Although Ballot-Access News has recently reported that Ralph Nader is only on the ballot in 12 states, this article states that Nader has submitted petitions in as many as 22 and expects to be on the ballot in 45. Nader’s campaign submitted petitions containing more than 10,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office Monday. [...]

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The AP has released a brief article about the various third-party presidential candidates trying to get on the ballot in Alabama. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain likely won’t be the only presidential candidates listed on Alabama’s Nov. 4 ballot. The campaigns of Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin and Cynthia McKinney hope to [...]

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Angus Reid Global Monitor has released the results of the first general election polling to include Cynthia McKinney as the Green Party nominee. The poll, conducted from July 27th to 29th, projects 46% for Obama, 42% for McCain, 6% for Nader, 3% for Barr, and 1% for McKinney – presuming each of the five candidates [...]

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The Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Revolutionary Communist Party comments in detail on the upcoming Beijing Olympics in the latest issue of its newsletter “Revolution“, writing in part: “The 2008 Summer Olympics are about to begin in Beijing, China, running from August 8 to August 24. The Olympics are full of great athletic performances, but they are also highly [...]

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From a note published today on her official Facebook profile comes an update on independent House candidate Cindy Sheehan‘s efforts to make the ballot: Subsequent to the Department of Election challenging an UNBELIEVABLE 43.5 PERCENT of our signatures, our CINDY FOR CONGRESS ’08 campaign still needs 2116 more valid signatures to get CINDY SHEEHAN on [...]

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The Austin American-Statesman says Texas Libertarians “continue to enjoy overtures from Republicans who, at least in some circles, worry that third-party candidates could be a factor in close races this fall.” Three members of state House Speaker Tom Craddick’s staff “met Monday afternoon with Libertarian leaders.” LP Texas Chairman Pat Dixon “said he is urging [...]

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PolitickerKY reports that while Sonny Landham concedes his Kentucky U.S. Senate bid this year is over, he could “jump into another political race in the near future.” Landham said, “There is 2010 to run, there is a governor’s race to run. I’m going to look at that. Right now, this one is over.” He said [...]

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Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Courier Times reports farmer Jay Russell has entered the state’s Eighth U.S. House District race as the Constitution Party candidate. The newspaper says Russell “has run for a series of offices, including state representative, township supervisor and county commissioner” over the past 15 years, “but has never won an election.” Russell said [...]

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The Des Moines Register has a brief profile of Libertarian state representative candidate Russ Gibson. The customer service representative says he is running because “I am dissatisfied with the way that government continues to encroach into every aspect of our lives. I want to get the government out of our wallets so that it stops [...]

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The Idaho Statesman reports the Libertarian Party will collect $2,854 and the Constitution Party $2,144 via the Idaho Election Campaign Fund, “for which Idahoans have checked boxes on their state tax returns since 1975 if they want to donate a dollar to a political party of their choice or to a general political campaign fund.” [...]

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KVBC.com says independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader “took aim at big gaming” during a campaign rally in Las Vegas today, “telling a handful of supporters ‘Nevada must stop relying so heavily on the gambling industry.’” To “keep the Nevada economy growing, Nader suggested a shift from gambling to green energy. ‘That is the wave of [...]

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The Libertarian Party issued a press release today touting “immigration reform.” In opposition to the border fence, the LP points out that the fence could only be built through taxpayer-forced contributions and seizure of privately owned lands. The LP also said it must be easier for peaceful immigrants to enter the country legally. However, the [...]

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In IPR’s earlier interview with Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party presidential hopeful said there weren’t any real differences between him and Ron Paul. Well, LRC’s Laurence Vance begs to differ: Many conservatives, however, still have a China problem. Even real conservatives like Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin. He is upset that Bush is attending [...]

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Close on the heels of his victory in California, where the Peace and Freedom Party just put Nader on the ballot, the Natural Law Party of Michigan just did the same. Ballot Access News reports: On July 30, 2008, the Michigan Natural Law Party nominated Ralph Nader for president, and submitted the needed paperwork. Nader [...]

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PolitickerKY reports that Sonny Landham, the controversial Kentucky candidate who advocates economic nationalization, culture wars, and the use of a tax-funded military to conduct a war of genocide so that the US can appropriate other people’s oil, has been repudiated by the LP a second time. It appears that Sonny Landham will not be on [...]

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Rosemarie Jackowski, the Liberty Union Party’s candidate for Vermont Attorney General has called for the indictment of President Bush for war crimes related to Iraq. Referring to the efforts as “The Indictment Project,” Jackowski makes the case that her race is of pivotal importance to Vermonters interested the prosecution of the present administration: Imagine Nuremberg [...]

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A recently released statement published on the Socialist Party USA’s homepage discusses the party’s official position with regards to the potential outbreak of war in Iran: A military attack on Iran is a real possibility. George Bush, in the waning days of his Administration, may launch an attack on Iran, or Israel, with the US [...]

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I’ve previously listed the LP candidates here, here, here and here. Now, George Donnelly has turned this list into its own website with graphics and continuous updating. George explains: An Effort to List all LP Candidates We Libertarians need to know how many candidates we’re fielding for office. Which states are fielding full slates? no [...]

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John Rensenbrink explores the relative merits of Nader and McKinney. The article is also relevant to other ideological perspectives in the past and future which see one candidate running as an independent, and another as part of a political party whose views are similar at the same time. There is this notion that progressive-minded people, [...]

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Chuck Baldwin has penned another article critical of the two major-party candidates for their immigration views. Baldwin speaks scathingly about La Raza, an immigration group that he accuses of racism. La Raza sponsors militant ethnic nationalist charter schools subsidized by your public tax dollars (at least $8 million in federal grants). La Raza thrives on [...]

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