From Raw Story:
The largest gay-rights advocacy group in New Jersey has announced it will no longer give money to the Democratic Party.The move follows the state legislature’s failure last month to legalize gay marriage and amid growing signs that the effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is already faltering.
“No political party has a record [...]

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There is a lot of discussion about NY State Senate Bill S4779 and NY State Assembly Bill A6702, which would allow young people (of an unspecified age) to receive STD vaccinations, without the consent, or even knowledge of their parents. In New York State, there have been various reactions from different sections of the left and right.

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In a response to the Tea Party Convention held in Nashville, Tennessee last week, the Florida Whig Party stated on the group’s blog (in part):
While we have been in agreement in spirit with the Tea Party Movement, the time has come to make it perfectly clear that:  The Florida Whig Party finds the Republicanization of [...]

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Ballot Access News:
This newspaper story from Great Britain says a neutral poll suggests that the Green Party will win its first seat in the British Parliament. Thanks to Green Party Watch for the link. Britain will hold a general election sometime in April, May, or June 2010.

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From Democracy Now!, by way of On The Wilder Side
DAVE ZIRIN: I was speaking to [former Green Party Congressional candidate] Malik Rahim, who I know you’ve had on your show before, a former Black Panther Party member, someone who has been a community activist in New Orleans for thirty years. And I asked him about [...]

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From Green Party Watch:
Dr. Jill Stein’s formal announcement on Monday of her campaign for governor of Massachusetts as the Green-Rainbow Party candidate drew coverage from media outlets including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, MySouthEnd.com, and Open Media Boston.
“If you’ve had enough business as usual, if you’ve had enough of the culture of influence, if you’ve [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch:
Green Party US is attempting to amend its platform in 2010. February 15th is the deadline for Green Party members to submit platform amendments to the state parties and caucuses to which they belong.
Both GP.org and GreenChange.org have posted the current platform as a launching point for comments, [...]

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ATLANTA (February 8, 2010) – The Libertarian Party of Georgia renews its call for passage of Senate Bill 1, the Budget Act, which would require appropriators to review a quarter of the state budget every year to remove waste and ineffective programs (also know as zero-based budgeting).
This much needed legislation unanimously passed the State [...]

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According to a comment by Chuck Moulton, quoting a blog post by Tom Stevens:
The threat allegedly made at a LPNY meeting is interesting… read it for yourself, but it looks like the gist is: if your state opposes the floor fee, it won’t get ballot access money.
http://drtomstevens.blogspot.com/2010/02/lpny-risks-retribution-for-expressing.html
From the blog entry:
M Carling, who serves as [...]

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