New Hampshire is to remain the live free or die state, we have to continue voting for freedom and against government coercion." The editor wrote, "we are not with the Alliance on every single issue, but their scorecard is a good proxy for determining who is a friend or foe of personal freedoms" about the NHLA in the same editorial. The Liberty Alliance is not part of the

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, but has participated in that group's annual New Hampshire Liberty Forum.

Liberty Dinner

The NHLA hosts an annual Liberty Dinner at which the Liberty Rating, a report card based on votes by legislators and the impact of those votes on New Hampshire, is unveiled. It also features issuance of a "Legislator of the Year" award to a member of the

New Hampshire State Legislature The General Court of New Hampshire is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The lower house is the New Hampshire House of Representatives with 400 members. The upper house is the New Hampshire Senate with 24 memb ...

and an "Activist of the Year" award. Speakers at the Liberty Dinner have included Healing Our World author and 2008

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presidential candidate Dr. Mary Ruwart in 2015, ''

'' publisher Joe McQuaid, New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, and American Federation for Children senior fellow Corey DeAngelis.

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External links

Official website
Organizations based in New Hampshire Politics of New Hampshire Libertarian organizations based in the United States