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Entries from May 2010

Jill Stein releases tax returns, urges rivals in MA governor race to do likewise

May 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: From Jill Stein for Governor of Massachusetts: BOSTON (May 19, 2010) – Calling it a commitment to transparency, and a show of respect for the voters of the commonwealth, Gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein released her personal tax returns for 2009 to the media. In doing so, she [...]

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Uncovered Politics profiles Billy Roper of the Nationalist Party

May 20th, 2010 · 7 Comments

From former IPR editor Austin Cassidy, posting on the site he created with IPR writer Darcy Richardson, Uncovered Politics: This week, we’re taking a look at Billy Roper. This Mr. Roper doesn’t live downstairs and participate in wacky sit-com antics. No, he’s running as a write-in candidate for Governor of Arkansas this year and a [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Rate proposed amendments to the Green Party’s 2010 Platform

May 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Video posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: If you are not able to watch the video, jump to http://www.gp.org/committees/platform/comments/?page_id=823.

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Chuck Baldwin: ‘Breakup Of U.S. Is Inevitable’

May 20th, 2010 · 44 Comments

Posted by 2008 Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin at ChuckBaldwinLive.com: People all over America are discussing freedom’s future. In short, they are worried. In fact, many are actually talking about State secession. In coffee shops and cafes, and around dining room tables, millions of people are speaking favorably of states breaking away from the [...]

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New York Constitution Party nominee for Governor, Jan Johnson, presides at Obama Birther ‘trial’

May 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Linda Bentley reports in the Sonoran News: ATLAH, N.Y. – Dr. James David Manning has renamed Harlem “ATLAH,” a name “given to him by Almighty God” on Sept. 14, 1991, which means “the land where the people shall walk barefoot, because the land is holy ground.” Manning got the world’s attention through his animated videos [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties

Liberal Democrats in the UK governing coalition: ‘A bonfire of unnecessary laws’

May 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Radley Balko writes at Instapundit: I’m starting warm up to this Nick Clegg chap. A “power revolution” in Britain will be promised by Nick Clegg today as he tries to put his personal stamp on the Government in his first major statement as Deputy Prime Minister. The Liberal Democrat leader will hail his programme of [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Upcoming events for Ken Block’s Moderate Party RI gubernatorial bid

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Gubernatorial candidate Ken Block will attend the following public events this week. TUESDAY, MAY 18 What: Tour of Community Health Center, WellOne When: 1:00 pm. Where: 142A Danielson Pike, Foster, RI  02825 What: Tour the Center of Women & Enterprise When: 3:00 pm. Where: 132 George M Cohan Blvd, Providence, RI WEDNESDAY, [...]

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John Jay Myers on Immigration

May 19th, 2010 · 59 Comments

Email from John Jay Myers to contact.ipr@gmail.com. John Jay Myers is a candidate for the Libertarian National Party Chair and currently running for United States Congress against Pete Sessions in Texas 32nd District. www.johnjaymyers.com IPR takes no position on LNC races. Many Americans are looking to the Libertarian Party for answers, and it is important [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Study Finds that Third Party Candidates “Face Long Odds”

May 19th, 2010 · 17 Comments

Though its primary finding is comparable with something one might expect from The Onion, a new study by a non-profit group provides some interesting data points on third party candidates for office over the last decade. From the Executive Summary of the report by the National Institute on Money in State Politics, entitled “Third Party [...]

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Dr. James Lark joins five other past Libertarian National Committee members in endorsing Mark Hinkle for LNC chair

May 19th, 2010 · 100 Comments

Email from Mark Hinkle. Links added: Paulie, Thanks for continuing to mention my candidacy for LP Chair. I’ve just added Jim Lark to my list of past LP Chairs who are endorsing me. That makes 6 now. I wonder if any LP Chair candidate has every had 6 past LP Chairs as endorsers? Thanks again……………Mark [...]

