Earlier this month, IPR noted the reports of Peace and Freedom Party voters being given the incorrect ballots during the June 3rd California statewide primary. Since then, Alameda County’s registrar Dave Macdonald has offered an explanation:
He explained that there are two lists that poll workers use, a “roster index”—a master list—and a street-level list. [...]

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The 5th District in Oregon will have 5 candidates on the general election ballot, all of whom are poised to take at least 1% of the vote. West Linn Tidings, a local newspaper in Oregon, has taken notice and noted that the seat is highly contested between the two major-parties.

The Libertarian Party nominated Steve Milligan, [...]

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Bob Ekstrom, the Constitution Party of Oregon’s candidate for state treasurer was recently invited to the debates for that office by his Democratic opponent. PolitickerOR has the scoop:

Bob Ekstrom, the Constitution Party’s candidate for state treasurer, has accepted an invitation from state Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) to participate in 10 public appearances with the major [...]

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In light of the recent flooding in Iowa, the Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear campaign has issued a statement calling for generous government financing for disaster relief and condemning DC’s current spending priorities:
When big investment banks were in trouble because of the housing crisis, the government gave them $200 billion literally overnight. That is 200 times [...]

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In keeping with IPR’s mission of “providing a forum for the intelligent discussion” of alternative parties and candidates in addition to providing news coverage, today I have a question for such candidates: How do you do it?
This is something I have often wondered while watching Libertarian Party national nomination races, as folks like Michael Jingozian, [...]

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Posted by ElfNinosMom at Last Free Voice
As previously noted, the Boston Tea Party’s online nomination convention was interrupted by someone who made multiple accounts on the same IP, and fraudulently voted.
Thanks to LFV’s own Vortex of Freedom, the “whodunit” has been solved. It turned out to be an attempt to alter the results of the [...]

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The Boston Tea Party has its presidential ticket: Charles Jay and Thomas Knapp.
Jay, who ran for president in 2004 under the Personal Choice Party banner, won the BTP’s presidential nomination with 76% of the vote. None of the Above finished second with 24%, and Robert Milnes finished third with 14%. The reason the percentages total [...]

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