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So far: Ralph Nader 232,034; Bob Barr 222,172; Chuck Baldwin 66,562; Cynthia McKinney 55,334
Link to full third-party presidential votes
November 4th, 2008 · 54 Comments
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Libertarians will probably retain NC ballot access
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Projected by Ballot Access News
For the first time in its history, the North Carolina Libertarian Party seems to have polled enough votes to remain on the ballot. With 41% of the North Carolina vote counted, the Libertarian gubernatorial candidate, Mike Munger, has 2.81% of the vote. Either he, or Bob Barr, needs 2% for the [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
Sheehan votes for self, reports encouraging exit polls
November 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The following message was sent from Independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan to her supporters:
This is a kind of blurry picture that I took with my iPhone, but it is a picture of my vote for myself.
My surviving children, Carly (27); Andy 25; and Janey (22) came from Vacaville to be with me today. We have [...]
Tags: Independents
In case you missed them the first time…
November 4th, 2008 · 132 Comments
With IPR posts coming at a rapid pace today, here are the ones within the last 24 hours:
Last minute predictions?
Minor party candidates in New Hampshire
One meme, one vote…
Kevin Barrett plans ‘election night extravaganza’
Election night parties around the country
Open Thread: What do you plan to do for Election Day?
Bob Bird invites all to join him [...]
Tags: Third parties, general
Bob Barr campaign update
November 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Barr celebrates the federal investigation of Washington Mutual
McCain-Palin: Against Energy Independence Before They Were For It, Says Bob Barr
Reason magazine on the Barr campaign’s final hours
Talk show host Matt Murphy endorses Barr
Penn Jillette endorses Barr
Tags: Libertarian Party
Battleground pollsters’ final projections
November 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Battleground Lake has predicted Bob Barr and Ralph Nader each getting 1% of the vote, while Battleground Tarrance has Barr 0.9%, Nader 0.6%.
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Ralph Nader update
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
CNN poll: Nader at 3%
Wonkette: Nader’s hummus recipe sucks
Nader campaign: don’t waste your vote on a blowout
Matt Gonzalez on NPR’s Latino USA
Open letter to Obama
Nader calls for moratorium on consumer imports from China
Nader campaign reaches out to night shift workers
Nader on the role of third parties in slavery abolition
Nader on the civil service
Nader letter [...]
Tags: Independents
The election has been called for…
November 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The DRE 700.
Voting Machines Elect One Of Their Own As President
H/T to Rolf Lindgren.
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Video: Alternative Vice Presidential debate
November 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
By way of the Nader-Gonzalez campaign:
Add The Real Vice Presidential Debate to your page
Also, see Video: Alternative Presidential debates.
Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party
An Activists’ Guide to Election Day: Make sure all votes are counted, after the polls close
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Bev Harris, of Black Box Voting, said the following about results tapes (which need to be posted outside a polling place after the votes are tallied):
1) These documents should be available within 45 minutes of poll closing.
2) It is perfectly legal to video or photograph any of them. They are a public record, and must [...]
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Ralph Nader speaks to mainstream media in mini-micro soundbites
November 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Via TalkRadioNews
ndependent presidential candidate Ralph Nader gave a few choice words on the election, emphasis on “few”.
In an act that was part satire and part protest, Nader gave a press conference in which for the first portion he would only respond to reporters’ questions with one word answers, mocking what his campaign describes as the [...]
Tags: Independents
Sheehan supporters harrassed, but hopeful
November 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments
From Market Watch:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 04, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Katherine Fish, 24, and Renee Davis, 58, both volunteers for Cindy Sheehan’s campaign for Congress, were detained by police this morning at a polling location in San Francisco’s Excelsior district.
“Our volunteers were well outside of the 100 foot limit,” said Tiffany Burns, the [...]
Tags: Independents
Which Presidential Candidate is on the top ballot line in each state?
November 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Posted at Ballot Access News:
Barack Obama has the top spot on the ballot in 15 states and the District of Columbia. John McCain has the top spot on the ballot in 14 states. Chuck Baldwin has the top spot in 6 states. Ralph Nader has the top spot in one state. Cynthia McKinney has the [...]
Tags: Third parties, general · Uncategorized
Cynthia McKinney thanks Noam Chomsky for endorsement
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Posted at
http://legacy.runcynthiarun.org/Endorsements/Chomsky_SupportWelcomedByCampaign
Cynthia McKinney today expressed her appreciation for the support of Professor Noam Chomsky, noted linguist tenured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In private emails with campaign supporters this week, the respected social critic noted that he had voted Green in 2004, and would be voting for the party ticket next Tuesday, as [...]
Tags: Green Party
Ralph Nader says Obama has no nuts
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Story here.
The video concocts a fake CNN broadcast and uses Obama’s actual voice from a speech in which he says, “We need them. We need them badly. Not just my campaign, but the American people need their service and their vision and their wisdom.”
Still, it remains a distinct possibility that Nader will not win the [...]
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