via contact.ipr@gmail.com Dr. Joseph Buchman, who completed his campaign for the United States Congress in Utah’s First District on Tuesday (with 2.2 percent of the vote), will be a guest in the first hour of nationally broadcast Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. (1:05 am to 2 am Eastern, 10:05pm to 11 pm Pacific) [...]
Recent Libertarian Congressional candidate to be on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory tonight
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments
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Georgia Libertarian Allen Buckley plays kingmaker in US Senate runoff
November 6th, 2008 · 17 Comments
Posted at Delaware Libertarian Since Allen Buckley’s 3.4% take in the Georgia Senatorial race kept either Saxby Chambliss or Jim Martin from scoring 50%, there will be a December run-off. You can expect a lot of national attention, but the fact is that Georgia turn-out was pretty high, and those 126,000 Buckley voters are now [...]
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Independents elected to legislature in South Dakota, Maine, and Vermont
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Posted at Ballot Access News Blog posts in the last two days have covered cases in which independent candidates were elected on November 4 to state legislatures in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Also minor parties elected members in Vermont and Arkansas. In addition, an independent was elected to the South Dakota State Senate, the [...]
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New Mexico Green Rick Lass gets 43.7% for Public Regulation Commissioner
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Posted at Ballot Access News Rick Lass, Green Party nominee for Public Regulation Commissioner, polled 43.74% of the unofficial vote in his race. The returns on the Secretary of State’s unofficial webpage show Lass with 75,731 votes, and his Democratic opponent with 97,405 votes. The Public Service Commission regulates public utilities. New Mexico is divided [...]
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Chuck Baldwin: conservatives lost more than an election
November 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
By Chuck Baldwin That Barack Obama trounced John McCain last Tuesday should have surprised no one. In fact, in this column, weeks ago, I stated emphatically that John McCain could no more beat Barack Obama than Bob Dole could beat Bill Clinton. He didn’t. (Hence a vote for John McCain was a “wasted” vote, was [...]
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Even while third parties lag, election reform initiatives have a good Election Day
November 6th, 2008 · 12 Comments
From CommonDreams.org: Electoral Reform on the Ballot: Wins for Instant Runoff Voting and More by Rob Richie 2008 was historic in terms of the election of the first African American to be president and the largest number of voters at the polls in our history. But in the modern era, there is no excuse for [...]
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Wisconsin legislator who left the Republican Party reelected as an Independent
November 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Posted at Ballot Access News On November 4, Wisconsin voters of the 67th Assembly district re-elected Jeff Wood to his fourth term. His first three terms were as a Republican, but this year, he ran as an independent. Wood had a ballot-listed Republican opponent, Don Moga, and the November vote was close. The unofficial results [...]
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Boston Tea Party update
November 6th, 2008 · 24 Comments
http://bostontea.us/node/153 New news at the top 6 November 2008 643 people have joined the party on this site. Facebook shows 724. Please invite your friends. Marc Reeder is running for Congress in 2010 on the Boston Tea Party ticket. He writes, “I am planning on running for US Congress in 2010 against Corrine Brown. I [...]
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Independent candidate Edward O’Neill elected to Rhode Island State Senate
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Posted at Ballot Access News On November 4, independent candidate Edward O’Neill, a retired Texas Instruments employee, was elected to the Rhode Island Senate from district 17. He is the first independent elected to the Rhode Island Senate since 1964. He defeated the President of the Rhode Island Senate, and the outcome was a complete [...]
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