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IREHR: In the UK elections, what can American anti-racists learn?

May 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Posted by Leonard Zeskind at irehr.org: The Labor Party lost votes and seats in the parliament. The Tories may yet cobble together a majority coalition and once again install a Thatcherite prime minister. Yet, in the London borough of Barking, the vote for the Labour incumbent increased, and Nick Griffin, the chairman of the white-ist [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Alexander Snitker, Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate in Florida, Congratulates Rand Paul For Primary Win

May 19th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Press release emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Snitker Congratulates Rand Paul For Primary Win Alexander Snitker, the Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate in Florida, congratulated Rand Paul for his primary victory in the Kentucky Congressional race yesterday. Paul, whose smaller government, more individual liberty platform closely mirrors the Libertarian philosophy, overcame challenges from the Washington establishment and strong [...]

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Ballot Access News: Anti-Proposition 14 Protest at Schwarzenegger Fund-Raiser is Small But Effective

May 19th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Ballot Access News reports: On the evening of May 18, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger held a fundraiser for Proposition 14, the top-two ballot measure, at his home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. Ten minor party activists demonstrated outside, with large signs and leaflets. Passersby were friendly, including some of the incoming guests. Relations [...]

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Tags: Proposition 14 · Third parties, general

Darryl Perry of the Boston Tea Party: Where’s the Accountability in the Gulf of Mexico?

May 19th, 2010 · 9 Comments

Darryl Perry, a member of the national committee of the Boston Tea Party, writes at Free Patriot Press: On a rare occasion I find myself agreeing with a person or group that I otherwise have nothing in common with. Just days ago I found myself agreeing with the Socialist Party USA. The SPUSA National Committee [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties · Socialist/left parties

New Path Plan for the Libertarian Party: Healing the LNC

May 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Via email from George Phillies. New Path for the LP is a slate of candidates for the Libertarian National Committee, and George Phillies is their candidate for Chair. This is Step 7 of Part Three of the 63-page New Path plan for the LP. IPR is not endorsing any LNC candidates, and is interested in [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Green Change: “8 Young Greens to Watch”

May 19th, 2010 · 8 Comments

GreenChange.org has put out a piece on “8 Young Greens to Watch”, featuring 8 young Green candidates that Green Change considers deserving of national attention: Introducing 8 Young Greens to Watch: 8 young candidates who are running hard to bring our values into the halls of power. With your help, 2010 can be a breakthrough [...]

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Independence Party of New York Legislator Pens Editorial

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments

New York Assemblyman Tim Gordon is one of two Independence Party legislators in the New York Assembly. He penned an editorial for the Troy Record, which appeared in the paper on Monday. It reads, in part: Like you, I am weary of the state government’s inability to finalize a responsible budget. The weekly budget extenders [...]

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Tags: Independents · Non-left/right parties

North Carolina First Party Working Towards the Election

May 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments

It was announced earlier this week that the effort to form a North Carolina First Party by labor unions had failed to gain enough signatures. It was previously unknown whether the organizers would still try to petition their candidates onto the ballots as Independents or whether the organizers knew that they could use their 85,000+ [...]

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Tags: Independents · Socialist/left parties

Working Families Party Opposes Non-Partisan Elections In New York City

May 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Michael Bloomberg, probably the nation’s most high profile Independent politician, is attempting to abolish parties in New York City elections. Many of the local third parties, though, oppose the plan. Eliminating parties in elections would “be an open invitation for self-funded candidates, who do not go through primaries and dominate elections based on money,” Mr. [...]

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New York Independence Party Legislator Wants to Repeal Salt Water Fishing License

May 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Fred Thiele is one of two members of the New York Assembly (the Lower house) who is a member of the Independence Party of New York. Assemblyman Thiele has introduced a bill to repeal the State Salt Water Fishing License Law. Thiele stated, “While questions of fact remain concerning the type of fish which are [...]

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Tags: Independents · Non-left/right parties