Susan Hogarth offers a rebuttal to the LP’s latest “Monday Message”. The LP staff sends out regular Monday Messages to folks on their email list – presumably Party members, activists, and those who have expressed interest in the LP at some point. The linked article contains a rebuttal to last week’s Monday Message (disclosure: the [...]

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A bill proposed in Vermont would provide that with special elections for U.S. House in Vermont, Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) would be used to decide the winner (eliminating any primary.)

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In campaign finance news: Within the next few weeks, the Federal Election Commission will likely rule on the Socialist Workers Party’s exemption from reporting who contributes to its federal campaigns.

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The New York State Board of Elections has found more, previously untallied, votes for president cast in Queens, New York City, New York. The new votes increase vote totals for candidates including: Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, Chuck Baldwin, Roger Calero and Gloria LaRiva.

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Chelene Nightingale is the director of Save Our State, an anti-illegal immigration group in California. Gary Odom, National Political Director of the Constitution Party, had this to say about her: “As director Chelene has organized several marches in the Los Angeles area including the “Free the Texas Three” march in Hollywood featured on “America’s Most [...]

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We had previously reported that former Senator Bob Smith was considering a run for US Senate in New Hampshire, but I have recieved news, via reliable sources, that Bob Smith has decided not to run in New Hampshire–and has instead shifted gears to testing the waters for a run for the open US Senate seat [...]

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Alan Keyes made a quixotic bid for President in 2008 that took him through the nomination processes of a major party, a minor party, and a party he would later create–though he also claimed to be an Independent for a short time between some of those abortive races. In the end, Alan Keyes recieved just [...]

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In an OpEd piece in the Washington Post, Billy Wharton, of the Socialist Party USA, explains why President Barack Obama is not a socialist. Latest volley in the debate among conservatives like Senator Jim DeMint and socialists such as David Schaich, about Obama’s credentials as a socialist.

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The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania is supporting a joint resolution pertaining to the 10th Amendment, currently circulating in the State’s legislature. According to the article: The resolution reaffirms the critical separation of powers between the federal and state governments. The 10th Amendment states that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, [...]

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Illinois bill HB 723 would restrict the ability of parties to fill vacancies after primaries. Richard Winger, a ballot access expert, believes the bill would be especially hurtful to the Green Party in that state.

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Poll is here. Options: The market plunging every time Obama announces higher taxes Keeping 50,000 troops in Iraq and expanding the war in Afghanistan Breaking his promise to end earmarks Working with Republicans to expand government Economic research showing Obama’s spending plan prolongs the recession and eliminates jobs Results at the time of this posting: [...]

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Green Party vice-presidential candidate and candidate for governor in Maine Pat LaMarche has a weekly column in the Bangor Daily News.  This was recently brought to my attention and here are a few of her columns: Imagine Darwin on Talk Radio, from February 10, discusses how Darwin and his contemporaries put our present-day discourse to [...]

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Green Party Watch is reporting that candidate recruitment for the, you guessed it, Green Party in 2009 has doubled. In past off-years, the number of candidates running for office has been significantly less. Here’s an excerpt: As of March 11, 2009 the Green Party has 98 candidates so far for office in 2009. Most of [...]

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Posted by Wes Benedict at his blog and emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. This is not just another one of my Mr. Way Too Proud of Texas articles gloating about how well the Libertarian Party of Texas did under my service as Executive Director from 2004 to 2008. When you feel like [...]

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In the 20th District race for Congress in New York, Libertarian Eric Sundwall has filed his petitions, is on the ballot, and is polling at 1%.

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A U.S. District Court is set to, in late April, hold a trial in the case of Block v. Mollis. The main issue of the case is whether or not there’s any state interest in making it illegal to circulate a petition for a new party in an odd year. According to the article: There [...]

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Thanks to Ballot Access News for this info: Oregon House Passes National Popular Vote Bill March 12th, 2009 On March 12, the Oregon House passed HB 2588 by a vote of 39-19. This is the National Popular Vote bill…

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The Connecticut Day is reporting that a fledgling party in Rhode Island, the Moderate Party, has been asked by the state of Rhode Island to provide information about “membership and structure” in order to determine if it has standing in a ballot access case.  The party has filed suit against the state, with the backing [...]

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The Babylon Greens are hosting Dr. Scott Carlin, the founder of the Long Island Climate Solutions Network, speaking about Global Warming: How Immediate is the Crisis? at the Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 7pm Carlin says If we continue on the same path, we will soon face [...]

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A blog post at Broward Palm Beach.com reports that Sarah Roman, a candidate who won the Florida Green Party’s ballot slot simply by filing the necessary fee, is represented by attorney Jeff Lucas. Roman has been told by Pasco Circuit Judge Stanley Mills that she must provide the Green Party with financial information to prove [...]

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