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==Electoral activity==
The Free State Project is not aligned with any political party and has no official position for or against any issues or candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fsp.org/mission/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601025020/http://freestateproject.org/intro |url-status=dead|title=Liberty in Your Lifetime - The Mission of the Free State Project|archive-date=June 1, 2013}}</ref> That said, however, the Free State Project is defined as a movement that seeks to relocate people of broadly libertarian ideals, specifically.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Free State Project, New Hampshire, USA|url=https://innovationingovernance.com/free-state-project-libertarian-new-hampshire-usa/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |website=Innovation In Governance |language=en-US}}</ref> It receives its funding from individual donors interested in moving as part of the FSP or in attending one of their annual events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://freestateproject.org/files/FSPFY2008Actuals.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816065430/http://freestateproject.org/files/FSPFY2008Actuals.pdf |url-status=dead|title=Total income donations|archive-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://freestateproject.org/files/FSPFY2009-090331.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816065452/http://freestateproject.org/files/FSPFY2009-090331.pdf |url-status=dead|title=Total income donations|archive-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref> The FSP is a tax-exempt nonprofit educational organization, falling under [[501(c)(3) organization|category 501(c)(3)]], so all donations since July 20, 2009, are [[Tax deduction|tax-deductible]].<ref>[https://madmimi.com/s/bc2215 FSP Newsletter], July 2014, From the President's Desk</ref>

Several early movers have been elected to the 400-member [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]]. In 2006, [[Joel Winters]] became the first known Free Stater to be elected, running as a [[New Hampshire Democratic Party|Democrat]].<ref name="boston">{{cite news|url-access=subscription |author=Sarah Schweitzer |title=Free State Project cheers on one of its own in Winters |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/26/free_state_project_cheers_one_of_its_own_in_winters/ |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=November 16, 2006}}</ref> He was re-elected in 2008 but defeated in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sos.nh.gov/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205082004/http://www.sos.nh.gov/electwinwin.html |url-status=dead|title=NH-SOS|archive-date=February 5, 2012|website=sos.nh.gov}}</ref> In 2010, 12 Free Staters were elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, all of them as [[New Hampshire Republican State Committee|Republicans]].<ref name="nationaljournal">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/for-some-ron-paul-backers-a-new-motto-go-east-young-man-and-woman--20110510 |title=For Some Ron Paul Backers, a New Motto: Go East, Young Man (and Woman)|work=NationalJournal.com |date=May 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908162852/http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/for-some-ron-paul-backers-a-new-motto-go-east-young-man-and-woman--20110510 |archive-date=September 8, 2012 }}</ref> In 2012, 11 more were elected.<ref name=Hayward>{{cite news|url=http://www.unionleader.com/article/20121115/LOCALVOICES08/121119494 |date=November 14, 2012|title=Anarchy in Ward 5? Well, not exactly |first=Mark |last=Hayward |work=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315071532/https://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article/?AID=/20121115/LOCALVOICES08/121119494&template=printart |archive-date=March 15, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jake|last=Berry|url=http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/994856-469/movement-starts-slowly-but-future-encouraging.html |title=Free State project says future is encouraging|work=Nashua Telegraph|date=February 24, 2013|access-date=February 24, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, elected participants wrote and passed House Bill 418 which would require state agencies to consider [[Open-source software|open source]] software and data formats when making acquisitions;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2654797&cid=38931563 |title=New Hampshire Passes 'Open Source Bill'|work=slashdot.org|access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref> However, the bill died in the State Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB418/2011 |title=New Hampshire HB418 &#124; 2011 &#124; Regular Session|website=LegiScan}}</ref>

