An Interview with Dr. Jason Sorens of the “Free State Project”

Tarrin Lupo

LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Last week I traveled to “Roger’s Campground” in Lancaster, New Hampshire to cover the Porcupine Freedom Festival 2009 (PorcFest) organized by the members of the Free State Project (FSP). For those unfamiliar,  the FSP began in 2001 when Dr. Jason Sorens, then a doctoral student at Yale, wrote an article discussing his analysis as to why Libertarians continued to fail to win elected office. As the original idea continued to evolve, it was postulated that efforts would be more effective by consolidating liberty oriented activism into one state. Thus, the “Free State Project” was born and after several rounds of voting, the state of New Hampshire was declared as the winner.

Currently there are 9,373 members, of which 720 have already moved to New Hampshire.

Source(s): The Free State Project