IPR founder GE shared 23,740 votes with 16 others in a slate of presidential electors pledged to Bob Barr, .4% of the vote. Contributor Paulie Cannoli shared 4,983 votes with 8 other Alabama presidential electors pledged to Bob Barr, .2%. Contributor Tom Knapp took 8,576 votes in Missouri’s 2nd congressional district, for 2.3%. He additionally [...]

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According to CNN Although Democrats gained a decisive majority in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, their hopes are fading for a filibuster-proof 60 seats. Four hotly contested Senate races hang in the balance: Alaska, Georgia, Minnesota and Oregon. Democrats needed to add nine seats to their current caucus of 51 (49 Democrats and two independents [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News Only three candidates were on the ballot for the Oregon U.S. Senate race, nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Constitution Party. It appears likely that the Constitution Party tipped the outcome in this race. Although the votes counted (as of 2:30 pm Pacific time) show Gordon Smith (Republican) leading, the [...]

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Via http://www.lpnc.org/ “This is just the first step,” Munger said. “We got the signatures and we satisfied the requirements of the State by playing Simon Says in just the way they wants us to.” Now he said its time for the Libertarian Party to take the next step and run competitive races for several General [...]

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By way of On The Wilder Side Welcome to Democracy Now! CYNTHIA McKINNEY: Thank you, Amy. AMY GOODMAN: It’s good to have you with us. Your thoughts today? CYNTHIA McKINNEY: Well, of course, I take the opportunity to congratulate Senator Obama, the people of this country and, honestly, the people all over the world who [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News The Libertarian Party candidates for U.S. House will have polled over 1,000,000 votes, as soon as all the votes are counted. Preliminary figures are at 990,000, and perhaps 8% of all the votes (mostly absentees and provisionals) have not yet been counted. The Libertarian Party also exceeded 1,000,000 for U.S. [...]

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Ralph Nader on national television: “To put it very simply, he is our first African American president; or he will be. And we wish him well. But his choice, basically, is whether he’s going to be Uncle Sam for the people of this country, or Uncle Tom for the giant corporations.” Nader concession press release [...]

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Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr has released his own post-election missive, posted at bobbarr2008.com and lp.org: Barr Says “This is Just the Beginning” “This is just the beginning of the new Libertarian Party,” says Bob Barr, the 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for president. “In these next four years, there will be an even greater need [...]

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Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin released the following message today reflecting on yesterday’s election: Friends , The results of the presidential election come as no surprise. While we all will struggle with the choice Americans have made, we will in no way hang our heads in defeat. The progressive development of our 16 year [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News The 2008 election is the first election since 1988 in which no independent or minor party candidate won a statewide election. However, there is one statewide race in 2008 in which an independent appears to have placed ahead of a major party nominee, and also one U.S. House race with [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News At least five minor party legislative candidates were elected on November 4. The Progressive Party of Vermont re-elected David Zuckerman, Sandy Haas, Susan Davis, and Sarah Edwards. In Arkansas, Green Party nominee Richard Carroll was elected. He was the only candidate listed on the ballot, but two Democratic write-in candidates [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News With 96% of Georgia’s precincts reporting, the U.S. Senate results are: Chambliss (R) 49.9%, Martin (D) 46.7%, Buckley (Libt.) 3.4%. Georgia is the only state in which no one can be deemed elected to any statewide post (other than president) without 50% of the vote (also, Vermont has that rule [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News No federal court has ever struck down any state’s law, on how a party remains on the ballot. However, the Arkansas Green Party, and the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party, are in an excellent position to file such lawsuits and win them. The Arkansas Green Party polled 21% for U.S. Senate on [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News After each election, the list of states in which the various minor parties are qualified changes somewhat, based on the election returns. Because it is more difficult for parties to remain on the ballot immediately after a presidential election, compared to a mid-term year, the only accurate measurement to determine [...]

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According to the San Francisco Chronicle: In an interview after polls closed, Sheehan didn’t concede defeat but vowed to run again in 2010. She accused the media of ignoring her and criticized Pelosi for not debating her. “Just avoiding a debate shows a lot of disrespect for my campaign,” she said. “We tried very hard [...]

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2008 Nader 0.52% Independent Barr 0.40% Libertarian Baldwin 0.14% Constitution McKinney 0.11% Green 2004 Nader 0.38% Independent Badnarik 0.32% Libertarian Peroutka 0.12% Constitution Cobb 0.10% Green 2000 Nader 2.73% Green Buchanan 0.43% Reform Browne 0.36% Libertarian Phillips 0.11% Constitution 1996 Perot 8.40% Reform Nader 0.71% Green Browne 0.50% Libertarian Phillips 0.19% Constitution 1992 Perot 18.91% [...]

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From CNN, by way of Ballot Access News, with 97% of the vote counted: Obama 63,086,600 52% McCain 55,848,864 46% Nader 649,097 1% Barr 484,963 1%

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Posted at Ballot Access News The last time any minor party or independent candidate (for office other than president) received as many as 1,000,000 votes was in New York in 1970, when James Buckley received 2,179,640 votes on the Conservative Party line. But on November 4, 2008, two Libertarians each polled over 1,000,000 votes. They [...]

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I’m heading to sleep shortly, but I’ve been crunching some numbers for the last 20 minutes and it looks extremely likely that Barr will top the 500,000 vote mark so long as nothing changes significantly in the way he’s performing. Ralph Nader also has reason to celebrate, sort of. His 1996 showing of 685,000 votes [...]

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