HB 2981 , which earlier passed the WV House, cuts the number of signatures from to 2% to 1% of the number of voters who voted for a given office in the previous election to get someone on the ballot for that office in an upcoming election. The State Senate passed an equivalent bill today, [...]

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Richard Winger of Ballot Access News has written an article expressing his dismay at an op-ed piece written by a Republican party official in South Carolina, who advocates for even tougher petitioning requirements for independent candidates.

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(HOUSTON) Jeff Daiell, District 13 representative on the State Libertarian Executive Committee of Texas (SLECT), will address a Government class at Wharton County Junior College on Monday, April 13th, which is Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. The 10 AM class will hear “Respecting the Rights of Individuals” , a general introduction to Libertarianism. The class meets in [...]

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A political writer gives Green Party elected official Rep. Richard Carroll of the Arkansas Legislature a “Bubba Award.”

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Guess Jeans co-founder Georges Marciano is planning a bid for governor of California.

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On Sunday, April 19th, as part of the Left Forum 2009, the NYC local of Socialist Party USA will hold a panel, “Not our war: Afghanistan and the Challenges for the Global Peace Movement”. The Chair of the panel will be Kristin Schall, with panelists: Helmuth Markov, David McReynolds and Jonas Sjostedt.

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