Green Party candidate for Cuyahoga County Executive David Ellison recently led a protest, also attended by Green candidate for County Council Alan Crossman and a Democratic candidate, calling for the resignation of the county’s auditor.  The auditor, Frank Russo, is currently being investigated by federal officials in a corruption probe.  From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: [...]

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Sweden’s Pirate Party, a political party that advocates copyright reform and the abolishing of the patent system, offers support to Wikileaks.

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The Los Angeles Times reports: A rally of about 40 white supremacists Saturday on the lawn of Los Angeles City Hall drew hundreds of counter-protesters, sparked brawls in which two people were severely beaten and ended with crowds of demonstrators hurling rocks and bottles at police and departing supremacists. The rally, conducted by the National [...]

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“We agree with plaintiffs the trial court erred as a matter of law in concluding federal regulation of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 812 et seq. ) preempted California’s decision in the CUA and the MMPA to decriminalize specific medical marijuana activities under state law. We therefore reverse the judgment of dismissal and remand the matter to allow plaintiffs to pursue their declaratory judgment cause of action.”

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All four candidates slated to appear on the ballot in the Massachusetts gubernatorial race in November participated in a debate on Monday. Participants were Republican Charlie Baker, incumbent Democrat Deval Patrick, Independent Tim Cahill, and Green-Rainbow candidate Jill Stein. Some relevant debate excerpts from the Telegram & Gazette: From Cahill: Mr. Cahill said Cape Wind [...]

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In proportion of population to money spent on a race, Glenn Wilson may have the most well-funded independent or minor party campaign of the cycle.

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From the Associated Press via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: All three Libertarian Party nominees for statewide office in Pennsylvania abandoned their bids for the fall ballot today, leaving no third-party opposition to the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. Senate. Filing papers to withdraw were York lawyer Marakay Rogers, a perennial candidate who was [...]

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Rich Whitney polls well in the latest from PublicPolicyPolling, but the results leave many unanswered questions.

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“The South Lake Tahoe Town Council Race is no more about Cannabis, than the Boston Tea Party was about Tea.” – Steve Kubby

Mr. Kubby makes the case the City Council has no authority or jurisdiction, as well as their anti-MMJ moves are fiscally irresponsible.

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A press release from Rich Whitney, Green party candidate for governor of Illinois.  Sent to IPR via email: Carbondale, IL— Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney reacted to the outcome of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s trial today by calling for reform of the Illinois political system. For Whitney, the actions of Blagojevich are a [...]

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Why Now? Violating the Constitution Never Bothered Him Before?

Obama is Aligned Against Police Union, Mafia, the Village People…AND Harry Reid!

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The National Constitution Party sends this along. Underscores are in the original. The Fall 2010 National and Executive Committee meetings of the Constitution Party will be held Friday, November 12th and Saturday, November 13th at the Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel, 1701 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102.The Executive Committee will meet the morning of Friday, [...]

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From the Public Policy Polling blog: In a race pitting two of the weakest Senate candidates in the country Alexi Giannoulias continues to hold a small lead over Mark Kirk, 37-35, with Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones pulling 9%.

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Warren Redlich submitted 34,000 signatures to run as the Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York. His campaign issued press releases with lists of other Libertarian candidates.

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Kristin Davis, the ex-Madam who supplied call-girls for Eliot Spitzer when he was both Attorney General and Governor, filed 22,000 voter signatures to run for Governor of New York State.

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The deadline to file petitions for statewide office for the 2010 elections in New York was today. So far, the New York State Board of Elections has seven candidates listed as having filed petitions (including two Governor candidates listed under “Libertarian”).

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How well is John Monds, Libertarian candidate for Governor of Georgia, polling? While I think it is an unjustified leap to assume he is polling at 15% -20% as this article speculates, the author makes a good point. Why are the polling percentages of all the candidates in a Republican or Democrat primary generally reported even if [...]

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A former member of the Des Moines school board, Jonathan Narcisse declined to run in the Democratic primary against incumbent Governor Chet Culver in March. It appears he has changed his mind, and is now running as the “Iowa Party” candidate for the position. The Des-Moines Register comments: Narcisse collected almost 1,900 signatures from 47 [...]

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Despite recent celebrity appearances, Eliot Cutler has not seen a significant bump in polling. A poll from Rasmussen released earlier today had Cutler trailing at 16%, behind Republican Paul LePage at 38% and Democrat Libby Mitchell at 30%. This is essentially unchanged from Rasmussen’s last poll of the race, which had Cutler at 15% support. [...]

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Mel Packer, the Green Party candidate for US Senate in Pennsylvania, is dropping out of the race today. From the Associated Press via the Times-Leader: Mel Packer, the Green Party’s nominee for Sen. Arlen Specter’s seat, said Monday he cannot overcome a challenge by Democratic nominee Joe Sestak. The 65-year-old Packer said he has only [...]

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