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An intriguing story was posted on Gather.com about Cathy Church’s campaign, who is running as an independent running for the prosecuting attorney position in Marquette County, Michigan. The piece was written by Church herself, and takes a kind-hearted look at the “David vs. Goliath”-like process of unseating an established incumbent as an independent.
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The Republican, Libertarian and Green candidates participated in the debate while the incumbent Democrat sent a representative. The debate was hosted by the League of Women Voters.
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In a message sent to supporters today, Cynthia McKinney points to her 14 point plan to address economy, the risk that the 2008 election will be stolen, the failure of the Democrats to push for meaningful change, and more. So…where does Kenny Rogers fit in this story? Hit the headline to find out!

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In their September 2008 poll, the Washington Post has a combined total of 4% for Libertarian William Redpath and Independent Green Gail Parker.
Newsvirginian.com also carries this article about Gail Parker, which is an interesting overview of her candidacy and other independent candidacies.
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Writing in Liberty Maven, Jake4Constitution provides additional evidence related to Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney’s recent controversial claim that 5,000 black men, likely to be prisoners, were executed and disposed of in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
McKinney’s campaign has responded to inquiries with the following statement:
During the course of Congresswoman McKinney’s focus [...]

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According to http://www.alternativecandidatesdebate.com/
An Alternative Presidential Candidates’ Debate will be held in Nashville from 7 to 9 pm (central time) on October 6th, one day prior to the McCain-Obama debate in Nashville. The debate is open to all third party candidates for President in the United States as well as the major party nominees.
The debate is [...]

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Organizational news
New news at the top 6 October 2008 414 members on this site. Wow!
4 October 2008 396 members here, 531 on Facebook. We currently endorse or have nominated 30 candidates on our voter’s guide, including the only branded Libertarian Party candidate we know of in Florida. Charles Jay has registered as a write-in candidate [...]

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Ballot Access News reports that the Barr campaign and the Libertarian Party are currently suing Louisiana over the issue of whether they missed the state’s filing deadline. The case is currently in the US Supreme Court, Libertarian Party v Dardenne, no. 08A269. All briefs on the injunctive relief matter had been submitted by October 2. [...]

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