On the heels of “Whiteygate”, new problems have been reported with touch-screen voting machines in Chicago. Green Party leaders say this problem, coupled with a major voting rights issue involving absentee ballots, points to the need for serious electoral reform that won’t happen with Democratic officeholders.

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Press release emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Rhode Island Libertarians withhold support for gubernatorial candidates At The Libertarian Party of Rhode Island’s recent convention they passed a motion declining to support any candidates running for governor in Rhode Island. LPRI believes in smaller government through less taxes and more personal freedom. After reviewing each of the candidate’s [...]

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Press release from Libertarian Andrew Gray for KS Governor 2010 sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: One of the core principles of the Gray for Governor Team is to treat Kansans as adults capable of deciding what is best for themselves, their families, and their communities. One aspect of treating someone like an adult is telling them the [...]

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Staff at LP blog: Mike Calpino, running for County Council in Wicomico County, Maryland, has been endorsed by the Salisbury Daily Times. Read the article containing the endorsement.

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Staff at LP blog: Dale Ogden is running for governor of California. He was recently interviewed by Tim Cavanaugh on Reason.tv.

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LifeNews.com reports The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Colorado shows Hickenlooper with a 47% to 42% lead over Tancredo, a former GOP congressman. Maes, the failed Republican candidate whose campaign has died due to scandals and other problems, gets the support of 5 percent of voters — just enough to prevent [...]

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Press release from LPHQ; see also related previous IPR story: WASHINGTON – In Colorado, Indiana, Illinois, and Maryland, Democrats have spent money on mailers and other printed items to inform voters about Libertarian candidates. Libertarian Party (LP) Executive Director Wes Benedict said, "We’re pleased to see Democrats spending their own money to promote Libertarian candidates. [...]

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Damon Eris at Poli-Tea: Since my initial post from late last month on the year’s best political ads for third party and independent candidates, a ton of new ads and campaign videos have been released by candidates across the country, and across the political spectrum, for elected offices at all levels of government.  In a [...]

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Posted at Smart Politics and emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: With an average of more than one candidate per district, it has been over 75 years since this many independent and third party U.S. House candidates appeared on midterm general election ballots With most analysts projecting GOP gains in the U.S. House around 50 or more seats, [...]

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This may be one of the most vicious attack ads of the season. The NY Daily News reports: This grossly false and damaging flier, accusing Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Warren Redlich of being a dangerous “sexual predator” and credited to “People For A Safer New York,” is being circulated in the Capitol Region and perhaps beyond. Redlich, [...]

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I received the following e-mail from Ian Gilyeat, Independent Senate Candidate in Arizona: I’d like to invite you to cover my campaign and report on the traction and support occurring all across the state of Arizona.   There is enough momentum in the campaign that media coverage interviews have occurred on the following shows and [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Kathie Glass will host an election night watch party at the Doubletree Guest Suites Bluebonnet Room at 303 W 15th in Austin starting at 8:00 p.m. on November 2 election night. The Travis County Libertarian Party is co-hosting the event, and other Libertarian candidates from the Austin area and other parts of [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: WASHINGTON, DC — David Schwartzman, DC Statehood Green Party nominee for the City Council of the District of Columbia, has challenged David Catania to a foot race across Washington, DC on October 31. Dr. Schwartzman is running against Mr. Catania in the race for the At-Large Council seat. Dr. Schwartzman said, “I [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Ralph Nader, 2008 Independent candidate for the U.S. presidency, recently gave his rare, yet not surprising, endorsement to Christina Tobin, Libertarian candidate for Secretary of State of California. “Christina Tobin as Secretary of State of California will give more voices and choices to millions of California voters who think the “two-party dictatorship” [...]

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Author’s note: the following article represents my opinions and not those of Independent Political Report. I publish this article here in the belief that IPR readers would be interested in reading one American’s reasons for taking the less-traveled road of independent politics. As a progressive, politically active American, I frequently take part in discussions about [...]

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From http://www.youtube.com/user/MadamGovernor. No word on whether any have been aired on broadcast media. Legalize Gay Marriage – Vote Homo Not Cuomo Casino Gambling And a longer clip of debate outtakes…

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From Ken Block to contact.ipr@gmail.com: “This morning my mother, Janet Block, lost her seven year battle with Alzheimer’s. She will be deeply missed by her husband, her children and grandchildren. She always taught me to finish what I started, and to fight for what I believe in, so I have every intention of continuing on [...]

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Austin Cassidy at Uncovered Politics: All five candidates for governor of Idaho met for a debate on Thursday, in front of a packed crowd at the Idaho Capitol and broadcast on Idaho Public Television. Attending the showdown were Republican governor Butch Otter, Democrat Keith Allred, Libertarian Ted Dunlap and independents Jana Kemp and Pro-Life Richardson. [...]

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Press release from the Chuck Donovan campaign. ATLANTA, GA – October 28, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S Senate, announces his pledge to support six bills recommended by the non-partisan group DownsizeDC.org. Tonight he published his pledge to cosponsor and to vote “Yes” for all six of the bills. Chuck pledged his [...]

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With the Democrats in Congress looking to incur major losses on election day, the party has shifted to another strategy: support Libertarians. Technically, the Democratic Party is not endorsing the Libertarian Party’s candidates. And of course, the Democrats still want you to vote for them. Nevertheless, all over the country beleaguered Democrats are attempting to [...]

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