Ballot Access News: On June 10, the Texas Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in state court in Austin, seeking a court order to prevent the Green Party from certifying the names of its nominees to the Secretary of State. See this story. The case is probably called Texas Democratic Party v Texas Green Party. The [...]

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Email from Moderate Party of Rhode Island Candidate for Governor Ken Block to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Ken Block at Debate: “No More Kicking the Can down the Road” on pensions, budget, job creation. Warwick, RI–At tonight’s debate, Ken Block shared his vision for a new Rhode Island. Block outlined his plan to clean up and fix the [...]

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Greens support lawsuit, consider initiative to nullify Prop. 14; Measure is a clear example of how big money buys California elections, charges Green Party gubernatorial nominee (Distributed by the Green Party of the United States, http://www.gp.org) GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASE http://www.cagreens.org http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr100609.shtml For immediate release: June 9, 2010 Contacts: Erika McDonald, Spokesperson, 415.337.1499, [...]

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Posted by 2008 Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Chuck Baldwin at ChuckBaldwinLive.com: The Roman poet Juvenal (circa 100 A.D.) wrote regarding the way latter-day Roman emperors retained power and control over the masses that were seemingly more than happy to obsess themselves with trivialities and self-indulgences while their once-great-and-powerful empire collapsed before their very eyes. He [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Alabama Constitution Party submitted approximately 10,000 signatures so that it could be on the ballot in the First District for U.S. House. The petition is very likely to be validated, because the number of signatures submitted is almost twice the requirement. The party will nominate David Walter for Congress in the [...]

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Matt Monica was the American Independent Party candidate in the 37th District of California’s special election, held on Tuesday. Monica was able to score double digits in the race. With all the precincts reporting, Emmerson led with 58.38 percent of the vote. He was trailed by Democrat Justin Blake at 30.87 percent and American Independent [...]

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Read the full thing here. What was once a field bulging with about two dozen candidates was winnowed to five Tuesday as Waterville Mayor Paul LePage scored a stunning win in the seven-way Republican primary, and state Senate President Libby Mitchell beat three rivals to win the Democratic nomination. The major party candidates join three [...]

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From the Dallas Morning News: AUSTIN – The Texas Democratic Party went to court Thursday to find out who funded a petition drive for the Green Party that could help Gov. Rick Perry and other Republicans win close races this fall. “Texans need to know the truth about Rick Perry’s involvement in the Republican/Green Party [...]

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From Poli-Tea: Third party voters and activists disappointed by the passage of Proposition 14 in California may be heartened by consideration of the new electoral fusion system that has gone into effect this year in Oregon. Passed in 2009, Oregon SB 326 effectively created an aggregated fusion voting system in the Beaver State, allowing candidates [...]

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From the Vermont Progressive Party: I am entering the Democratic Primary for Washington County State Senate and expect to run in the general election under the banners of the Democratic and Progressive Parties. To unify voters, I will also reach out to the Working Families Party, Republicans and Independents. Folks in Washington County have a [...]

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LP blog: The Libertarian Party of Texas holds its state convention this weekend, June 12-13. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram writes: With much of the electorate now embracing their contempt for big government and oppressive regulation, members of the Texas Libertarian Party believe that they are finally getting a long-overdue measure of respect as they prepare [...]

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(From Jordan Wagnon Treasurer) I want to personally thank everyone from our meetup who donated to the campaign! This is a huge achievement for a Libertarian candidate, and it could not have happened without all of you. Thank you all so much for your encouragement, support, and donations! We have already put the money to [...]

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Via Facebook Subject: Campaign Schedule I am excited to announce my campaign schedule for the the the next two months. The goal is to take the message of Liberty to every voting precinct in Tennessee House District 53. We have about 28,000 registered voters in 19 precincts in Tennessee House District 53. We have a [...]

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Howie Hawkins for Governor Green Party – www.howiehawkins.org For Immediate Release: June 8, 2010 For More Info: Howie Hawkins, 315 425-1019 Hawkins Decries Senate Defeat of Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, expressed his disappointment today over the defeat of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Tuesday’s primary election in Maine featured two contested Green primaries for state legislature, both of them in Portland. In District 119, Christian McNeil received 57 percent of the vote in his race against Kris Eckhardt. In District 120, Anna Trevorrow received 91 percent of the vote in her race [...]

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Ballot Access News: This New York Times article of June 9, about the passage of California’s Proposition 14, acknowledges the idea that California general election ballot access is now draconian for minor party and independent candidates.

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Press release from the Snitker campaign: Former U.S. Representative and 2008 Presidential candidate Bob Barr offers his full endorsement to Libertarian Alexander Snitker in Florida’s U.S. Senate race. From Bob Barr: In recent decades, Americans have faced a growing threat from the limitless power of the federal government. Our liberties are being stripped from us. [...]

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Christina Tobin StopTopTwo.org Chair (415) 599-5222 christina@freeandequal.org StopTopTwo.Org and Ralph Nader Release Statements on the Passing of Proposition 14 Sacramento, June 9, 2010 – StopTopTwo.Org and Ralph Nader released statements today regarding the passing of Proposition 14, the Top Two Primaries Act. Proposition 14 was largely funded by corporations to restrict California’s ballot access laws [...]

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Ballot Access News: On June 9, the Texas Secretary of State determined that the Green Party petition this year had enough valid signatures, and the party will be on the 2010 ballot. The party is very likely to poll 5% of the vote for State Comptroller this year, because there is no Democratic nominee for [...]

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By ROGER ALFORD (Associated Press) – FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican Rand Paul said Tuesday he differs with the Libertarian Party by opposing abortion and supporting judicious overseas troop deployment, distancing himself from the party his father once represented in a presidential election. The U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky told syndicated conservative talk show host Sean [...]

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