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On January 28, the Delaware Senate passed HB 245, so the bill will now go to the Governor. The bill would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it. The bill doubles the number of registrants for a party to be recognized from one-twentieth of 1%, to one-tenth of 1%. Richard Winger of Ballot Access News notes that there is case law that says it violates due process for a state to increase ballot access requirements in an election season and then implement that change in that very same election year.

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In Minnesota, a debate for Governor was held with twenty candidates, including candidates running in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary and the Independence primary.

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On Monday, February 1st at 12pm, Green Party of PA members Steve Baker and Carl Romanelli, and attorney Larry Otter, will speak about the ongoing Bonusgate investigation. They will highlight the connection between Bonusgate and the 2006 challenge of Carl Romanelli for U.S. Senate; the pervasive culture of political corruption still present in Harrisburg, and throughout Pennsylvania; and possible solutions to the problem.

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Received by email early on 01/29/10 from Mark Hinkle, chair of the California Libertarian Party’s Judicial Committee: For Immediate Release: On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the Judicial Committee of the Libertarian Party of California issued a ruling that overturned the suspension of a member by a vote of 5-0. While Robert’s Rules of Order prevents [...]

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Posted at GP.org: Ecological Wisdom * Social Justice Grassroots Democracy * Non-Violence Green Party of Michigan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.MIGreens.org ** News Release ** ** ———— ** January 19, 2010 For More Information, Contact: —————————– Art Myatt, Vice Chair/GPMI AMyatt@buckeye-express.com John Anthony La Pietra, Media Committee/GPMI jalp@triton.net 269-781-9478 100% of Fees to Be Restored to the People; [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: With all of the talk about a popular revolt, we have to make sure that it’s not just the right-wing that’s active. We have to make sure people understand that the world is not just divided into Democrats and Republicans. The Green Party is the real choice but only you can make [...]

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emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Contact: Emily Salvette chair@michiganlp.org http://mi.lp.org Phone: 1-888-FREENOW and 248-687-1470 Fax: 248-687-1001 The Libertarian Party of Michigan applauds the recent Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case that strikes down certain campaign finance laws outlawing political activity by corporations or unions. Libertarians believe campaign finance laws are restrictions on free speech and [...]

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By Chuck Baldwin ChuckBaldwinLive.com In Patrick Henry’s immortal “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death” speech, he said, “[I]t is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth.” Never have Henry’s words been truer than they are today. For too long, good [...]

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By Scott Williamson – candidate for Libertarian National Committee Region 4 Representative A New Year brings resolutions for flatter stomachs, fatter wallets, and healthier lives. As resolutions are made with hope of improving our lives, there is little in the news that seems to indicate a wealthier new year for most people. 2009 ended with [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster: Glenn Greenwald elaborates on just how friggin’ big and bloated the US “defense” budget is over at Salon. My shorter version: The US spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined on “defense.” It spends six times as much as the next-largest “defense” spender (China), and [...]

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Why Are the Job Creators and Taxpayers the ONLY Ones You Can’t Afford to Help? Who’s the Enemy Mr. Obama- The Taliban or America’s “Rich?” By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee Ronald Reagan would have said, “There you go again Obama.” In last night’s state of the union President Obama offered gifts [...]

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emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: http://binkley4governor.com/ Official Campaign website with links to press release and video announcement. Update information for your website. – Bayron E. Binkley, Jr., Broker SilverPointe Properties 615-347-0627 Cell 615-377-6330 Local 800-899-3137 Toll Free 615-377-3219 Fax

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Joint statement of the Freedom Socialist Party, Corriente Internacional Revolucionaria and Unidad Internacional de los Trabajadores (en español) January 27, 2010 The multinational corporations and the governments that caused the misery must pay for Haiti’s reconstruction! The tragedy in Haiti has shocked people everywhere. It is feared that there could be more than 100,000 dead [...]

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President Obama claims “that if we did not act” on “an economy rocked by severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt” that “we might face a second depression.” I’d like to remind the President that his actions, as well as Congressional actions and those of the [...]

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Contact: Wes Benedict, Executive Director E-mail: wes.benedict@lp.org Phone: 202-333-0008 ext. 222 Libertarians respond to State of the Union address WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party (LP) Chairman William Redpath issued the following statement today in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address: “Tonight’s speech was a reminder that, for decades, the policies of Republicans [...]

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Commentary released by the national Green Party yesterday, in anticipation of President Obama’s “State of the Union” speech. Green Party candidates and leaders had called on President Obama to announce a reversal in his administration’s current actions and policies related to health care, global warming, prisons, security, war, and fiscal responsibility.

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Historian, activist and professor, Howard Zinn died today at age 87. Green Party Watch notes that Zinn had showed support for the Green Party, and had worked with Ralph Nader.

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In numerous media commentaries on the significance of the independent vote in the Massachusetts special election, analysts repeatedly stressed that the rolls of independent voters in the Bay State outnumber those of Democrats and Republicans combined. A handful of these commentators also drew attention to the fact that Massachusetts is one of eleven states in [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp: I don’t spend a lot of time trying to convince radicals who’ve rejected (or left) the Libertarian Party to re-evaluate it (or return to it). That’s not because I don’t want agorists, anarchists, voluntaryists, et. al in the LP. As a matter of fact, I very much do want them there. [...]

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