Richard Carroll will be the guest this Sunday on Green Party Watch Radio. Carroll is running for the 39th State House seat in Arkansas. It is possible that he will be the only candidate on the ballot since the Democratic Party in that state has changed party rules in an attempt to keep [...]

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According to a page at the North Carolina Board of Elections website, Cynthia McKinney is now an official write-in candidate for President.
North Carolina’s ballot access laws are so draconian that the Green Party’s efforts to secure a ballot line in the state have fallen far short of the number set by the state. The [...]

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From a press release issued by his campaign comes news that Socialist Party of Michigan chairman Matt Erard has received the nomination of the Green Party of Michigan for the 53rd State House district. Upon filing his paperwork, Erard became the first MI Green on the ballot this cycle:
Erard, who currently serves as the [...]

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“While I don’t necessarily follow the party line 100% of the the time, I think the recent press release by the Libertarian Party was right on the mark,” says Scotty Boman, in reference to the “Let Them Fail” press release issued by the LP in response to the impending bankruptcy of government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae [...]

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Rasmussen reports that
Libertarian voters make up 4% of the nation’s likely voters and they favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a 53% to 38% margin. Three percent (3%) would vote for some other candidate and 5% are not sure. These results, from an analysis of 15,000 Likely Voter interviews conducted by Rasmussen Reports, [...]

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Press release from the Nader campaign
Dear Chairman Conyers:
For years I have been urging you to initiate a resolution of impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for chronic, repeated violations of our Constitution and the many “high crimes and misdemeanors” they commit day after day. These two men are the worst recidivist impeachable [...]

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Ballot Access News

Dick Anthony Heller, the plaintiff in last month’s famous U.S. Supreme Court decision that said the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a gun, is petitioning as the Libertarian nominee for Delegate to the U.S. House from the District of Columbia. He needs 3,000 signatures.
If he gets 7,500 votes [...]

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posted by Ronald Kane Hardy at Green Party Watch

Listen to, watch, or read the transcript from Democracy Now! with Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente here.
Here’s a teaser for you:
AMY GOODMAN: And what do you think, Rosa Clemente, are the most important issues right now? What are you going to be campaigning [...]

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Reported in the Manchester, NH Union Leader newspaper:
Although he’s yet to secure a spot on the New Hampshire presidential ballot, Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr visited Manchester yesterday, drawing attention and, possibly votes, away from Republican John McCain.
Barr visited Murphy’s Tap Room in downtown Manchester, where about 90 people listened to his calls for small government [...]

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Posted by Ronald Kane Hardy at
Green Party Watch
In the last two weeks, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia have passed the 5K threshold. In Wisconsin volunteers raised over $3,000 in 3 days.
In order to qualify for Federal Matching Funds, a candidate must raise over $5,000 in each of 20 states, in contributions of [...]

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Posted at Libertarian Peacenik
According to the Classical Liberal blog, “land developer Treg Loyden” spoke with Wayne Allyn Root on the campaign trail, and heard Root say:
“America should just let Israel alone, defend itself, and go nuke the heck out of those Iranian cockroaches. Blow ‘em all up… just nuke the place for a thousand years.”
UPDATE: [...]

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Press release from the national Green Party.
Greens urge quick action on Ohio, Pennsylvania election crimes, seek assurance of 2008 ballot access fairness and election integrity
• Pennsylvania: 12 indicted after Statehouse Democrats staffers were given taxpayer-funded bonuses to keep 2004 presidential candidate Ralph Nader (Ind.) and 2006 [...]

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posted at Ballot Access News

The Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, has decided not to appeal last week’s U.S. District Court order putting the Libertarian Party on the ballot. This will be the first time any party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, has appeared on the ballot in Ohio since 2000.

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By way of Ronald Kane Hardy at
Green Party Watch
Article about Albany Alum (and GP VP) Rosa Clemente by Mark Perry in the Times Union:

Rosa Clemente came to the University at Albany at a heady time for minority student activism.
There were demands for more students of color. [...]

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The following YouTube video from the Bob Barr campaign was released late last night and announced today in a campaign e-mail from Jeri Barr. The video juxtaposes Barr media appearances, quotes from the historical figures, Libertarian National Convention video and archival footage of various conservative and libertarian leaders against iconic images of a government [...]

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