Posted at Kn@ppster: At its monthly meeting last night, the St. Louis County (Missouri) Libertarian Central Committee resolved as follows in support of the Moratorium Now! Campaign: Resolution for Moratorium on Executions while the Death Penalty is Studied Whether our group supports capital punishment or not, we recognize that the death penalty system is fallible [...]

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By Michael Scott Moore Miller-McCune.com Germany’s neo-Nazi party, the National Democratic Party, has had a bad year. Trouble with the federal government and a bad round of elections dashed its ambitions for 2009 — the party wanted to gain influence, not lose it, in a number of German states — which is good news. The [...]

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cpnys.org: If you were unable to attend the 43rd Annual Conservative Party Political Action Conference, or if you attended and want to listen to the speakers again, it has been uploaded to VEOH Videos. You will need to download the VEOH player (available for free on the site) to view the segments. Click here to [...]

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On The Wilder Side: from Cynthia: Hello! I’m back from Munich with Peace Prize in my hands and on my way to the University of Chicago to speak. While in Munich, I spoke at the peace rally–I’ll tell you the Germans know how to put on a good peace rally!!!–and at the International Peace Conference, [...]

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By way of On The Wilder Side: GPMI Candidates Will Focus on Prosperity and Peace for People, Environment Members of the Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) are disappointed, though not surprised, by the contradictions between Governor Granholm’s talk of a new direction for Michigan’s economy and her obvious support of the same old business as [...]

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In a piece in the Sun-Times Media group of newspapers, the winners of the primary in Illinois’ fifth congressional district were all looked at on the night they won their respective primaries.  On February 2nd, there was a statewide Democratic, Republican, and Green primary.  What is noteworthy about this piece is that they give equal [...]

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Email from the Australian Sex Party: We love Valentine’s day – not the teddy bear laden, hallmark holiday that it has become, but the very sexy Valentines day it originally was. It started off in ancient Rome as a three day pagan fertility festival. Young men would strip naked and caress and spank the bottoms [...]

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Rich Whitney, the Green Party candidate for governor in Illinois, is currently polling in between three and four percent in two new Victory Research polls.  The first one can be viewed here, and the second one here.  The first one is between the current Democratic Governor, Rich Whitney, Republican Kirk Dillard, and “Don’t Know/Undecided,” while [...]

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The Libertarian Party of California will Begin its 2010 Convention and Board of Directors Election tomorrow. The event is scheduled for three days, with over 60 attendees having registered as of Wednesday. The Convention Schedule, Program and Speaker list have not been made available.

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Posted by Kristin Davis at ManhattanMadam.com. Davis is seeking the Libertarian nomination for Governor of New York, as is Warren Redlich. Montserrat brings disgrace on Senate- Spitzer Whitewash in Works You don’t have to look around much to see why the average New Yorker is disgusted with State and Federal government and why the “so [...]

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News 10 Now (see video at link): ALBANY, N.Y. — A local attorney and web entrepreneur announces he is running for governor of New York. Warren Redlich is seeking both the Republican and Libertarian lines. Redlich is the founder of both Redlich Law Firm in Albany and SpinJ Corporation, which develops and manages websites. He [...]

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From GreenChange (by way of Green Party Watch): Green Change endorses California’s Dan Hamburg for Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. His record of public service and passionate advocacy for Green values make him an exceptional candidate. Mendocino County, a county the size of Delaware on California’s northern coast, is a rugged, beautiful area with numerous [...]

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On Top Magazine: Both men seeking the Democratic nomination for Rhode Island governor, along with an Independent candidate, say they’ll back a gay marriage bill. Attorney General Patrick Lynch and General Treasurer Frank Caprio, along with Senator Lincoln Chafee, the Independent, have agreed they’ll sign a gay marriage bill if elected, gay rights group Marriage [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Seminole Chronicle has this story, saying that because two Florida Libertarians have both announced an intention to file for the same legislative seat, election officials will conduct a Libertarian Party primary (in that district only) in 2010. The newspaper says this will be the first minor party primary in Florida history. [...]

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A new poll from Rasmussen finds 35% of respondents think “a new political party is needed to represent the American people”: Thirty-five percent (35%) of U.S. voters now think Republicans and Democrats are so much alike that an entirely new political party is needed to represent the American people. Nearly half (47%) of voters disagree [...]

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In an Op-Ed piece for the Wall Street Journal, Ralph Nader writes: The disparities between individual contributions and available corporate dollars mock any pretense of equal justice under the law. A total of $5.2 billion from all sources was spent in the 2008 federal election cycle (which includes 2007 and 2008), according to the Center [...]

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From NME: Thom Yorke has announced he will play a Green Party benefit gig later this month. Taking place at Cambridge‘s Corn Exchange on February 25, the Radiohead frontman is performing in support of Tony Juniper, who as well as campaigning to become a member of parliament, also accompanied Yorke as he crashed the UN [...]

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At Poli-Tea, d.eris present an interesting thesis:  without certain ballot access laws, the so-called “spoiler effect” wouldn’t be nearly as dramatic as it is today. The highly restrictive ballot access regime that has been constructed in virtually every state of the union is one of the primary means by which the Democratic and Republican Parties [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Sheriff Richard Mack Endorses Rob McNealy Constitutional Sheriff Activist Endorses Libertarian Rob McNealy for CD6 AURORA, CO, February 9th, 2010 – Rob McNealy, candidate for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, is proud to announce that Constitutional crusader, Sheriff Richard Mack, endorsed him. From his home in Arizona, Mack said “In this day and [...]

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From an article by Chrissie Long in the Tico Times linked by Ralph in comments on a previous post: As of the latest tallies, National Liberation Party candidate Laura Chinchilla had 46.7 percent of the vote, Citizen Action Party candidate Ottón Solís had 25.1 and Libertarian Movement’s Otto Guevara had 20.9. The 57-seat Legislative Assembly [...]

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