As reported in the NY Times, sources have said that Justice David H. Souter has indicated he plans to retire from the Supreme Court at the end of term in June. Also, comments by ballot access expert Richard Winger on Souter’s career.

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Michael Seebeck writes at his blog, Muddy Thoughts:
But I have news for you—Lee just happens to be a convenient pawn in a much larger game, and Lee’s outspokenness has been a thorn in the side of certain persons on the LNC who seem to be obsessed not with being the biggest fish in the LP [...]

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Hoboken is a city of about 40,000 that borders Manhattan and has three independent candidates for mayor, who, in the words of the Hoboken Report, will have “their ideas heard,” even if they lose the election.  An article in that newspaper profiles all three independents, and three independents running for city council.  They are running [...]

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Date: May 1, 2009 5:01 AM
Subject: Statement from the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee
The consensus of the Judicial Committee is that there is no automatic
removal or suspension of Libertarian National Committee members under
Bylaws Article 8, section 4. The ability to remove or suspend an
At-large member must either be done for cause under Article 8, section
5, paragraph [...]

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Early Draft of the Report of the Bylaws and Rules Committee to the delegates of the Libertarian National Convention of 2010, St. Louis, Missouri
Adopted 27 February 2009
LP Bylaws Committee Report
Additionally, if members want to comment on any of the proposals, there is a survey available here:
www.lp.org/bylawssurvey
This is the draft of the report that will be [...]

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Two recent polls have demonstrated that 4% or 5% of Americans identify themselves as “other” when asked about their party affiliation.

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The Green Party of the United States (GP-US) says that any attempt by the White House to limit investigation of torture would be an obstruction of justice. The Green Party asks for a special prosecutor to be appointed. On April 30th, in Washington D.C., green party members will participate in a protest organized by Witness Against Torture.

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Ralph Nader’s latest email to supporters focuses on supporting single-payer healthcare.

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The Harris County Green Party (TX) is sponsor of a local cable TV program titled GreenWatchTV. Harris County is home to Houston, and the program, shown Wednesday nights from 9 to 10 PM, recently featured Liaquat Ali Shaikh, co-chair of the Pakistani Green Party, in their show titled South Asia Geopolitics.
Many of their programs [...]

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Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee announced that he is an independent candidate for governor of Rhode Island.

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Richard Carroll, the Green Party’s only state legislator in the nation, will be switching his affiliation to the Democratic party.  He is in Arkansas, where Democrats currently control 71 out of 100 seats in the state House.  As a Green, Carroll passed a bill that lengthened independent candidates’ time to petition and established a program [...]

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In Georgia, the Creators’ Rights Party candidate for governor is creating quite a stir by admitting to the fact that he’s had sex with a mule, men, and a watermelon, among other things.  He has done these things even though he advocates a strongly anti-gay agenda.  Here is an excerpt from  the candidate, Neal Horsley, [...]

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Reverend Billy Talen’s campaign – he is running as a Green for mayor of New York City – will be hosting a party at their headquarters for the release of a new “singing endorsement” video.  Here is a preview they have put online:

Sunday May 3rd, come to 250 Lafayette at 5:00pm.  If you can’t get [...]

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The New Mexico Secretary of State rules that the following are qualified parties: Independent Party and Constitution Party. She ruled that the Green Party and Libertarian Party are not ballot-qualified in New Mexico. Ballot Access News suggests that it may be that the Green Party should have met the criteria for ballot-qualified party.

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Richard Winger has posted on his blog, Ballot-Access.org, that Texas Congressman and former Libertarian Presidential candidate Ron Paul has donated $500 to COFOE, the Coalition for Free and Open Election. This is the single largest donation ever given to the organization, which has lobbied, litigated, and advanced better ballot access laws for the past twenty-four [...]

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