The Green Party of Florida received permission yesterday to investigate the “Florida Five,” five candidates who payed their filing fees at the very last minute, in contested state legislature races. There is belief that the candidates were all Republican plants, but there’s no complete evidence. Here’s an excerpt: Pasco County Circuit Judge Stanley Mills is [...]

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At the Green Party of the United States (GP-US), there is a draft proposal to their National Committee which would affect their International Committee. Some of the problems addressed: unfair election of officers, lack of process relating a concern about the death penalty in Mexico, and unfair process concerning the release of a document about Gaza.

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Noting the federal government’s lack of recognition for civil domestic partnerships, Outright Libertarians has issued a press release highlighting the social consequences, and price tag, of the proposed Domestic Partnership Initiative recently endorsed by the Libertarian Party of California

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On March 27th, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would cut the number of signatures an independent or minor party candidate would have to collect from 2% of all votes cast, to 1%. It also changed the petition deadline from May to August. Source: Ballot Access News.

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On March 19th, the Federal Elections Committee gave an extension to the Socialist Workers Party’s disclosure exemption for another four years. You can get the details from the article published in The Militant, or you can find the Ballot Access News article here. Source: Ballot Access News. Thanks to Paulie for providing me with the [...]

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Gary Wood, a Salt Lake City political examiner for Examiner.com has written an article berating the two-party system. Here’s an excerpt: This is their left and right, liberal and conservative, them or us mentality that both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee want everyone to engage in. Ever since the two parties [...]

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Email distributed by the Libertarian Party. From the desk of Bill Redpath: Dear Paul, Call it “hypocrisy you can believe in.” Less than a week after the Obama administration claimed they were ending the Bush policy of raiding state-sanctioned medical marijuana dispensaries, DEA agents Wednesday night burst through the doors of the Emmalyn’s California Cannabis [...]

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Former Libertarian candidate for New York’s 20th Congressional District, Eric Sundwall, wrote a letter slamming Republican candidate Jim Tedisco and his allies. He also endorses Democrat Scott Murphy for the congressional seat. Here’s part of the letter: Mr. Tedisco denies any involvement with the concerted effort by his supporters to knock me off the ballot. [...]

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Ballot Access News: Former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island, who served as a Republican until he was defeated for re-election in 2006, is said to be planning to run for Governor as an independent in 2010. The news was first reported on TV station WRNI. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the news. Reposted [...]

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The Libertarian Party of California is now formally endorsing a proposed state measure, the Domestic Partnership Initiative. This would sweep up all mentions of the word “marriage” in California law and statute, and replace it with the word “domestic partnership.” Here’s an excerpt: Under the proposal, legal rights for all domestic partners, in same or [...]

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Vote at LP.org: Putting millions of Americans on a waiting list to get into the hospital Shortages of life-saving equipment like CAT scanners Fewer life-saving medical procedures like heart bypasses and dialysis The fact death rates from cancer are higher under government-directed medicine Less time to see over-assigned doctors Waiting lists for life-saving surgeries Reposted [...]

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Matt Reichel, Green candidate for Congress in Illinois’ fifth district, will be appearing on Chicago’s WTTW on Wednesday, April 1 at 7 PM Central time.  The show is called Chicago tonight, and both the Democratic and Republican candidates will be there as well.

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