From Indepth
By ZACH LAIRD, InDepthNH.org
Among the thousands of people who joined the Free State Project, some have stayed, like Jaime Hussey and Derek Proulx. Others, like former State Rep. Amanda Bouldin, D-Manchester and Leslee Petersen, left the movement after they realized it wasn’t what they expected.
The project began in 2001 and was founded by Jason Sorens as an alternative and attainable strategy to the Libertarian party’s national strategy, per its website. In order to create a more concentrated community of libertarians, Sorens launched the idea of a “mass migration to concentrate libertarians in one small state.” The concept was supported by a vote of the first 1,000 participants.
Twenty-five years later, the movement continues to grow in size, and has reached a point in its trajectory where it holds a tangible presence in both the political and cultural realms of New Hampshire. Since it began the organization states that thousands have made the move to the Granite State. There are currently between 6,000 and 10,000 participants of the project.
According to Eric Brakey, executive director of the Free State Project, the movement does not financially help or incur any costs of participants moving to New Hampshire. He also says that people who already live in New Hampshire can call themselves Free Staters, not just those who move here for the project.
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