The Oregonian’s politics blog says the Peace Party, “which may be the vehicle for getting Ralph Nader on the ballot” in the state, came up “short about 2,500 valid signatures for qualifying.” A spokesman for the secretary of state’s office “said backers of the party have indicated they will continue gathering signatures.” In [...]

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The Independent Party of Delaware nominated the Ralph Nader-Matt Gonzalez ticket at its state convention this week, and also cross-endorsed Democrat Thomas Savage for state insurance commissioner “in recognition for his support for universal health care,” WBOC.com reported.

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Allan Stevo, an independent candidate for the 10th District U.S. House seat in Illinois, filed legal papers in federal court this week, seeking to prevent the state from printing ballots for the November election while his lawsuit seeking ballot access proceeds, the Highland Park News reports. Illinois State Board of Elections found late last [...]

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In a post on the New York Observer website, Steve Kornacki says a “clueless” Newt Gingrich adopted “kooky logic” in arguing that if Sen. Joseph Lieberman becomes John McCain’s running mate, Libertarian Bob Barr could get 15% of the national popular vote.
Kornacki writes, “Barr is struggling to attract money, press attention, and on-line interest and [...]

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The Pennsylvania Libertarian Party “has rounded out its list of candidates for the top of the ticket in this year’s election,” and “substituted candidates for several who qualified for the ballot by the Aug. 8 deadline but later withdrew,” the AP reports. Green Party 2006 gubernatorial candidateMarakay Rogers is the LP candidate for attorney [...]

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A new Zogby poll finds that “More than half of likely voters nationwide — 55% — want Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr to participate in presidential debates this fall, while nearly half - 46% — said they think Ralph Nader should be allowed into the on-stage fray.” Among independents, 69% said Barr should be included, “and [...]

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In a press release issued today, the Bob Barr campaign has announced that it will file for a preliminary injunction against Orange County, California’s Saddleback Church, presided over by Pastor Rick Warren:
“It is our opinion that the Saddleback Church forum failed to publish any pre-established, objective criteria for inviting candidates to the event,” says Russell [...]

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Earlier this week, IPR correspondent Trent Hill unveiled the first batch, #6-10, of IPR’s Top 10 third-party and independent candidates for the 2008 election season. Today, we bring you #s 1-5.
5.) State Rep. Michael Jackson scored 43% of the vote in a head-to-head primary runoff against Democrat Don Cazayoux in Louisiana’s 6th district. Now Jackson, [...]

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W. James Antle III of the American Spectator writes in the Boston Globe this morning that Bob Barr “has performed better in national polls than any Libertarian Party presidential candidate in history,” and in Massachusetts, “polls have showed Barr winning as much as 5 percent of the vote — 2 points more than Libertarians need [...]

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Oregon’s Albany Democrat-Herald reports Jaynee Germond “is campaigning for Congress on a novel platform: Obey the U.S. Constitution.” The Constitution Party nominee for the state’s Fourth District U.S. House seat is the only challenger to liberal Democratic incumbent Peter DeFazio, and “without the GOP in the race, Germond says she is being supported by [...]

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The Jewish Exponent has a piece on Wayne Allyn Root under the headline “Libertarian Candidate For V.P. One Of The Fold.” Root “was raised as a Reform Jew and became a Bar Mitzvah at Sinai Free Synagogue of Mount Vernon, N.Y.” He “has never worked in Washington, D.C., or held political office, and [...]

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The Austin Chronicle of Texas reports that “while Democrats are looking to knock Republicans out at the state level, the GOP is facing serious challenges from Libertarians over who the real party of opposition is in Travis County. The Libertarian Party of Texas is demanding that the Travis Co. Republican Party hand over public [...]

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