On March 2, there will be a statewide primary in Texas.  On Thursday, February 18 at 6:30 PM there will be a candidates forum for all candidates running for the Texas State Board of Education in the 10th District.  Although the Libertarian and Green candidates face no opposition from within their own parties, they will [...]

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Email from Marc Montoni to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Readers with any curiosity about libertarianism on the international scene may be interested in the current elections in Costa Rica. Otto Guevara is the founder of the Partido Movimiento Libertario (Libertarian Movement Party). He served in the Costa Rican legislature from 1998-2006. Guevara is currently the president of the [...]

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In New York State, along with several other states, multiple parties can endorse a single candidate in an election.  This is called fusion, and it is frequently used by the Working Families Party, although they do occassionally run candidates of their own.  The party mostly endorses Democrats, and has become a somewhat large and powerful [...]

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Republican California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently visited the city of Richmond, which has a population of about 100,000 and is the largest city in the United States with a Green Party mayor.  Schwarzenegger was visiting a solar power system factory in order to promote a tax plan that encourages green businesses to stay in California.  [...]

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On February 4th, the Illinois newspaper the Southern ran a piece featuring the Green Party’s reaction to Tuesday’s statewide primaries in Illinois.  The Greens did have a primary, but most of the candidates running were uncontested. “I’m in the race to win it and I think that’s entirely possible, given the record level of disgust [...]

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In addition to the Connecticut tea party group noted by Paulie, tea party activists in New York are also considering creating an independent ballot line to run a candidate for governor this November.  Via TPID, WGRZ news reports: BUFFALO, NY – “First we’re going to identify whether we’ve got a winning effort,” said Carl Paladino.  [...]

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The Green-Rainbow, the state affiliate of the Green Party, Party’s 2006 nominee for governor of Massachusetts has announced that she will be running in the Democratic primary.  Grace Ross is challenging incumbent governor Deval Patrick, and will need “15 percent of the delegates at the party’s convention in June to qualify for the primary ballot,” [...]

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http://www.bostontea.us/node/545 Our chairman reports that the total membership on this site is now 1,656 active (non-blocked) members. Hurray! Our largest Facebook group has 1,467 members. Planning has commenced for our national convention in May 2010. It takes place here on this site. http://www.bostontea.us/node/776 Get Involved! The Boston Tea Party National Convention will be held at [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Warwick, RI-The Moderate Party of Rhode Island State Committee has released the time and location for the announcement of their first group of candidates for the 2010 election. The party is open to the public and members of the press are encouraged to attend. After only five months of official recognition as [...]

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Ballot Access News: Senator David Shafer (R-Duluth) has introduced SB 359, which improves ballot access for parties that have already attained qualified status for statewide office, and also partially legalizes fusion. The biggest change made by the bill is that it expands ballot access to all partisan office, for parties that are in the present [...]

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Ballot Access News: Dan Gaita of Bethel, Connecticut, has filed paperwork with the Connecticut Secretary of State to use the ballot label “Connecticut Tea Party” for his group. Connecticut has “name protection” for unqualified parties. When a new party organizes in Connecticut, it is free to register its name with the Secretary of State. Then, [...]

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Socialist Webzine: by Socialist Party USA POCC February is Black History Month. It’s a time when our public institutions, and corporations give a little extra attention to the accomplishments and contributions to the story of the Americas made by Black Americans. Established by Carter G Woodson in 1926, it’s purpose was to promote the contributions [...]

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Posted by Ralph Nader at Nader.org: There are several memorial services and events being planned for Howard Zinn whom The New York Times called a “historian, shipyard worker, civil rights activist and World War II bombardier, when he passed away at age 87 late last month.” His legion of friends, students, admirers and colleagues will [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster: Captain Joan E. Darrah (USN, Ret.) served as a naval intelligence officer for nearly 30 years. Prior to her retirement, Captain Darrah served as chief of staff and deputy commander at the Office of Naval Intelligence. Captain Darrah is a lesbian. She describes the effect of “don’t ask, don’t [...]

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Posted at LP blog: On February 4, LP Executive Director Wes Benedict appeared on FOX’s Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano. Benedict talked about libertarianism and the Libertarian Party. [The LP blog also has the video]

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This week, Businessweek has an article about Larry Kotlikoff, a Boston University economics professor and economic advisor to former Senator Mike Gravel during his 2008 presidential campaign.  Among other things, the economist is a supporter of a national sales tax to replace the income tax, a position which Gravel adopted.  Kotlikoff has a book coming [...]

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Green Party candidate for Congress in Illinois Matt Reichel – who has won his primary since this article was written – was featured in an article by the Sun-Times Media recently. Like most Greens the onetime antiwar activist and campaigner for Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s 2008 presidential run would like to wean the country off [...]

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The California Secretary of State has released new registration data. The only two parties that actually have more registered voters than they did in the last report (May 2009) are the American Independent Party and the Libertarian Party. Ballot Access News reported the results for all parties in California, which also include: Democratic Party; Republican Party; Green Party; Peace & Freedom Party; and Reform Party. California now has 20.740% voters who are “independent and miscellaneous”.

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Posted by Carolyn Marbry at Liberty For All: Back in 2008, many of us tried really hard to defeat California’s Proposition 8, which added a clause to the California state constitution defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. My partner and I stood on street corners with a lot of other activists [...]

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Posted by George Phillies at Liberty For All: Change is time-consuming. Change is demanding. Change is frightening. Sometimes, change is necessary. In a previous article I described LNC fund raising over the last decade and a half. From 2000 to date, LNC yearly fundraising has fallen by three quarters in real terms. This article turns [...]

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