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Minor parties may lose place on ballot in Delaware

April 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment

From DelawareOnline.com: House Bill 245, which was signed into law Feb. 1, effectively doubled the number of registered voters a party must have to be on the ballot.And it did so two months before voters are restricted from changing their party, when it was difficult, if not impossible, for the smaller parties to meet the [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Third parties, general

For first time, Libertarian primary to take place in Ohio’s first congressional district

April 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments

From Cincinnati.com: Libertarians Jared Croxton and Jim Berns both want to run for the 1st Congressional District seat held by Democrat Steve Driehaus. It’s the only contested race in Southwest Ohio for any of Ohio’s four minor parties – Libertarian, Constitution, Green and Socialist. This is the first year minor parties have been allowed to [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Libertarian Party · Socialist/left parties

NY Conservative Party: New Yorkers cannot afford any increase in any taxes

April 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments

From EmpireStateNews.net: FT. HAMILTON STATION – The budget is 7 days late and no progress has been made to cut spending.  Instead, newspaper reports indicate that the items on the table legislators are considering to solve the fiscal morass include ways to raise taxes, fees, and borrowing. “The budget deficit will not be closed by [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties