Ballot Access News:
This newspaper story from Great Britain says a neutral poll suggests that the Green Party will win its first seat in the British Parliament. Thanks to Green Party Watch for the link. Britain will hold a general election sometime in April, May, or June 2010.
Poll Suggests Greens Leading in One British Parliamentary District
February 9th, 2010 · written by paulie · No Comments
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Malik Rahim tackles Superbowl
February 9th, 2010 · written by paulie · No Comments
From Democracy Now!, by way of On The Wilder Side
DAVE ZIRIN: I was speaking to [former Green Party Congressional candidate] Malik Rahim, who I know you’ve had on your show before, a former Black Panther Party member, someone who has been a community activist in New Orleans for thirty years. And I asked him about [...]
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Dr. Jill Stein launches Green campaign for Massachusetts Governor
February 9th, 2010 · written by Dave Schwab · No Comments
From Green Party Watch:
Dr. Jill Stein’s formal announcement on Monday of her campaign for governor of Massachusetts as the Green-Rainbow Party candidate drew coverage from media outlets including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, MySouthEnd.com, and Open Media Boston.
“If you’ve had enough business as usual, if you’ve had enough of the culture of influence, if you’ve [...]
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One more week to submit amendments to Green Party platform
February 9th, 2010 · written by paulie · No Comments
Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch:
Green Party US is attempting to amend its platform in 2010. February 15th is the deadline for Green Party members to submit platform amendments to the state parties and caucuses to which they belong.
Both GP.org and GreenChange.org have posted the current platform as a launching point for comments, [...]
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Libertarian Party of Georgia renews call for passage of Budget Act
February 9th, 2010 · written by paulie · No Comments
ATLANTA (February 8, 2010) – The Libertarian Party of Georgia renews its call for passage of Senate Bill 1, the Budget Act, which would require appropriators to review a quarter of the state budget every year to remove waste and ineffective programs (also know as zero-based budgeting).
This much needed legislation unanimously passed the State [...]
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LPNY passes resolution against mandatory floor fees for delegates at national convention; M Carling allegedly insinuates that states which oppose floor fees won’t get national ballot access support
February 9th, 2010 · written by paulie · 7 Comments
According to a comment by Chuck Moulton, quoting a blog post by Tom Stevens:
The threat allegedly made at a LPNY meeting is interesting… read it for yourself, but it looks like the gist is: if your state opposes the floor fee, it won’t get ballot access money.
http://drtomstevens.blogspot.com/2010/02/lpny-risks-retribution-for-expressing.html
From the blog entry:
M Carling, who serves as [...]
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Libertarian Party Monday Message: Over 30,000 10-cent Libertarian stickers ordered. Get yours!
February 8th, 2010 · written by paulie · 3 Comments
LP.org:
Dear Friend of Liberty,
Last week we offered a great deal on bumper stickers. As of 11:00 this morning, over 300 people have responded and ordered 30,458 stickers!
Wow!
The offer expires this Thursday, February 11, so I’m repeating the original message below for your benefit. I hope you’ll go order 100 or 1,000 bumper stickers right away!
On [...]
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Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party Gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein argues for debate inclusion on WGBH
February 8th, 2010 · written by paulie · No Comments
Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com:
Jill Stein and Emily Rooney Debate Third Party Inclusion
Jill Stein of the Green-Rainbow Party crossed swords with talk show host Emily Rooney, who opposes third party inclusion in debates. This interview occurred on the Emily Rooney radio show on WGBH, February 8, 2008. Enjoy.
Interview with Jill begins at [...]
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Mike Gravel to speak in Indiana, on radio program available worldwide
February 8th, 2010 · written by Ross Levin · 8 Comments
Former Democratic Senator and candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination Mike Gravel will be speaking at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana on February 15. Afterward, he will be interviewed on a radio program in the area that is also broadcast live worldwide on the internet. More from the Muncie Free Press:
Currently he backs the [...]
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Delaware County, PA Greens hosting speaker on Honduras
February 8th, 2010 · written by Ross Levin · No Comments
From the Delaware County Daily Times:
The Delaware County Green Party will present Sylvia Metzler, who will speak on her recent experiences in Honduras as part of a Quest for Peace Delegation, from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday with a home-cooked brunch. The presentation will be held at The Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Olde Sproul Road, [...]
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PA: Libertarian hopeful to run for Mundy’s House seat
February 8th, 2010 · written by paulie · 6 Comments
Andrew Seder
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
Tim Mullen, a registered nurse and retired Army reservist, is making it a three-way race for the state 120th Legislative District seat held by Rep. Phyllis Mundy for two decades.
The Kingston Township man on Thursday announced his candidacy on the Libertarian ticket, a party he has been a registered member of since [...]
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Phoenix Libertarians working to repeal food tax
February 8th, 2010 · written by paulie · 3 Comments
Scott Wong
Arizona Republic
A group of Valley libertarians took its first step Friday to repeal the food tax adopted this week by the Phoenix City Council.
Don’t Tax Our Food filed paperwork with the City Clerk’s Office to begin fundraising and collecting signatures to put a ballot measure before voters that would overturn the 2 percent sales [...]
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‘Manhattan Madam’ after Libertarian nomination for NY Governor, faces nomination competition
February 8th, 2010 · written by paulie · 35 Comments
Metro.US reports:
Forget David Paterson, Andrew Cuomo and Rick Lazio.
Kristin Davis, the “Manhattan Madam” who allegedly set up the love connections between disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and call girls, is running for the top seat in Albany with the backing of Roger Stone, a GOP operative with a reputation for outlandish behavior and dirty [...]
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Wayne Root: Lessons Obama Should Have Learned From Watching the Super Bowl
February 8th, 2010 · written by Bruce Cohen · 41 Comments
Lessons Obama Should Have Learned From Watching the Super Bowl
The Difference Between Las Vegas and Washington D.C.
By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee
I am probably the only politician in America whose day job is Las Vegas oddsmaker. I’ve learned many valuable lessons from sports and sports betting. On Sunday I made a fortune [...]
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Wayne Root speaks to Utah Libertarians
February 8th, 2010 · written by paulie · 1 Comment
Excerpted from an IPR comment by Joe Buchman:
A public THANK YOU to Wayne Allyn Root.
Last Saturday the Libertarian Party of Utah held a “How to run for public office 101″ meeting for potential Libertarian candidates for public office.
At the same time one of the other 2008 candidates for Vice President, Sarah Palin, was spewing kindergarden [...]
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