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Browne was the presidential nominee of the United States Libertarian Party in 1996 and 2000.

He received 485, 798 votes or 0. 5 % of the vote in 1996 and 384, 516 votes or 0. 4 % of the vote in 2000.

His campaign qualified for matching funds during each election but didn't accept them.

Browne's refusal to accept matching funds won him expected praise from libertarians and those who are against the concept of federal matching funds, but also earned him somewhat greater exposure in the " mainstream " media, as very few American presidential candidates who qualified for matching funds refused them.

In interviews, Browne had claimed he needed to be true to what he had preached in his libertarian speeches and that " it would be highly inappropriate for me to stick my nose in the trough after having denounced the Republicans and Democrats for doing so.

" During both of these elections, the Libertarian Party managed to get on the ballot in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Browne did not appear on the 2000 Arizona ballot, however, as the Arizona Libertarian Party instead chose to run L. Neil Smith, whose candidacy was a protest against that of Browne.