Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP blog:
Statement by Admiral Michael Colley (Board member and Chair of the Employment Policy and Compensation Committee) and Robert Kraus (Acting ED) naming Volunteer Coordinator Austin Petersen the new “Director of Outreach and Affiliate Relations:
“For your excellent work in growing our volunteer base, helping with affiliates, expanding our first rate [...]

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Yesterday, the Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee passed HB 1072, a bill that would reduce the amount of signatures a new or previously unqualified party would need to get. Previously, the requirement was five percent of the past gubernatorial vote, but now it will be three percent.
You can read the source article here. Source: [...]

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In Illinois, House Bill 723 would make it so that, according to the article on Green Party Watch (since I can’t figure out how to put it in my own words), “when no candidate of an established party runs in a primary for a particular office, that party can only fill the vacancy in nomination [...]

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The News Gazette reports that the Green Party’s mayoral nominee will be third on the ballot in the Urbana race for mayor. As reported earlier at Green Party Watch, the city clerk had not followed state law in deciding on ballot placement by lottery, instead deciding placement based on when each candidate filed.
The [...]

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In a social media release the Green Party of Suffolk County announced their co-sponsorship of a fundraiser for the School of the Americas Watch April 3, 2009.
The fundraiser features Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of the Americas Watch, and a showing of the film School of the Assassins, an Academy Award nominated film about [...]

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A bill called the Fair Elections Now Act, HR 1826,  has been introduced to Congress, and is being referred to the Committee on House Administration, along with the “Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means,” according to the bill. It is an attempt at nationwide campaign finance reform and would be a voluntary [...]

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On May 19, California will be having a special election with only budget-related ballot propositions, in response to the ongoing budget trouble in that state.  The Peace and Freedom Party has come out against all six propositions.
From the California Chronicle:
The first proposition, 1-A, had already been opposed by the State Central Committee at the end [...]

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In Madison, Wisconsin, local elections are coming up on April 7.  While they are non-partisan, Brenda Konkel is an active member of the Green Party and has held her seat on the City Council since 2001.
Earlier today Konkel faced off with her opponent, Bridget Maniaci.  Konkel stressed her experience and use of blogging to promote [...]

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From Pat Dollard
Cape “tea party” canceled; City fears too many attendees
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A tea party to protest government spending and taxing is canceled. Canceled by the government.
Why? They feel too many people could show-up.
Full article here.

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Straw Polls for the LP – right now just one for president, but with others to follow:
http://lp-discuss.org/polls/
Update: screenshot at 11:50am ET

Disclaimer: this is the author’s (SH) site.

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