Journal-Register article sent to us by Scott West: On Election Day, some people will be tempted to mark their ballot for Scott Lee Cohen, the independent candidate for governor. They will look at their ballot and see the names of Republican Bill Brady and Democrat Pat Quinn and think about all the negative advertising the [...]

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Ralph Nader will appear on the show “Democracy Now!” on Election Day.

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The Washington Post published an election predictions page. In a follow-up post, a Washington Post staffer noticed the article’s slight of third parties (if not apologizing for it.)

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Ralph Davenport is a former state legislator in South Carolina who is running to reclaim his seat. He served as a Republican for twenty-two years, but he is now running as a member of the Constitution Party. Davenport lost his seat two years ago against current incumbent Rep. Parker. The major issue in that election [...]

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Chuck Muth is a well known political commentator in the state of Nevada. He is also the President and CEO of Citizen Outreach and the former Executive Director of the American Conservative Union. Muth, who is known to have a proclivity for third parties, released his endorsements in local, state, and federal races recently–they can [...]

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We reported yesterday that the American Constitution Party’s candidate for Governor of Colorado, Tom Tancredo, had received the endorsement of the former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Palin also recorded a robocall for Tancredo, which will be heard by voters from all over the state. In the call, Palin says in part: “Tom is the [...]

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Tom Tancredo is mostly known as a one-trick pony as far as politics goes. His key issue is illegal immigration, but this article brings into question whether he really is the “racist” or “nativist” that many people say he is. In New York to photograph the start of the Sudan Freedom Walk, I was privileged [...]

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Karen England is a write-in candidate for Lt. Governor of California who is running against Republican Abel Maldonado and Democrat Gavin Newsom. It is widely believed that England is the “tea party” candidate for the office, but without any spot on the ballot, it is unlikely that she’ll be able to score more than a [...]

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[Somehow this editorial escaped IPR attention.] Jake Towne, Independent Candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 15th district, was recently endorsed by the Express-Times. This is one of the two major newspapers in the congressional district; the other does not endorse candidates. An excerpt from the editorial: Republican incumbent Charlie Dent has done a credible job, but [...]

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Remember this story, where Independent Glenn Wilson’s campaign manager resigned in principle? Turns out Rich Carlson was lying. The Michigan Messenger reports: NPR reports now that this was a story made up with help from the Benishek campaign. The reality, NPR reports, is that Carlson was fired from the Wilson campaign. And one of their [...]

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Ballot Access News: Laura Wells, Green Party gubernatorial nominee, will appear in court in San Rafael, California, on election day. She was arrested for trespassing last month when she tried to sit in the audience for one of the Jerry Brown-Meg Whitman major party gubernatorial debates. She and her attorney, Matt Gonzalez, are holding a [...]

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This is late breaking news. See the PPS: First, I want to tell you the latest.  With one day to go we remain in a statistical dead heat with the tax and spend, pro-amnesty Hickenlooper.  It’s just remarkable!  Hickenlooper has spent over $4 million in his campaign and we just broke $1 million last week. [...]

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Staff at LP blog: In his editorial “A Vote Against Dems, Not for the GOP,” pollster Scott Rasmussen says: Elected politicians also should leave their ideological baggage behind because voters don’t want to be governed from the left, the right, or even the center. They want someone in Washington who understands that the American people [...]

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Staff at Libertarian Party blog: In his October 31 syndicated column, George Will had this to say about Libertarian candidate Mark Grannis: …Mark Grannis, the Libertarian Party’s congressional candidate, deserves many votes of gratitude for his slogan, the year’s best: “Less we can.” Read the column.

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: In a year that has seen the biggest upsurge of activism against marijuana prohibition in American history, Green Party candidates across the country are leading the fight for marijuana legalization while Democrats and Republicans defend the failed, destructive “war on drugs” prohibition regime. The eyes of Americans who oppose [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney has a new video on youtube that speaks for itself:

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I am a volunteer for Hugh Giordano’s campaign for state legislature in Philadelphia, and today we had some interesting events unfold.  What I’m writing here I know from talking to Hugh and one of our campaign workers. The campaign worker was in the Philadelphia neighborhood Wynnefield, and she noticed that some of Hugh’s signs which [...]

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ANAHEIM, Calif – Duane Roberts, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, urges nationwide adoption of a “single-payer ‘Medicare-for-all’ health care system”, arguing it will save $4 trillion over the next decade and ensure that everybody receives health care. Roberts says “Obamacare” is a “$500 billion taxpayer bailout of the private health insurance industry”: “As one [...]

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From the Green Party of Pennsylvania: GREEN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA http://www.gpofpa.org Green Party offers viable alternatives in tomorrow’s election As the exchange of missives between the two large corporate-dominated parties intensifies while the campaign season for the November 2010 general election winds down, the Green Party of Pennsylvania continues to offer a viable alternative that [...]

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Press release from the Chuck Donovan campaign: ATLANTA, GA – November 1, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, received a second acknowledgement from the Tea Party today. The Daily Tea Party published their endorsement of his candidacy with the statement, “Chuck Donovan is the only candidate worthy of the Tea Party [...]

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