The New York City Independence Party voted to endorse Mayor Bloomberg for a third term as Mayor. Mayor Bloomberg has worked to extend the two-term limit for his office that voters had enacted by referendum. One of Mayor Bloomberg’s opponents in the race will be Reverend Billy, running on the Green Party line.

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New versions of the informal LP Presidential and Chair Straw Polls are here: http://lp-discuss.org/polls/ The number of ‘voters’ for last week’s Pres poll is listed as 690, when in reality it was 138 when closed. The individual tallies are correct; I’m not sure what caused the glitch.

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Georgia legislature passes bill forcing people to show a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. Critics have said this is a Voting Rights Act nightmare which could discriminate against the elderly and foreign-born citizens.

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