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Libertarian VP candidate to visit UConn

September 2, 2012 Areawide, Local News No Comments

Libertarian vice presidential candidate Judge Jim Gray of California.

Libertarian vice presidential candidate Jim Gray — will visit the University of Connecticut from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Homer Babbidge Library (theater 2).

Gray’s talk is sponsored by the following student organizations:

Alternative Political Society,

Young Americans for Liberty and

Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

There are seats for 80 people, plus standing room in the back of the theater.

Gray, a judge for the Superior Court of Orange County, is a longtime activist regarding marijuana legislation who resides in California.

He also supports marriage equality, fiscal responsibility and peaceful, non-interventionist foreign policy.

Gray is running with Gary Johnson, a two-term governor of New Mexico.

Posted September 2, 2012

Related links:

“Could Super-Pac backed third party candidates sway the presidential race?” NBC News http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/31/13573497-could-super-pac-backed-third-party-candidates-sway-presidential-race?lite

“Jim Gray, Libertarian vice president candidate, visits Alaska,” Alaska Disptach http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/jim-gray-libertarian-vice-presidential-candidate-visits-alaska

“Judge Jim Gray announces as Libertarian vice presidential candidate,” http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/judge-jim-gray-announces-as-libertarian-vice-presidential-candidate

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