According to the Louisiana Secretary of State, Voting Hours Are From 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Louisiana’s elections laws provide for voting on election day at designated polling places from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. A Reminder to Voters – Take Picture ID to Polls When you go to the polls to cast your vote [...]

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In an open letter to the LNC, LPNY chair Eric Sundwall says In my estimation this is an internal political pogrom whose results may render the very fabric of our enterprise inoperable or at the very least permanently unpalatable to a large segment of membership. If we cannot function with a general transparency and proceed [...]

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One of the big hurdles alternative parties and independent candidates face in trying to get on the ballot are state rules about where and when ballot access petitions can be circulated. A couple of court cases are currently addressing these issues, discussed at Ballot Access News. The first story is about a petitioners rights victory [...]

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H/T George Phillies, in IPR comments: MASSACHUSETTS PASSES RESOLUTION SUPPORTING KEATON Whereas, Angela Keaton was elected with the strong support of the delegates at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention, and Whereas furthermore, the lack of performance of the Libertarian Party this past election cycle, under what should have been ideal electoral circumstances, should be cause [...]

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Sent from Christina Tobin to contact.ipr@gmail.com Third party debates: a thank you In my previous e-mail, I sent to you the details of how events surrounding the debates transpired. Now, I would like to send a quick thank you to several people who made the debates possible. As mentioned before, Allon Bran, the publisher of [...]

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H/T George Donnelly Libertarian Party of Florida PO BOX 3012, Winter Park, Florida 32790 800.478.0555 www.lpf.org Resolution by the Libertarian Party of Florida Executive Committee Adopted December 5, 2008 WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party of Florida does not condone certain actions by Angela Keaton in how they relate to the Libertarian National Committee; WHEREAS, the actions [...]

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Michael Seebeck will be broadcasting the show at http://muddythoughts.blogspot.com/2008/12/test.html and http://www.justin.tv/tannim123. If he agrees, and if we solve requisite technical issues, it will be simulcast on IPR, and we will also provide liveblogging whether or not we have video. The meeting will also be videotaped by one or more people, and IPR will make the [...]

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From the Barr campaign’s post-election filing, SUMMARY 5. Covering Period 10/16/2008 Through 11/24/2008 6. Cash on Hand at BEGINNING of the Reporting Period 77022.47 7. Total Receipts This Period 143416.54 8. Subtotal (6 + 7) 220439.01 9. Total Disbursements This Period 181960.22 10. Cash on Hand at CLOSE of the Reporting Period 38478.79 11. Debts [...]

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THIRD PARTY DEBATES: WHAT HAPPENED an editorial by Christina Tobin Throughout the 2008 Presidential Campaign, the four major independent and third-party candidates called for the Commission on Presidential Debates to include on stage all candidates who appeared on enough state ballots to at least theoretically attain the 270 electoral votes required to become president. As [...]

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From the Associated Press: HARRISBURG, Pa.—A Pennsylvania court is rejecting former presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s attempt to set aside a judgment against him for the cost of reviewing his 2004 nominating papers. Commonwealth Court on Thursday ruled that opening or vacating the judgment isn’t justified by newly discovered evidence that employees of the House Democratic [...]

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From Democracy Now!: We speak with longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and with activist Medea Benjamin, founder of CodePink, about President-Elect Barack Obama’s cabinet selections and how the antiwar and social justice movements will organize under an Obama administration. The program is streamed here.

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Posted at Chuck Baldwin Live “Change you can believe in.” This was Barack Obama’s campaign slogan. There is no doubt that the American people were fed up with George W. Bush and his fellow Republicans. Who can blame them? After campaigning for change back in 1999 (What political challenger doesn’t campaign for change?), President Bush [...]

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This morning on MSNBC, commentator Tucker Carlson, who considered a late entry into the 2008 Libertarian presidential race this past May, made a passing reference to “my Senate campaign.” Asked if he had more to say about that, Carlson said, “At a future time. I’m just toying with it right now.” It is believed Carlson [...]

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Emailed by Stewart Flood. —– Original Message —– From: “Stewart Flood” To: “‘LNC Discussion’” Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:49 PM Subject: Revised Resolution of Discipline Attached you will find a revised resolution of discipline, along with a companion document containing evidence to support the resolution. It will be further supported by the presentation on [...]

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By Jason Neville in The Indypendent In the years following the collapse of the federal levees after Hurricane Katrina, activist Malik Rahim was busy organizing one of the most influential recovery organizations in the Gulf South. The organization he founded and currently leads, Common Ground Collective, was gutting houses and providing medical and legal services [...]

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From the Barr campaign email list: With Senator Saxby Chambliss’ victory in the Georgia US Senate runoff election the Obama administration will not have a guaranteed 60 votes in the US Senate to prevent full consideration and debate of issues. Of course, just lacking 60 Democratic votes in the Senate is no guarantee that the [...]

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http://pauliecannoli.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/membership2008-11.pdf Thanks to Marc Montoni

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North Carolina and West Virginia are two of the toughest states for smaller parties trying to get a place on the ballot. Ballot Access News reports: The lawsuit Libertarian Party of North Carolina v State Board of Elections is now docketed in the State Court of Appeals in Raleigh. It is case number 08-1413. The [...]

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Posted at LP.org Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr says government plans to deploy 20,000 uniformed soldiers inside the United States "ignores all the tragic lessons we have learned from using the U.S. military in domestic crises."  "When combat troops are used for domestic law enforcement, rights are inevitably violated and tragedies occur, such as when [...]

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Emailed by Debra Dedmon. WHEREAS, the continued activities of the Libertarian National Committee regarding Angela Keaton, the proposed Resolution of Discipline calling for her suspension, and its blatant neglect of performing the proper and necessary duties of a major political party, are deemed to be self-destructive, humiliating, alienating, and detrimental to the Libertarian Party and [...]

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