With each political year, different parties emerge vying for a unique message to persuade voters to consider them to help run the country. The Natural Law Party is one group that is somewhat new to the political scene.

In a nutshell, the The Natural Law Party stands for prevention-oriented government, conflict-free politics and proven solutions to America’s problems designed to bring the life of the nation into harmony with natural law, according to their web page.

The page explains that the party’s platform includes:

* Natural health care programs to prevent disease, promote health and significantly cut costs of health care.

* Renewable energy production and energy conservation.

* Natural, sustainable agriculture practices to increase crop yields and profitability without hazardous chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

* Effective, field-tested community development and crime prevention programs, such as the Transcendental Meditation program in prisons to reduce inmate habitual behavior relapses.

* Lowering taxes through cost-effective solutions to problems, rather than by cutting essential services.

* Educational programs that develop the inner creative genius of the student.

* Reducing government waste and special interest control of politics.

To date over 350 people have stepped forward to run as Natural Law Party candidates across the nation, according to the web page.

The party’s strategy for 1996 is to have 700 candidates on ballots in 48 states.

The candidates of choice, John Hagelin and his running mate Mike Tompkins, offer distinctive views for this year’s race. Each also promotes programs such as improving education and endorses renewable energy production and energy conservation.

Gaining steam, the Natural Law Party is currently running more than 450 candidates for federal, state and local offices, the web page said.

Information for this article was provided by the Natural Law Party’s web page located at http://www.natural-law.org/.