Elizabeth Benjamin’s Daily Politics blog gives an excellent update on independent petitioning for NYC Mayor. Benjamin displays the BOE ledger of candidates who have already filed, and notes that more petitions may be filed between now and the deadline of August 18th.
Tags: Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general
US District Court Judge Cameron Currie upheld a South Carolina election law which, while permitting fusion, also says that if someone gets the nomination of one party first, and later tries to get the nomination of a second party and fails, then the first nomination is voided. The plaintiff-candidate is Eugene Platt of the Green Party.
Tags: Green Party · Third parties, general
ABC News Medical Unit posted a story last week about possible uses of Steve Kubby’s cannabis lozenge to treat flu, and this week 2008 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate Wayne Root made available an excerpt from his book passionately criticizing the prosecution of his 2008 LP rival Kubby on charges related to medical marijuana.
Tags: Libertarian Party
