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Snitker Strikes Back Against NBC Debate Snub

September 3rd, 2010 · 4 Comments

Press release: The grassroots candidate will run ads during NBC’s Meet The Press debate for the Florida U.S. Senate seat from which he is excluded, and is seeking an injunction against the show, while his supporters plan statewide protests. TAMPA – Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Alex Snitker did not make the cut to be included [...]

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Scott Boman running for Detroit Board of Education

September 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

Although this press release does not identify him as such, Scott Boman has been an activist in the Libertarian Party for many years. Detroit, MI – At least one of the looming vacancies on the much-maligned Detroit Board of Education is now destined to be filled. On Thursday September 2nd, local educator Scott Boman officially [...]

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Cindy Sheehan: ‘Major Hoax: Don’t Get Fooled Again’

September 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments

Via Peace and Freedom Blog, registered Peace and Freedom Party voter Cindy Sheehan writes at Peace of the Action: OAKLAND, CA – August 31, 2010 – Tomorrow, August 31st, in a fake ceremony in Baghdad, the U.S. will once again declare a false end to the war in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan’s Statement on the “End [...]

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Independent Candidate for U.S. House in Pennsylvania Survives Challenge

September 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

Ballot Access News: James Schneller, an independent candidate for U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 7th district, will appear on the November ballot. His ballot label is “American Congress Party.” The 7th district is centered on Delaware County, next to Philadelphia. Schneller’s petition had been challenged on the basis that many, if not most, of his circulators [...]

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Ralph Nader: ‘Honoring Those Who Toil’

September 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments

By Ralph Nader Nader.org What does Labor Day mean anymore other than another day off, another store sale and, in some cities, parades ever smaller and more devoid of passion for elevating the well-being of working people? Philosopher/mechanic Matthew B. Crawford, in his recent, embracing book, Shop Craft as Soulcraft has a thoughtful consideration. He [...]

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Mississippi Reform Party Congressional Candidates Removed from Ballot

September 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

Ballot Access News: All four of the Mississippi Reform Party’s candidates for U.S. House have been removed from the November 2010 ballot by the Secretary of State. The Reform Party is ballot-qualified in Mississippi. However, the party’s current state officers had not been registered with the Secretary of State. Although the paperwork problem has now [...]

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Three Libertarians booted off North Dakota Ballot

September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Associated Press reports, A federal judge says three Libertarian candidates for the North Dakota Legislature don`t have a right to be on the November ballot. Ballot Access News adds, North Dakota has very small legislative districts. One of the plaintiffs, Richard Ames, ran in a district (the 25th) which had only 1,033 votes cast in [...]

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Poll Shows Canadian Greens Have Fair Chance to Elect Their First Member of Parliament

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Ballot Access News: A poll released on September 3 suggests that the Green Party has a fair chance to elect its first member of the Canadian Parliament. The poll, for the Saanich-Gulf Islands district just north of Victoria, British Columbia, shows: Gary Lunn, Conservative, 34%; Elizabeth May, Green Party, 32%; Renee Hetherington, Liberal, 17%; Edith [...]

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John Jay Myers: ‘Stop Stealing My Stuff’

September 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments

By John Jay Myers, Libertarian for US House (TX-32): Originally the message of the Tea Party seemed clear “Less taxes and spending”. Simple enough, Right? Somehow they have gotten distracted. Very, very distracted. I know that all Tea Parties and their participants are different, so it is not fair for me to throw them all [...]

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Green Scott McLarty: Questions for the Tea Party and Democrats

September 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

By way of Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: In a piece published at OpEd News, Green Party Media Director Scott McLarty asks some questions for the Tea Party Movement: By Scott McLarty OpEdNews.com, August 31, 2010 http://www.opednews.com/articles/Some-Modest-Questions-for-by-Scott-McLarty-100831-706.html Having followed the news about the “Restoring Honor” Tea Party rally organized by Glenn Beck on Saturday, [...]

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Local newspaper reports on Green-Rainbow campaign for state legislature

September 3rd, 2010 · 24 Comments

From the Berkshire Eagle in Massachusetts: Candidate for state representative L. Scott Laugenour hosted a “meet and greet” Thursday night, talking to supporters at the Firefly Restaurant. The evening itself was low-key, with Laugenour meeting with supporters and speaking mostly one-on-one. There were probably a few dozen people moving in and out of the restaurant [...]

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In SC, ‘Third-party Senate candidate hopes to fill gap between DeMint, Greene’

September 3rd, 2010 · 4 Comments

An article from WISTV in South Carolina, including the rare news that the Green Party candidate for US Senate has raised more than the Democratic candidate: USC political expert Mark Tompkins says any third party candidate faces tough odds. “Many Democrats who are unhappy about the situation they find themselves in the Senate race,” said [...]

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Christopher Ketcham on Huff. Post: ‘Vermont Revolutionaries and the Rise of a Green Tea Party’

September 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments

Independent journalist Christopher Ketcham, who says that he is writing a book about the Vermont secessionist movement, recently posted an article on the Huffington Post about Vermont’s secessionists (there are several running for office on their own ticket).  It is an interesting news, analysis, and opinion piece, and the full thing can be read here.  [...]

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