Ballot Access News:

In the November 2008 election, five independent candidates for U.S. House competed against both a Democrat and a Republican, and still managed to exceed 10% of the vote. They were:
1. David Krikorian in Ohio’s 2nd district got 17.71%
2. Cindy Sheehan in California’s 8th district got 16.17%
3. Burt Saunders in Florida’s 14th district got [...]

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On The Wilder Side:
Dear Colleagues, Supporters and Media Allies:
A sincere thank you for all your support during mine and Cynthia McKinney’s historic campaign this past year. I am booking now for Black History month, Women’s History month, Latino heritage month, Hip Hop Conferences, Symposiums, and Town Hall meetings.
Sincerely,
Rosa A. Clemente
http://myspace.com/rosaclemente
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Reposted at http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=834
by Matthew B. Stannard
The San Francisco Chronicle
President Obama will end the 15-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that has prevented homosexual and bisexual men and women from serving openly within the U.S. military, a spokesman for the president-elect said.
Obama said during the campaign that he opposed the policy, but since his election in [...]

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Reposted at
http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=833
by David Bacon
TruthOut.com
Unions Need Unity
Oakland, California – Twelve unions met in Washington, DC, last week and announced they’re considering rejoining the two labor federations, the American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and Change to Win (CTW), which split apart five years ago. The initiative came from the incoming Obama administration, which [...]

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mailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com
Constitution Party of Oregon
The CONSTITUTION PARTY OF OREGON calls on the U.S. Congress to cease meddling in Middle Eastern affairs, and return their attention to the constitutionally authorized business of providing for the common defense of the sovereign states, while securing the blessings of liberty to us and our posterity. The American [...]

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Ballot Access News:

The three minor parties that run the largest number of candidates across the nation are the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties. In the November 2008 election, here is the best percentage in the nation for each of these party’s U.S. House nominees (excluding races in which one of the two major parties didn’t [...]

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Several more videos found on youtube:

Posted to IPR by Paulie

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Found at CP.org
by Mary Starrett
Constitution Party Communications Director
For 7 years, the American colonists saw red everywhere they looked. British troops had taken over their towns. Colonists had put up with increasing taxation, being spied on and having their normal, day-to-day lives scrutinized. One cold night in Boston in 1775, an altercation turned deadly and before [...]

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Vote and/or check results at

http://www.lp.org/poll/should-obamas-dept-of-treasury-pick-be-blocked-from-confirmation-for-failing-to-pay-taxes
Posted to IPR by Paulie

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Ballot Access News:

Oklahoma Representative Charles Key (R-Oklahoma City) has introduced HB 1072, which lowers the number of signatures to qualify a new party from 5% of the last vote cast, to exactly 5,000 signatures. Earlier, Oklahoma Senator Randy Brogdon had introduced a similar (though more comprehensive) bill in the State Senate, SB 359.
Representative Key has [...]

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Editorial published in the Huntsville Times
State law needs to give other candidates a fair shot at election
Sometimes it seems that every shortcoming or excess in state or local laws manages to end up in a federal court somewhere, usually framed as a constitutional question. Even so, grievances that do not rise to the level of [...]

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Ballot Access News:
On January 14, West Virginia Libertarian Party state chair Matt Harris, and national chair Bill Redpath, spent the day lobbying key West Virginia legislators for better ballot access. Currently, for president, West Virginia is tied with North Carolina for having the 2nd most restrictive requirement. West Virginia requirements for office other than president [...]

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Ballot Access News:

The Peace and Freedom Party has been on the ballot in California for all elections 1968 through 2008, except that it was off in 2000 and 2002. It has always run candidates for the legislature when it has been on the ballot.
In 2008, its Assembly candidates polled 8.29% in the races in which [...]

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By Wayne Root
RootForAmerica.com
The latest reports are out- and there’s good news and bad news for California. The good news is that California leads the nation. The bad news is that California leads the nation in deficit, debt and the amount of residents escaping to other states. The Mamas and Papas are rolling over in their [...]

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Press release from the Libertarian Party:
Barr Supports Closure of Guantanamo Prison
Endorses Obama Proposal
Former Congressman Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s 2008 nominee for president, issued a statement Wednesday morning applauding President-elect Obama’s reported plan to close the controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where many suspected terrorists have been held, often without hearings, since shortly [...]

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