In 2014, 17 Free Staters were elected.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2014|website=Ballotpedia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://freestateprojectwatch.org/free-state-project-watch-candidate-list-2014/|title=Free State Project Watch: Candidate List 2014|access-date=November 20, 2014|archive-date=June 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630054649/https://freestateprojectwatch.org/free-state-project-watch-candidate-list-2014/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, 15 of 32 Free Stater candidates were elected.<ref>{{cite web|title=NH Libertarians Officially Recognized as Party For First time in 20 Years + "Free Staters" Win 15+ State Rep Races|url=http://freekeene.com/2016/11/09/nh-libertarians-officially-recognized-as-party-for-first-time-in-20-years-free-staters-win-15-state-rep-races/ |website=Free Keene|date=November 9, 2016 |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Free State Project Watch: Candidate List 2016|url=https://freestateprojectwatch.org/free-state-project-watch-candidate-list-2016/ |website=Free State Project Watch|date=November 2016 |access-date=March 7, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, there were 17 Free Staters in the New Hampshire House of Representatives,<ref>{{cite web|title=Media Memo: Free State Project Members Make Up Disproportionate Percentage of NH Freedom Caucus|url=https://granitestateprogress.org/2017/04/24/media-memo-free-state-project-members-make-up-disproportionate-percentage-of-nh-freedom-caucus/ |date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> and, in 2021, the [[New Hampshire Liberty Alliance]], which ranks bills and elected representatives based on their adherence to what they see as libertarian principles, scored 150 representatives as "A−" or above rated representatives.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Hampshire 2021 Liberty Ranking|url=https://nhliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021_Liberty_Rating.pdf |access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> Participants of the FSP also engage with other like-minded activist groups such as [[Young Americans for Liberty]]<ref>{{cite press release|title=Young Americans for Liberty Celebrates Victory for Right to Work in New Hampshire!|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/young-americans-for-liberty-celebrates-victory-for-right-to-work-in-new-hampshire-301235070.html |date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> and [[Americans for Prosperity]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NH Primary Source: Americans for Prosperity-NH endorses Sununu, Wheeler, 6 House candidates|url=https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-primary-source-americans-for-prosperity-endorses-sununu-wheeler-6-house-candidates/33470334# |date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, the [[Croydon, New Hampshire|Croydon]] school board president and her husband, members of the Free State Project, attempted to cut the school budget by half in a surprise but licit maneuver on the day of the vote, in a district with typically low attendance for votes. The plan that passed offered students online learning from a facilitator or $9,000 to go to an alternate public or private school. This plan was claimed to satisfy the requirement of New Hampshire's constitution to provide an adequate education. In response, local residents organized to overturn the budget. They needed more than half of the eligible voters to vote in a special town meeting, and a majority of those voters to vote for the fully-funded budget. The new school budget was overruled 377 to 2, with just under two-thirds of eligible voters voting, and the original budget was restored. (The lopsided vote was because the strategy of supporters of the change was to refrain from attending the meeting, to deny it a quorum.) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-05-06/croydon-school-budget-cuts-students-revote |title=Croydon cut its school budget in half. Inside the historic push to reverse that decision|date=May 6, 2022|website=New Hampshire Public Radio}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Croydon voters restore school budget in a landslide|url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-05-08/croydon-voters-overturn-school-budget-cut |access-date=July 19, 2022|work=NHPR|issue=May 8, 2022|publisher=New Hampshire Public Radio}}</ref>

===Annual events===
The Free State Project organizes two annual events in New Hampshire:
* The New Hampshire Liberty Forum, a convention-style event with a wide variety of speakers, dinners and events.
* The [[Porcupine Freedom Festival]], commonly abbreviated to just "PorcFest",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://porcfest.com|title=PorcFest|access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fsp.org/tag/porcupine-freedom-festival/|title=Porcupine Freedom Festival Blog Entries|work=fsp.org|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184705/https://www.fsp.org/tag/porcupine-freedom-festival/|url-status=dead}}</ref> a weeklong summer festival that takes place at a campground. It was described by Libertarian philosophy professor Roderick Long as "like [[Woodstock]] for rational people".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aaeblog.com/2011/06/22/way-long-gone-part-2/ |title=Way Long Gone, Part 2|work=aaeblog.com|access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aaeblog.com/2011/07/09/way-long-gone-part-3/ |title=Way Long Gone, Part 3|work=aaeblog.com|access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Murphy|first1=Robert P.|title=PorcFest 2011|url=https://mises.org/daily/5430/PorcFest-2011 |publisher=[[Ludwig von Mises Institute]]|access-date=July 7, 2014}}</ref>