Arthur C. Olivier (born August 24, 1957) is an American politician who was the

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candidate for

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in the 2000 U.S. presidential election as the running mate of presidential candidate Harry Browne.Doherty, Brian (August 22, 2006
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''. Retrieved January 18, 2024. Olivier later unsuccessfully ran in the 2024 Libertarian Party presidential primaries for the party's presidential nomination. Olivier served as a councilman (1994–1997), mayor

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(1997–1998) and mayor (1998–1999) of

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, a

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suburb with 77,000 residents. During his five years on the Bellflower City Council (1994–1999), Olivier

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the city's tree trimming, crossing guards, street sweeping and building department. He eliminated the city's lighting tax assessment and did not allow

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to be exercised while on the council. A graduate of Cerritos College with a degree in Design Technology, Olivier is a

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with Cogburn Realty.

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During the campaign for vice president, Olivier advocated smaller government, "We have to reduce the size of the federal government back to the size of its constitutional limits." Critical of the U.S. foreign policy of interventionism, he said he would like the government to return U.S. troops from abroad and make the Department of Defense get back to defending us, and not be a Department of Offense that bombs little countries." "I don't believe we should be the world's policeman." He believes that U.S. foreign policy should be governed by an avoidance of “entangling alliances." "The conflicts this country has entered into cause others to look badly upon America." Olivier ran uncontested for governor in the 2006 Libertarian primary. He received 114,329 votes (1.3%) in his loss to incumbent

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in the

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. Olivier criticized Governor Schwarzenegger for passing a budget that was “30% larger than the one that got Governor Gray Davis recalled just three years ago.” Olivier's main earned media was talk radio, advertising his opposition to illegal immigration. Olivier favored having the government build a wall on the border and cut off all tax-funded programs to illegal immigrants.

Campaigns

2000 Libertarian vice presidential nominee

On July 4, 2000, Olivier was chosen as the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nominee for the 2000 Presidential Election. He beat Steve Kubby on the second ballot. He ran with Harry Browne. They got 5th place and 384,431 votes.

2006 California gubernatorial campaign

In the 2006 California gubernatorial election, Olivier ran against

and

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. He said he appeared on more talk radio shows than all other candidates combined. Olivier finished in 4th place. He got around 1% of the vote.

2024 Libertarian presidential campaign

Olivier ran for president in the 2024 Libertarian Party primaries. He earned 5 votes in the primaries. In the first round of voting in the 2024 Libertarian National Convention, Olivier got 4 delegate votes. He was eliminated in the first round. The nomination eventually went to Chase Oliver.

''Operation Terror''

Olivier is supportive of the 9/11 truth movement. In 2012, he wrote and produced the

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''Operation Terror'', which depicted a fictionalized version of the

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in New York City, 2001. The movie's plot centered on a group of American government insiders that organized and assembled a group of people to attack the World Trade Center and

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. In writing ''Operation Terror'', Olivier used dialogue taken from transcripts of the investigation by the 9/11 Commission and based the film's characters on real-life players in the 9/11 attack. The film premiered on September 11, 2012, in

, and received the Honorable Mention Award at the International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality and won the Genre Film: Thriller award at the International Movie Awards. The film's director, Paul Cross, was also nominated for Best Director at the Fajr International Film Festival.

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