Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: New York Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins has released 2 new campaign ads that will begin running on TV this week: #1: New York Wants to Know… #2: Howie Hawkins Green New Deal – Green Party Hawkins’ campaign needs donations as soon as possible to get these ads [...]

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Video by Randy Credico forwarded by Kimberly Wilder. Credico is the US Senate candidate running in New York against Democrat Chuck Schumer, endorsed by the Anti-Prohibition and Libertarian Parties. There is an ongoing court case as to whether he will appear on the ballot under both party lines (see comments on that story).

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Via LP blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, Early voting for the November 2 election is open in many states. I really encourage you to vote early if you can. It’s easy to be busy on Election Day or accidentally forget to vote. We have over 800 Libertarians running this year — please give them your [...]

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Send to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Tony Jones: The Libertarian Party of Rhode Island recently held its annual state convention. Speakers included former presidential candidate Dr. George Phillies, national Libertarian party chairman Mark Hinkle and independent candidate for RI attorney general Robert Rainville. The party passed a motion to endorse the candidacy of Robert Healey for the [...]

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Links to recent articles about the Nevada Independent American Party sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Cody Quirk: http://elkodaily.com GOP assemblyman endorses Hansen http://elkodaily.com/ Elko Tea Party endorsement http://nevadanewsandviews.com Op-ed by Janine Hansen

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Staff at LP blog: LP Texas Chair Pat Dixon has created this video giving reasons to support the Libertarian Party of Texas and vote Libertarian: Link to the video.

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Mark Rutherford at LP blog: The Indianapolis Star has endorsed Libertarian Chard Reid for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District. Reid has been endorsed over the Republican incumbent, the Democrat and an independent.

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An article in The Washington Times notes that it is a good year for independents, and lists several races and polls around the country where third party candidates are making a difference.

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate John Mertens has received the endorsements of two different non-partisan organizations. The Connecticut Citizens for Ballot Initiative, a non-partisan grass roots organization dedicated to bringing Initiative and Referendum to Connecticut, issued a press release today announcing the endorsement. Mertens also received an endorsement from Chair and Founder of [...]

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The news of this dirty politics comes from the San Francisco Chronicle, with a H/T to Gene Berkman: Seeking any slight advantage in their effort to avoid losing control of Congress, Democrats are working behind the scenes in a number of tight races to bolster longshot third-party candidates who have platforms at odds with the [...]

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From the Detroit News: The Wayne County Clerk’s Office will reprint 27,000 absentee ballots on Monday after a processing error left two candidates from the Green Party entirely off the ballot… Election Day ballots will not be affected, West said. On Friday evening the Green Party of Michigan sent out a press release stating that [...]

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From the Forecaster: PORTLAND — House District 119 will elect a new state representative on Nov. 2. Rep. Herbert Adams, D-Portland, cannot run because of term limits. Democrat Jill A. Barkley, of High Street, is facing independent Benjamin Chipman, of Mayo Street,  for the seat that represents Parkside, Bayside and East Bayside… Chipman, 35, has [...]

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An AP story filed on October 24, 2010 begins: “Kate Coatar is seriously considering voting for Green Party candidates instead of Democrats, whom she normally supports…”

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FairVote is hosting a ranked-choice poll for Governor of Minnesota. The poll is a chance to see IRV (Instant Runoff Voting) applied in a race with several, third party candidates. The IPR post includes a link to the poll itself.

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A US District Court in New York struck down one of the discriminatory laws related to third parties/independent bodies and fusion. The judge ordered the state to let Randy Credico, who is running for US Senate, appear on both lines he petitioned for: the Libertarian line and the Anti-Prohibition line.

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By the 2008 Constitution Party presidential candidate, from http://chuckbaldwinlive.com: My Latest Suggested Reading List Faithful readers of this column might recall my column of last year where I listed several books that I found to be helpful. See the list at: http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=27 So, to build on last year’s list, here is a current list. These [...]

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This is from the VERY ACTIVE Tancredo campaign: We are now within one point of Hickenlooper! This is amazing news and I wanted you to have it as soon as possible. The latest poll results are: 44%-Hickenlooper, 43%-Tancredo, 9%-Maes. And we have all the momentum! After a year of campaigning and four million dollars, Hickenlooper [...]

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Interview with Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York Warren Redlich at WPIX 11 TV in NYC forwarded by Eric Sundwall:  

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Ralph Nader at Nader.org: Here are ten questions for Tea Partiers that they want or do not want to answer. I say it this way because people who call themselves Tea Partiers do not have the same view of politics, government, Big Business or the Constitution. Their opinions range from pure Libertarian to actively furthering [...]

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TPID: From the Portland Press Herald: A dramatic shift appears to have occurred among voters in Maine’s gubernatorial race and in one congressional contest, according to a new independent poll released Thursday.  Independent Eliot Cutler moved up substantially to a statistical second-place tie with Democrat Libby Mitchell, who lost support compared with earlier polls. Cutler’s [...]

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