In a correction, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution says a Sunday piece about the 2010 Georgia gubernatorial race “should have counted the Libertarian Party’s John Monds among the major declared candidates for the office.”

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Newsday reports Peter Nichols failed to gather enough signatures to force a Republican primary in the race for Huntington, New York, town supervisor, but still has the backing of the Huntington Conservative Party and the Suffolk County Libertarian Party. Nichols “must secure and submit 1,500 signatures to the Suffolk County Board of Elections by Aug. [...]

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The Washington Times reports this morning that Libertarian presidential hopeful Wayne Allyn Root appeared on the syndicated radio program “America’s Morning News” on Thursday morning, where Root described himself as “a controversial guy.” The Times says Root “is considered the front-runner for his party’s 2012 presidential nomination.”

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The Northwest Herald of McHenry County, Illinois, reports blogger Gus Philpott will run for McHenry County Sheriff as a Green. The election is in 2010. Philpott “often writes about law enforcement issues on his blog” and “is known for his focus on traffic issues. On his Web site, gusphilpott.com, Philpott promotes himself as a ‘consumer [...]

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Greens to attend ‘Medicare: Made In America’ rally on July 30, call for Single-Payer and an end to the insurance industry’s ‘death grip’ on health care GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 30, 2009 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org: The Wilmington News Journal sat down for a question and answer session with Wendy Jones, the Libertarian nominee for state senate in an Aug. 3 special election.  Wendy shares with voters how Libertarians will cut taxes, create jobs, fight crime, protect personal freedoms and improve our schools. Click here [...]

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New articles on Green Party Watch, with excerpts: Kyrgyz Green Party Activist Beaten; News on Azerbaijani Green Party Posted by Walter Unknown assailants have attacked an activist of Kyrgyzstan’s opposition Green Party and demanded that she withdraw documents she filed with the Central Election Commission, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports. Gulmira Asylbekova was beaten during the [...]

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Ballot Access News reports that the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives has released “Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election” for 2008. BAN says the booklet, available in full online, “uses arbitrary standards” on vote totals. (Please view the BAN link for details.) That said, by the House Clerk’s reckoning, Libertarian candidates for [...]

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Press releases: Backlash: Dem ratings plunge as voters repel Big Government WASHINGTON — The front page of Wednesday’s Politico was a sea of plummeting blue arrows as the paper reported on the slumping approval ratings of major Democrat officials across the nation. America’s third largest party notes the rapid decline in support for Democrats, with [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Matt Reichel, who ran on the Green Party line in the Special Election to fill Rahm’s seat in Congress earlier this Spring, is one of the first declared Green Party candidates for US House in 2010 and has hit the ground running. As reported here two weeks [...]

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We also received notice that Root was scheduled to be on Hannity tonight, but have not yet confirmed that he was on.

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via email: From the desk of Wes Benedict: Dear Friend of Liberty, I am excited and honored to have been hired as the new Executive Director of the Libertarian Party at our headquarters in Washington, DC. I’ve been on the job for one week now, and I’ve found that we have a fine group of [...]

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Release from the Green Party (US), also posted at Green Party Watch and On The Wilder Side: Green Party wraps up its 2009 Annual National Meeting in Durham, NC; video clips of meeting highlights posted online • Among the videos: a forum on health care reform, an address by Cynthia McKinney, and West Virginia’s Jesse [...]

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Austin Petersen, the Libertarian Party’s Director of Outreach and Affiliate Relations, who is leaving the LP in three weeks to take a position with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, blogs at LP.org about the “Obama birth certificate issue”. This was first raised during the campaign, but has gained some interesting momentum in the past few [...]

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The NY Press did a write up of the Reverend Billy Talen for Mayor benefit event of Monday, July 27th. The article includes political commentary as well as a review of the bands and music. Joan Baez was a featured performer. Jason West — former Green Party Mayor of New Paltz — was a surprise guest.

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Posted by Severin Schneider at LP Colorado blog: DENVER — Solar energy customers are worried a new fee proposed by Xcel Energy would punish new customers for getting solar panels. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20174458/detail.html I understand their anger. I would like to point out a couple of things. First off it is illegal not to hook up to [...]

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Original post here: KW writes: The Green Party of the United States (GP-US) held is Annual National Meeting in Durham, North Carolina. It was an off election year and non-presidential prep year, so the focus was on workshops, issues, local candidate elections, and internal elections. Attendance: There has not been an official attendance report. Several [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org: Voters in Delaware’s 19th State Senate District will have two more chances to hear from Libertarian candidate Wendy Jones. Jones is running in the Aug. 3 special election to succeed Senate President Pro Tem Thurman Adams Jr., who died last month from pancreatic cancer. Jones will appear on Bill [...]

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Posted by Walter at Green Party Watch: In the German city of Stuttgart, the Greens recently won the largest vote total. In a city with more than 500,000 people, that’s a considerable feat for The Greens. Another interesting thing about this is that the electorate in Stuttgart skews conservative and middle class. As the following [...]

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