Ballot Access News: On August 27, the two Kentucky Republicans who had filed a lawsuit in state court to remove the only two minor party congressional candidates this year dropped their lawsuit. Thanks to Jeff Trigg and Christina Tobin for this news. The lawsuit had alleged that neither the Libertarian, nor the Constitution, Party nominees [...]

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In Texas, Rick Perry has a longstanding policy of refusing to debate his Democratic opponent, former Houston Mayor Bill White. Already, the League of Women Voters hosted a debate between White and the Libertarian Kathie Glass when Perry declined. Now, the same situation may emerge again. From the Austin American-Statesman: The newspapers, along with Austin [...]

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Today, the Chicago Tribune released an article entitled “It’s official: Four U.S. Senate candidates, five for governor”, making official which candidates made it onto the ballot. The Illinois State Board of Elections today finalized the state’s Nov. 2 ballot, ruling out a slate of candidates running under the banner of the Constitution Party but leaving [...]

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Ballot Access News: Taylor Haynes, who would have been the first independent candidate on the ballot for Wyoming Governor since 1958 if he had qualified this year, did not qualify. He was unable to obtain the needed 4,988 valid signatures. This is the second petition failure in Wyoming this year. The Constitution Party also made [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Arkansas AFL-CIO recently endorsed Mark Swaney, for state representative in the 90th district. Swaney is the Green Party nominee. His only opponent in November is a Republican. Graphic from GP.org:

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Ballot Access News: On August 24, the Connecticut Secretary of State said that the Socialist Action Party’s candidate for U.S. House, 1st district, has enough valid signatures. The candidate is Chris Hutchinson. This will be the first time any party with “Socialist” in its name will have been on the ballot for a U.S. House [...]

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SEMINOLE, FLORIDA – A curious thing happened to an online poll for Florida’s U.S. Senate race on the Bay News 9 website Thursday, which has sparked the ire of a vocal group of voters. The poll originally included candidates Marco Rubio (R), Kendrick Meek (D), Charlie Crist (NPA), Alexander Snitker (L), and a choice for [...]

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Damon Eris at Poli-Tea: There are a variety of means by which the Democratic and Republican parties ensure the reproduction of their joint misrule despite the fact that dwindling numbers of Americans are willing to support them in their efforts. Double standards governing access to the ballot for Democrats and Republicans, on the one hand, [...]

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The following is a statement by Mark Quick, an Independent candidate for Congress, in New Jersey’s 5th congressional district emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: “The endless debates on the subject of the proposed Islamic cultural center by public officials and candidates are taking place all over the media. While the economy is in tatters, some public officials [...]

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Ballot Access News: Libby Mitchell, Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine, says she will not participate in any gubernatorial debates that don’t invite all five ballot-listed candidates to participate. There are three independents on the November ballot, along with the Democratic and Republican nominees. See this story. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link.

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Ballot Access News: Ben Manski, Green Party nominee for Wisconsin’s Assembly, 77th district, was recently endorsed by Madison Teachers, Inc., the union for public school teachers in Madison. The 77th district is in Madison. See this story. Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Ben Manski, a public interest attorney, pro-Democracy advocate and Executive Directory of [...]

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Ballot Access News: On August 25, the Independent Party released the names of its nominees for U.S. Senator and U.S. House. Also the Blue Enigma Party released the name of its nominee for U.S. Senate. See this story, which also covers the Constitution Party’s failure to regain its spot on the ballot this year. The [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, We’re happy to finally launch QUIZ ACROSS AMERICA! We just received our first printing of 200,000 door hangers. They look great, and we’re ready to start shipping them to volunteers. You can get up to 100 for each five dollars you donate. (Minimum order: 200 hangers for $10.) [...]

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Gold America Group: Charles Wilhoit of Tennessee writes: During this year I have spent six months of my limited time and probably $5,000 of my limited money in an attempt to “improve” the LNC. I failed, and I probably should have known I would fail. Well, I’ve had plenty of time to think about it [...]

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Ballot Access News: On August 25, the group that submitted a petition to be on the Michigan ballot as a political party called the Tea Party, filed a lawsuit to obtain a place on the ballot. The case is The Tea Party v Board of State Canvassers, state court of appeals, Lansing, 299805. The group [...]

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Darcy Richardson at Uncovered Politics: The Lakeland Ledger called for three statewide debates this fall between Democrat Alex Sink, Republican Rick Scott and independent candidates Lawton “Bud” Chiles and economist Farid A. Khavari of Miami. In yesterday’s editorial, the Ledger said that all four candidates should have an opportunity to discuss Florida’s future. Sink, the [...]

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Darcy Richardson at Uncovered Politics: Brian P. Moore, the Socialist Party’s candidate for president in 2008, polled more than 200,000 votes in yesterday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary in Florida. With approximately 92 percent of the statewide precincts reporting, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink was garnering 664,183 votes to 199,623 for Moore, who waged an under-funded [...]

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Ballot Access News: Three independent candidates will appear on the California ballot on November 2 for U.S. House. While three is not a very big number, this is the largest number of independent candidates for the U.S. House ever to appear on the California ballot since the state began using government-printed ballots in 1892. California [...]

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From the Philly IMC via TPID: In July, U.S. Socialist Stewart Alexander announced that he would seek the 2012 Presidential Nomination for the Socialist Party USA; now Stewart Alexander has announced that he will also seek the Presidential Nomination for the Green Party in 2012. In 2008, Stewart Alexander was the Vice Presidential Nominee for [...]

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TPID: From Wyoming News: Cheyenne rancher and retired surgeon Taylor Haynes is confident that his name will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot as an independent candidate for Wyoming governor. Haynes planned to turn in a petition with nearly 7,000 signatures Monday. He needs 4,988 names to meet the requirements for an independent nomination. . [...]

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