Missouri Libertarian Party Platform
(As revised by the voting membership in convention, February 24th, 2024)
In affirmation of the traditional respect for individual life, liberty, and property, the members of the
Missouri Libertarian Party do establish our Platform and Program for the people of Missouri, in
accordance with our State Constitution, to ensure harmony, abundance, and self-government to all
citizens of our State. To accomplish these goals, we propose the following:
EDUCATION
Responsibility and authority for the education of children belongs with parents.
Restore local control of all schools.
Remove restrictions on home schooling.
Move toward privatization of government public schools.
Repeal all Federal and State education mandates.
ELECTIONS
Fair and lawful elections are the cornerstone of the democratic process.
Support fair ballot access and free and open elections.
Support reduction of signatures required for ballot initiative.
Support legislation requiring a “Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail” when using electronic voting
equipment.
Repeal all Federal and State campaign finance laws which restrict Free Speech.
Support legislation requiring the use of an objective scientific metric, processed independently of
partisan entities, when comparing alternatives for district boundaries to eliminate gerrymandering.
Replace the 163 state representative districts with multi-member districts defined geographically by a
state senate district. Four state representatives are elected per state senate district, for a total of 136
state representatives. This eliminates the work involved to create the state representative map, which
eliminates gerrymandering of state representative districts. These four state representatives will be
elected using Ranked Choice Voting.
Require majority rule. Use Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) to require a majority win in all other races with
more than two candidates. IRV causes runoff elections to be conducted instantly until someone receives
a majority. Voters say who their second choices would be in case their first choice does not receive a
majority of the first vote.
Require true support for tax, bond, and referendum issues. Require them to be fairly represented to the
voters. Allow votes on tax, bond and referendum issues to appear on the ballot in November elections
only. In the case of a tax or bond issue, require the ballot language to state what the difference in taxes
will be if the measure passes as compared to if it fails, and for how many years. For example, “If this
school bond issues passes, the owner of a $100,000 home will pay $150 more in taxes each year for the
next 30 years than they will if it fails.”
Vigorously combat election fraud. Conduct spot audits of elections.
Allow voters to express dissatisfaction with their choices. Make “None of the Above” (NOTA), a choice in
all candidate elections.
Eliminate the position of Lt. Governor. Have the state legislature put this constitutional issue to the
voters.
HEALTH CARE
Health care, like all economic goods and services is provided most efficiently and fairly by the free
market. Government programs are inherently inefficient and expensive because their “customers” are
captive and have no other choice. Bureaucrats have no economic incentive to provide quality service
and a low cost.
Repeal all healthcare mandates imposed by government that require medical procedures or equipment
such as vaccines or masks.
Repeal the Affordable Care Act and phase out Medicare and Medicaid.
Oppose any additional federal regulation of health care and government health care options.
Allow tax-free Health Savings Accounts to anyone regardless of insurance status.
Make all medical and dental expenses income tax deductible.
Restore patient choice in medical care by removing interference from the state, including limitations on
access to nurse practitioners, midwifery, alternative medicine, and self-medication.
Restore a true free market in health care by removing federal and state regulations which restrict
competition.
Support legislation to allow medical aid in dying.
JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
When politicians and bureaucrats pick winners, Missourians lose. Resources are most efficiently and
fairly allocated by the free market.
Repeal all subsidies.
Eliminate mandated benefits.
Eliminate taxes, do not abate them for certain groups.
Eliminate the abuse of Tax Increment Financing (TIF).
Sell all state agencies that duplicate services provided by businesses or charitable organizations.
Give responsibility for licensing drivers and vehicles over to auto insurers, including standards for vehicle
inspections.
Abolish labor laws and allow employers and employees to freely enter into contracts.
Create jobs by eliminating red tape and licensing requirements on businesses.
JUSTICE
The purpose of our justice system is to protect individuals and their property, not serve as a revenue
stream for the state and a mechanism to punish peaceful behavior.
Eliminate mandatory sentencing.
Restore Second Amendment rights.
Repeal statutes regarding victimless crimes.
Enact legislation supportive of victims’ rights and restitution.
Add an explicit right to a Fully Informed Jury to the State Constitution.
Amend Missouri’s Constitution to require a ‘sunset clause’ for every new law.
Require criminals to make restitution to their victims as a condition of parole or early release.
Prohibit all jurisdictions from seizing property in connection with an alleged crime until such time as the
accused is tried and convicted. In other words, eliminate asset forfeiture laws and participation in
federal “equitable sharing” which incentivizes and allows police departments to seize private property
based on mere suspicion.
Require Prosecutors to produce actual victims in court as witnesses subject to cross examination when
prosecuting so called victimless crimes.
Abolish the death penalty. Eliminate the ability of the presiding judge to sentence the defendant to
death when the jury does not unanimously vote for the death penalty. All inmates on death row shall
have their sentence changed to a life sentence with no possibility of parole.
PRIVACY
Privacy in one’s home, affairs and effects is a fundamental right of free people.
Define an explicit right to privacy in the Missouri Constitution.
Allow citizens to sue public officials individually and personally for violations of citizens’ rights.
Oppose implementation of the “Real ID Act,” which requires enhanced security for state driver’s licenses
– essentially establishing a national ID card.
Oppose wire-tapping, drones, cameras and other surveillance technology by government entities
without a properly executed search warrant.
Oppose any effort to regulate or prohibit peaceful practices in one’s medical, recreational, or other
lifestyle decisions.
Allow consenting adults to marry and enter into other private contracts without requiring permission
from any government entity.
PROPERTY RIGHTS AND EMINENT DOMAIN
Property rights are the foundation of liberty and enable a free market economy to flourish.
End the practice of using eminent domain powers to seize property for the benefit of private
developers.
Repeal the ability of local governments to turn over condemnation authority to independent parties.
Eliminate the use of “blight” as a rationale for using eminent domain to seize private property.
Oppose the National Animal Identification System.
Oppose the use of government mandates to dictate the smoking policies of privately-owned businesses.
STATE SOVEREIGNTY
State sovereignty and the ability to nullify unconstitutional federal laws and mandates are protected by
the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Support efforts to assert state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution for all
powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government under the Constitution.
Support nullification of the laws and mandates put forth by DEA, USDA, FDA, EPA and other federal
regulatory agencies.
Allow the use of alternative currencies in Missouri.
TAXES
Taxes remove revenue by force from productive uses, allocating them less efficiently, and provide the
resources for political corruption and cronyism.
Eliminate personal property taxes.
Repeal the state income tax provision of the Missouri Constitution.
All state and local government functions should, where possible, be funded by user fees.
By constitutional amendment require 75% voter approval for all tax increases or new taxes.
Oppose the use of rebates as a means to circumvent voter approval for a tax increase.
Pass enabling legislation to permit voters to repeal, and in the future prohibit sales taxes on food and
prescription drugs for counties, municipalities and all other political entities in the state which have
authority to levy sales taxes. This includes the state-wide 1% sales tax for public schools.