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Libertarians Qualify Twelve Candidates For Georgia Ballot

June 30th, 2010 · 28 Comments

The Libertarian Party of Georgia has qualified twelve candidate to run for office in their state. At the top of the ticket is John Monds for Governor. Monds received over one million votes in his race for Public Service Commissioner District 1. The Libertarian Party of Georgia on Tuesday officially entered the 2010 campaign season [...]

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Arkansas Green Party Petition Found To Be Valid

June 30th, 2010 · 8 Comments

The Arkansas Green Party petition was validated by Arkansas’ Secretary of State today. Richard Winger reports that this is the third time in a row that their petition has succeeded. The Arkansas Secretary of State has checked the Green Party’s ballot access petition and found it sufficient.  The party needed 10,000 valid signatures and submitted [...]

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New York GOP Chair Wants to Start Third Party

June 30th, 2010 · 9 Comments

Ed Cox, the chairman of the Republican Party of New York, is reportedly interested in creating a third party to be used to help New York Republicans to win elections. A Republican source tells me that state GOP chairman Ed Cox let party chairs know last week that he’s moving forward with a bid to [...]

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Root Joins Board of Libertarian National Congressional Committee

June 30th, 2010 · 66 Comments

In an email from Wayne Root, the 2008 Vice Presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party, he announces that he has joined the Board of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee. Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nominee, best-selling author of “The Conscience of a Libertarian,” and elected member of the Libertarian National Committee (the [...]

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Independent Surge in Arizona: Among New Registrants Unaffiliated Voters Outumber Those of All Parties Combined

June 30th, 2010 · 8 Comments

From KGUN 9: Arizona has added nearly 27,000 registered voters between April 19th and June 1st 2010 according to figures released by the Secretary of State’s office. As of June 1st 2010 Arizona had a total of 3,093,647 active registered voters. The GOP reported 7,852 voters added, totaling 1,116,643 active registered voters. Democratic registration climbed [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party