Tennessee’s Shelbyville Times-Gazette profiles Chris Brown, a Constitution Party member running for the 62nd District Tennessee House of Representatives seat in an election to be held on October 13.…
Posts published in August 2009
Green-backed independent running for Rochester mayor
By PJO on August 19, 2009 12:51 AM
13WHAM.com of Rochester, New York, reports that Alex White, “an independent endorsed by the Green Party,” has entered the race for mayor of that city.…
Socialist Equality Party criticizes Detroit mayor
By PJO on August 19, 2009 12:47 AM
The Socialist Equality Party issued a statement criticizing Detroit Mayor David Bing for calling on “the city’s 13,000 employees to accept pay cuts of 10 to 20 percent through furloughs and workweek reductions.”…
Rev. Billy Talen for Mayor campaign files 18,395 signatures
By Kimberly Wilder on August 18, 2009 12:55 PM
A campaign insider reported to me this morning that the Reverend Billy team was on their way to the Board of Elections to file a little over 18,000 signatures.…
NYC BOE omits candidate from absentee ballots: Richard Winger comments
By Kimberly Wilder on August 18, 2009 7:32 AM
from Ballot Access News
New York Omits Candidate From Absentee Ballots Even Though Court Put Him On Ballot
Richard Winger/ August 17th, 2009
According to this story in the New York Daily News, the New York City Board of Elections has printed absentee ballots in City Councilman Alan Gerson’s race that do not include Gerson’s name [Gerson is a Democrats.]
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Tues. Aug 18th is a big day for third parties in New York State
By Kimberly Wilder on August 17, 2009 9:45 PM
(excerpt from) onthewilderside
For the politically curious in NY: Tues. Aug. 18th is a big day!
For potential candidates in New York State, tomorrow, Tuesday, August 18, 2009, is the last day to file in person (or mail) an “independent nominating petition” to run for office in November.
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Root’s book reviewed at Liberty For All
By PJO on August 17, 2009 3:06 PM
Bob Barr’s Atlanta Journal Constitution Article – When Opinion Replaces TV News
By Morgan Brykein on August 17, 2009 10:23 AM
When opinion replaces TV news
by Bob Barr
as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Monday, August 17, 2009
Were he alive, Abraham Lincoln would not likely be a regular viewer of the major cable news stations.…
Daily News: NYC Mayor race predictions for Green Party/Rev Billy
By Kimberly Wilder on August 16, 2009 1:01 PM
Thanks to my co-blogger Ian Wilder for the story at onthewilderside.
The Daily News is one of the big, daily newspapers in New York City. In its “Brawl for the Hall” section, The Daily News reports that Democratic NYC Mayor hopeful William Thompson may consider challenging the Reverend Billy Talen’s petitions (to be filed next week.)…