On Tuesday, candidates for Cook County Board President will be debating in a forum about the county’s health system.  Included in the forum will be Green Party candidate Tom Tresser. IF YOU GO What: Cook County Board presidential candidates will offer views on the county-run health system’s future. When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Where: [...]

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The Chicago Tribune has carried a series of pieces by the Associated Press that focus on gubernatorial candidates’ positions on important issues.  They also put Green Rich Whitney’s views on the same level as those of Democrats and Republicans.  The focus of this one is medical marijuana.  Whitney’s relatively radical views on this have gained [...]

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Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping (and the Green Party of New York City) recently published a post on his blog about the new “inverted Western” film Avatar and its “earth-based spirituality.”  Read the full thing here. John Wayne’s shoot-em-ups helped the American public learn to handle imperial war. Avatar is an inverted [...]

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Asa Gordon has filed a civil action, Gordon v Biden, to democratize the Electoral College. Oral arguments in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will be January 14, 2010. [Note 1/13/2010: The court has canceled oral arguments.] The Black Caucus of the Green Party of the United States has written a letter of protest to Attorney General Eric Holder. The Black Caucus states that in the government’s papers, they have “invoked odious Redemptionist-era rulings of the Supreme Court that reestablished white supremacy and overturned Reconstruction.”

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Independent libertarian Massachusetts Senate candidate Joseph L. Kennedy, of no relation to the famous political family, is at percent in a recent Boston Globe poll. Half of voters surveyed said they would pick [Democrat] Coakley, the attorney general, if the election were held today, compared with 35 percent who would pick [Republican] Brown. Nine percent [...]

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New York and California Greens have issued challenges to their respective governors.  In New York Alison Duncan calls out Governor David Paterson: Alison Duncan, the Green Party of New York State’s 2006 candidate for Lieutenant Governor, has rated Governor David Paterson on 25 Green Party challenges for his second year in office. The challenges, which [...]

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WASHINGTON – The Libertarian Party (LP) calls on President Obama to not break yet another campaign promise by directing Congress to have an open, televised format for all future negotiations on the health care overhaul bills under consideration in Congress. In 2008, then-Senator Obama promised at least eight times on the campaign trail to have [...]

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The Metro-West Daily News reports on a press conference held by former Democrat and independent gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, Tim Cahill, and his running mate, former Republican Paul Loscocco: State Treasurer Tim Cahill formally announced yesterday that he was picking town resident and former state representative Paul Loscocco as his running mate in the upcoming [...]

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As you may or may not know, in addition to contributing here at IPR, I also maintain the blog Poli-Tea.  Over the last year, a number of friends and readers there have suggested the creation of a group blog devoted to third party and independent politics and I decided finally to put something together and [...]

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I recently received an email from Ted Brown, former Libertarian candidate for California’s 26th district, and current secretary of the Foothills region of the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County. The email lists six announced Libertarian candidates for Congress, the State Senate, and the State Assembly. These are: Dr. Randall Weissbuch, for CA-26, currently represented [...]

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Via email and facebook. For other LNC races see here. Fellow Californians, After a lot of consulting, consideration, and discussion with both family and colleagues within the Party, I am announcing my candidacy for LNC Regional Representative for Region 2, serving California. These past two years have seen the LNC in turmoil and the LPCA [...]

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By Bob Barr Atlanta Journal-Constitution Yes — the not-so-bright, would-be terrorist from Nigeria got though international and domestic security mechanisms supposed to have stopped him long before the jerk lit his underwear afire before landing in Detroit. And yes — the incident happened during the administration of President Barack Obama. But the sniping at the [...]

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Ballot Access News: Nelson Hultberg has just published a book, “The Conservative Revolution: Why We Must Form a 3rd Political Party To Win.” The paperback version is 189 pages and sells for $14.95. Hultberg is interviewed about his book in this post at The Daily Bell. Hultberg lives in Texas and has already founded the [...]

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Ballot Access News: The American Independent Party of California is currently split into two factions, the one which favored Alan Keyes for president in 2008, and the one that favored Chuck Baldwin for president in 2008. The California Secretary of State recognizes the Alan Keyes faction. The Alan Keyes faction has tentatively decided to revoke [...]

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By way of Green Mass Group: Stein to jump into gov race with Green-Rainbow bid By Jim O’Sullivan / State House News Service Dr. Jill Stein plans to join the race for 2010 race for governor, running as a Green-Rainbow candidate and pushing the issue of universal health care, posing a challenge to Gov. Deval [...]

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On January 6, 2010, New York’s Governor David Paterson, a Democrat, gave a State of the State speech. The Green Party of New York responded in a press release which calls Governor Paterson’s response to New York’s ongoing economic and political crisis inadequate.

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Posted on the Independence Party of Minnesota website Srp Website is up. Check it out! by Laura Kundsen Mayor Roy Srp’s Senate District 26 special election website is up and running. The election is just four weeks away on January 26th. WIth your support, this is the start of a ground breaking year for the [...]

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From Ballot Access News: Ballot Access News has just learned that Ted Weill died on November 20, 2009, age 84. He was the 2008 presidential nominee of the Reform Party, although he only appeared on the ballot of his home state of Mississippi. He had been a leader of the Reform Party in Mississippi ever [...]

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By Reid Wilson National Journal MA Treas. Tim Cahill (I) has picked a former GOPer to serve as his running mate during his 3rd-party (sic) bid for GOV. Cahill will tap ex-state Rep. Paul Loscocco as his running mate, choosing a conservative after several other candidates rebuffed his advances. At least 3 other candidates — [...]

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Though it is considered a Republican Party stronghold, the state of Utah is noteworthy for its high percentage of registered independents, who constitute a majority of registered voters. As Richard Winger reported at Ballot Access News last year: The Utah state elections office has released a registration tally. The results: Republican 589,326; Democratic 132,011; Libertarian [...]

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