I’m being told that the Constitution Party in West Virginia turned in over 20,000 signatures overall. The Herald-Dispatch recently reported earlier today on how many signatures had been turned in and determined valid.
The Constitution Party has so far submitted 11,314 signatures for its candidates, Chuck Baldwin. Officials had validated 7,442 of those by Friday, with [...]

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The AP reports Utah Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Dell Schanze “has removed the term ‘anti-Christ’ from a telephone ad campaign.” Schanze referred to Republican incumbent Jon Huntsman “as an ‘anti-Christ socialist’ in an autodial message. Schanze toned down a revised version of the ad, which no-longer includes the term. But Schanze maintains that [...]

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Green presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney is scheduled to deliver the closing address at the Third National Hip Hop Political Convention this weekend at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Her running mate Rosa Clemente will co-host a “unity luncheon” on Sunday.

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Bob Bird, the Alaskan Independence Party’s candidate for US Senate, recently garnered the endorsement of the Alaskan Right to Life. Bird was president of the Alaska Right to Life from 1995-1997. The Bird campaign sent out a press release.
Today Alaskan Independence Party Candidate for U.S. Senate, Mr. Bob Bird was endorsed by the Alaska Right [...]

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Dave Brownlow, the Constitution Party’s candidate for US Senate in Oregon, just sent out a press release citing a recent Zogby poll that has Dave Brownlow at 5%.

Clackamas, OR - Conservative DAVE BROWNLOW, Constitution Party candidate for U.S. Senate, received 5% in this recently released Zogby poll. The campaign is taking their message on [...]

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In response to a statement made by Representative John Shaddegg during today’s protest by Republican congressmen on the House floor, Boston Tea Party Interim Chair Jim Davidson has issued a press release illustrating the difference between the two parties and what it would take for Shadegg to live up to his words:
Cyberspace — “How many [...]

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The Salt Lake Tribune has an article today remarking on Ralph Nader’s campaign stop in Salt Lake City last night, where the independent presidential candidate made his pitch to a crowd of local supporters:
Nader, who is running for president for a fifth time, this time as an independent, criticized Democrat Barack Obama and Republican [...]

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According to a field report by one of the Libertarian petitioners on the ground in West Virginia, as of tonight’s final turn-in of signatures by petitioners to the campaign, the LP gathered only around 12,000 raw signatures, falling short of the 15,118 required by state law. While additional signatures would be required to survive a [...]

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Green Party Watch reports
[A recent] vote by the House of Representatives to apologize for slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws may provoke a discussion on reparations for descendants of African slaves. Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are on record in support of such reparations, and the Green Party platform has the following to say [...]

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Petition to the U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on the Judiciary, Congressman Conyers, Chairman
Whereas, the basis for the laws of this great Republic is the Constitution, adopted September 17th, 1789; and,
Whereas, that Constitution provided for a clear but difficult procedure for amending it; and,
Whereas, the founding fathers saw a need for Amendments to guarantee certain civil [...]

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Many independent and smaller party candidates have complained for a long time about lack of coverage from the corporate media. Here is one snarky, cynical response from the establishment:

A group of about 15 protestors and candidates from a Certain Political Party That Will Go Unnamed gathered outside the Washington Post building today to protest [...]

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