Wes Benedict at Libertarian Party blog: LP Headquarters staff and volunteers handed out 3,200 door hangers and about 1,000 Libertarian bumper stickers in three hours at Glenn Beck’s "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands of people attended this rally, many of whom were Tea Party activists. In preparation, we had the top [...]

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http://www.cpnys.org/: Conservatives to Con Ed: No Mosque at Ground Zero CPNYS Cordoba ConEd from Howard Lim, Jr. on Vimeo. Watch our new ad, then call Andrew Cuomo CPNYS Mosque Lazio Cuomo from Howard Lim, Jr. on Vimeo. In case you missed Chairman Long debating on the Cordba Mosque on Fox 5 NY this morning, you [...]

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Party for Socialism and Liberation: By: Eugene Puryear Lessons from the 1963 March on Washington and the movement we need today  In addition to civil rights, marchers in 1963 demanded jobs, quality education and housing. On Aug. 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands participated in the massive March on Washington, which many call the high point [...]

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Ballot Access News: On August 28, West Virginia held primary elections for the Democratic, Republican and Mountain Parties for U.S. Senate. Preliminary election returns are available on the Secretary of State’s web page here. So far, the Mountain Party has the best turnout. Only 13% of registered Democrats appear to have cast a vote in [...]

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By George Phillies We’re the Libertarian Party. We’re for liberty. We’re against people who believe that the state should be omnipotent, knowing no limits to its powers or deeds. Once again, Mr. Root has missed the boat on positions that a libertarian should take. And when you are on our National Committee, you have a [...]

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It’s been quite a while since we’ve done an episode of IPR Blog Talk Radio. I’m interested in giving it another go. If you are an independent or alt party candidate, alternative party spokesperson, or author covering our subject matter, and would like to set up a time to talk on our internet radio show, [...]

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From the Philadelphia Bulletin: When threatened with a legal challenge to the signatures on the nominating petitions, third party candidates do not have the necessary funds to fight back, said Bonita Hoke, executive director of the non-partisan League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania. “It is all too easy for major party candidates, with access to [...]

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Think Progress: In a stunning upset, Tea Party activist and Sarah Palin-endorsee Joe Miller appears to have upset incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in Tuesday’s Republican primary election. Though there are still around ten thousand absentee ballots yet to be counted, analysts agree it is unlikely Murkowski will be able to close her 1,668 vote [...]

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Posted by Thomas Sipos at Libertarian Peacenik: Wayne Allyn Root, John Hospers: The LP’s Anti-Libertarian Faces Massachusetts Libertarian Party Chair George Phillies reports on Independent Political Report (comment 148): “I am amused to report that the LNC was contacted by a reporter who wanted to do a story on possible interactions between the Libertarian Party [...]

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By Darryl W. Perry Chair, Boston Tea Party National Committee In July I wrote, “As long as a government is able to “get away” with “minor” intrusions such as traffic cameras and airport body scanners; they will try to get away with greater intrusions of privacy and greater violations of our guaranteed protection from “unreasonable [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Socialist Party has petitioned onto the Vermont ballot this year. It is the first time since 1952 that the Socialist Party has appeared on the Vermont ballot. The seven statewide nominees each needed 500 signatures, and they gathered them successfully. This year’s Socialist Party nominees in Vermont are also the nominees [...]

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Ballot Access News: In November 2010, voters of six states will find Working Families Party nominees on the ballot, the highest number of states so far for that party. In Delaware, the Working Families Party is cross-endorsing four Democrats and two Republicans, all of them legislative candidates. In South Carolina, the party has its own [...]

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d. eris at TPID: Background: J. Christian Adams writes at Pajamas Media: the Pentagon announced that it had granted the waiver requests of five states seeking to escape requirements to protect military voters. I have written previously here at PJM that all waiver requests should be denied. Unfortunately, if you are an overseas servicemember from [...]

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On The Wilder Side: John Anthony La Pietra Offers Ideas on Protecting Election Rights, Withdrawing Petition Signatures, and How to Make Elections Fairer and Better for Voters John Anthony La Pietra, nominated by the Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) as the party’s 2010 candidate for Secretary of State, has posted the first three “position discussion [...]

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Mark Rutherford at Libertarian Party blog: Last Thursday, seven student members of the Young Libertarians of Zionsville, Indiana High School volunteered with the Joe Hauptmann for Indiana State Representative District 87 campaign. Joe Hauptmann is a physics teacher at Zionsville High School.  He is also a former Chair of the Libertarian Party of Indiana.  In [...]

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Ballot Access News: According to this news story, elections officials in Mahoning County, Ohio, have found some more valid signatures for independent congressman candidate Jim Traficant, so that he is likely to be on the ballot for U.S. House in the 17th district

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Ballot Access News: On August 27, the statewide New Hampshire Libertarian Party was verified as having enough valid signatures. The party is running Ken Blevins for U.S. Senate, and John Barbiarz for Governor. If either one of them polls 4% this November, the party will regain its status as a qualified party, which it enjoyed [...]

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Posted by Mark Rutherford at Libertarian Party blog: Rebecca Sink-Burris, the Indiana Libertarian candidate for US Senate, has announced that the first of three debates between the candidates is set for October 11th at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis).  She will be debating her big government Republican and Democratic opponents. Fort Wayne has been selected [...]

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By Ralph Nader Nader.org Katsuko Nomura—a builder of consumer, labor, cooperative and women’s rights groups for over 55 years in Japan—passed away this month at the age of 99. She was one of the most remarkable civic leaders anywhere in the world. With her range of activities, she could be called a world citizen. To [...]

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Ballot Access News: A Florida state court will hold a hearing on August 30 in Morton v Crist, the case over whether people who contributed money to Governor Charlie Crist when he was a Republican may demand refunds. See this story. Crist is currently running as an independent candidate for US Senate.

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