FWIW: A highly placed anonymous source confirms Richard Winger’s contention that the Independent Greens will replace the unlikely Michael Bloomberg / Ron Paul ticket with the Constitution Party’s Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle. According to this source, the Indy Greens have “given their word” to the Baldwin campaign, and there are financial considerations at stake, [...]

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The internet-based, libertarian-leaning, newly-minted, and creatively-named Boston Tea Party turned in the results of its first ballot access petition drive ever. Volunteers turned in 400 signatures, 125 more than required by Tennessee law. The petition, once certified as valid, will ensure presidential candidate Charles Jay and vice presidential candidate Thomas L. Knapp a spot on [...]

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Note: This story is based on reporting from Richard Winger of Ballot Access News. The report is being actively challenged by at least one leader of the VA Indy Greens. Says Lew Rockwell: “All that talk of a Bloomberg-Paul ticket in Virginia turns out to be wrong. The Independent Green party plans to run the [...]

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A Zogby/WorldNetDaily poll of “1,205 adults, 93 percent of whom were registered voters,” conducted August 7-10 (+/- 2.9%) found Barack Obama leading the presidential race with 38.1%, followed by John McCain 33.6%, Ralph Nader 1.6%, Bob Barr 1.2%, Alan Keyes 0.7%, Cynthia McKinney 0.2%, and Chuck Baldwin 0.1%. The remainder were undecided, or said they [...]

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Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader discussed the presidential debates during a Wednesday appearance on Fox News’s Your World With Neil Cavuto: “The debate commission, we should remember, is a private corporation created and controlled by the Republican, Democratic parties, they don’t want anyone on the stage with them, even though poll after poll for years [...]

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“Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr said Wednesday that the growth of executive power is one of the main threats facing the United States,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Barr, campaigning in Philadelphia, “described the post-Sept. 11 expansion of presidential prerogatives as ‘dramatic and breathtaking’ and the Constitution ‘in danger of being washed away.’” The Inquirer [...]

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Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Courier-Times reports Eighth District U.S. House candidate Jay Russell decided to end his Constitution Party run “two days before a hearing challenging his candidacy was set to take place.” Independent candidate Tom Lingenfelter “challenged Russell’s candidacy in Commonwealth Court,” alleging that “more than 2,500 of the 3,916 signatures Russell had collected for [...]

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North Carolina’s Tideland News profiles Bob Ayers, a retired civil engineer making his second run for the presidency. Ayers has also run for mayor of Swansboro, North Carolina, three times, and sought Democratic nominations for the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and governor. Ayers “sees his run as affirmation that in America, anybody can — and [...]

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The State of Columbia, South Carolina, reports that Steve Lefemine, a former Constitution Party for U.S. House, will this year seek the state’s Second District U.S. House seat as a write-in candidate. This is Lefemine’s fourth run for the seat.

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