Via Knapp2012.com Fellow libertarians, I initially planned to announce my 2012 candidacy for the presidency of the United States on April 6th, 2009, from the steps of the Old St. Louis Courthouse (history buffs shouldn’t have too much trouble figuring out why), and I still intend to conduct a campaign event of some kind at [...]

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The California Chronicle reports: Berkeley, CA – A public memorial celebrating the life of former gubernatorial, presidential and vice-presidential candidate Peter Camejo will be held Saturday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. at the International House on the University of California at Berkeley campus (2299 Piedmont Ave), according to an announcement by family and friends. Mr. [...]

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From her would-be running mate, Michelle Shinghal: I’d like to officially announce the Keaton/Shinghal 2012 ticket. We already have some support on our Facebook page and we have BIG fundraising plans. The unofficial plan is called ‘Stripping across Texas’ but we’re not like most strippers; we know we’ll have neither diploma nor presidency in the [...]

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In our blog comments, Richard Winger of Ballot Access News writes: For Libertarians, we especially need bills (in states not mentioned above) in Alabama (definition of party, fewer signatures), Alaska (definition of party), Illinois (fewer signatures), Massachusetts (primary ballot access), New Hampshire (definition of party, substitution, ability to register into unqualified parties), New Mexico (no [...]

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In party news, New news at the top 11 November 2008 On this site, 659 people have joined. On Facebook, we have 761 members of our largest group. It is Veteran’s Day. We used to call it Armistice Day because at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the [...]

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Posted at VoteNader.org Ralph Nader released the following letter and campaign summary today. To staff, volunteers, supporters, donors, and voters Authoritative public sentiments have always been there, have they not? From the Declaration of Independence’s majestic prose to the preamble of our constitution which begins with “We the People of the United States …” to [...]

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From LPHQ: “This is just the beginning,” says Bob Barr, the 2008 presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party. He couldn’t be more right. The 2008 election was yet another record-breaking year for the Libertarian Party. Not only did two candidates break the million-vote mark, it was also the first time in the Party’s history that [...]

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Posted at Ballot Access News: This year, five registered Greens ran for the Florida legislature. They were all individuals who were completely unknown to the Green Party leadership. But because the Florida law was changed in 2007 to provide that all parties (not just the parties with registration of 5%, meaning the Democrats and Republicans) [...]

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Ballot Access News reports In every presidential election year, voters of the 50 states are able to cast two votes, at least, for important policy-making office. Every voter in the 50 states may vote for president, and for U.S. House of Representatives. Therefore, in every presidential election year, there are two measures of minor party [...]

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Ed, Art, Socialist Party Members, Family and Friends: No, it is Stewart and I who wish to thank all of the SP members, friends, family and volunteers who worked so hard, and gave of themselves so generously in our 2008 campaign. A special thanks goes out to Matt Erard, our National Ballot Access Coordinator, for [...]

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A lot of folks are disappointed by the showings of various alternative candidates for the presidency in 2008. I, on the other hand, am quite impressed. It is quite an achievement to attract 100,000 or 200,000 or 500,000 votes while being almost completely ignored by the media and remaining unknown to most voters. I think [...]

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Jesse Johnson, the Mountain Party candidate for Governor in West Virginia, ran a vigorous campaign for governor this year, polling 4.46% statewide. The Mountain Party is West Virginia’s Green Party affilliate and Jesse Johnson was a Presidential candidate for the Green Party nomination earlier this year. In most counties, Jesse Johnson did not poll higher [...]

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Libertarian US Senate candidate Allen Buckley, who recently forced a runoff election after neither of the major party contenders achieved 50%, is now saying he may indeed make an endorsement. However, it will require one of the two major party candidates to sign a form promising to take certain votes for fiscal responsibility. The Libertarian [...]

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