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Moneybomb for Chuck Baldwin today

September 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Buck for Chuck, created by “the team at Revolution Broadcasting,” is calling for as many donations to Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee, as possible today. They will also be promoting similar events in the future, and at their website you can get an automatically updated banner to go on your website for future [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

Green candidate for Arkansas legislature endorsed by five labor unions

September 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Green Party candidate Richard Carroll is running for state representative in District 39 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Carroll is the only candidate on the ballot because the Democratic candidate has been previously removed, though Carroll still faces two Democratic write-in candidates. Ballot Access News reports that Carroll, himself a 30 year union organizer and [...]

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Nader, DailyKos support Barr lawsuit in Texas

September 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Miller politics reports Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who also failed to make it on the Texas ballot, has issued a statement on the Barr suit. He congratulated the Libertarians for being the only party to make it on the Texas ballot and wishes them well in their suit. Nader, a four time minor presdiential [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party

Ralph Nader to hold rallies in West Virginia and Pittsburgh

September 20th, 2008 · No Comments

The information provided about these events from the Nader campaign: Wednesday, September 24th, 2:00pm – Morgantown WV Nader for President 2008 Rally with Ralph Nader West Virginia University Gluck Theater in the Mountain Lair Student Union (University Ave) Suggested Contribution: $10/$5 student More information: (504) 319-9312 or events@votenader.org Wednesday, September 24th, 7:30pm – Pittsburgh PA [...]

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Duke University columnist slams third party candidates

September 20th, 2008 · 22 Comments

In his column for the Duke University Chronicle, Drew Everson takes a caustic look at some third party presidential and vice presidential candidates: Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin “believes no non-American citizens should be able to own any property or asset in America. Only Americans are allowed to own America. He also thinks anyone should [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Barr seeks clemency for Georgia death-row inmate

September 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr is “seeking clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis, who is scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1989 murder” of a Savannah, Georgia, police officer, the AP reports. In a letter to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole, Baarr said he “is ‘a strong believer in the death penalty as [...]

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Georgia U.S. House candidate runs as Bull Moose

September 20th, 2008 · 9 Comments

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Loren Collins, a write-in candidate for Georgia’s Fourth District U.S. House seat, has declared he is the candidate of a revived Bull Moose Party. In a statement, he said, “The Bull Moose Party is intended to stand as a refuge for economically conservative Democrats, socially liberal Republicans, classic liberals and [...]

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Barr, Nader register in Michigan poll, but not in South Carolina

September 20th, 2008 · No Comments

The Detroit News reports Libertarian Bob Barr and independent Ralph Nader are each polling two percent in Michigan, according to the latest EPIC-MRA poll. In South Carolina, however, the Charleston Post and Courier reports, “It appears that neither Libertarian candidate Bob Barr, who is visiting Charleston on Sept. 30, or independent candidate Ralph Nader will [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party

Minnesota U.S. Senate candidates to debate five times

September 20th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The Minnesota U.S. Senate campaigns of Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, and Democrat Al Franken have agreed to hold five debates before Election Day. The debates will take place on October 5, 11, 16, 24, and November 2.

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Mike Gravel and Ralph Nader endorse candidate for Congress in PA

September 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Independent candidate for US Congress John Murphy, running in Pennsylvania’s 16th District, has been endorsed by both former Senator Mike Gravel and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Mike Gravel also ran for president this year as a Democrat and a Libertarian. Conversely, John Murphy endorsed Ralph Nader and helped in the effort to get him [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party