Hardy Machia was the Libertarian Party

Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...

 candidate for governor

Governor

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 of Vermont

Vermont

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 in 2004, finishing 4th of 5 with 0.8% of the vote. In 1999, he entered the selectboard of Grand Isle, Vermont

Grand Isle, Vermont

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. In 2001, he became a Grand Juror, and the following year became the Grand Isle Justice of the Peace. Machia is involved in the youth rights movement, particularly the struggle to lower the drinking age. He is currently the Secretary of The National Youth Rights Association

National Youth Rights Association

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's Vermont chapter.

Machia presently serves as a regional representative for the Libertarian National Committee

Libertarian National Committee

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. In 2006 Machia ran for the Vermont House of Representatives

Vermont House of Representatives

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 Grand Isle-Chittenden-1 receiving 1,339 votes for 18.57% of the vote and a fourth place finish (last) http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2006_election_info.html. He was one of the early developers of third-party software for the Apple Newton

Apple Newton

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, and currently develops for Palm OS

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 and iPhone

IPhone

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.

External links

• Hardy for House Campaign Page (archived)
• Free Vermont Hardy Machia for Governor 2004