“I believe the federal government has no place in the debate on marriage. If any government should be involved (and I don’t think they should be), it is a States’ Rights issue and should only be decided on the state and local level. DOMA tramples on States Rights in violation of the Constitution” – Wayne Root

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Green Party leaders strongly urged the White House not to launch a military intervention in Libya, saying that democracy must be achieved by Libyans without meddling by the US or NATO.

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Ballot Access News: The Reform Party of Mississippi is split into two factions, each with its own set of state officers. In Mississippi, candidates for public partisan office file with their parties, not with election officials. Seven candidates associated with one faction filed in the party’s primary for statewide office with their faction’s officers. Four [...]

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Ballot Access News: According to this story, a New York State Supreme Court Justice has frozen $200,000 of funds that are in the bank account of the New York Independence Party.

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Emailed by Boston Tea Party chair Darryl Perry to IPR and posted at Free Patriot Press: Author Darryl W. Perry’s “The Anarcho Teachings of Yeshua” was named the winner of FreedomBookClub.com’s third annual “Book of the Year” award for 2010. “The Anarcho Teachings of Yeshua,” in Perry’s words, “aims to dispel some of the myths [...]

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Gold America Group: IN: Dues 573,500 Donations 209,000 Recurring Gifts 408,000 Board Solicitation 200,000 Publications 24,000 Total 1,414,500 OUT: Cost of Raising Money Fundraising 150,000 Membership Fundraising 234,500 Total 384,500 Net 1,030,000 OUT SPENDING Administrative Costs 369,500 Compensation 522,000 Affiliate Support 9,000 Brand Development 52,000 Campus Outreach 9,300 Litigation 12,000 Media 2,000 Member Communication 44,000 [...]

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Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch: The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda has issued it’s interim platform. DEMOCRATIC GREEN PARTY OF RWANDA INTERIM POLITICAL PLATFORM Preamble We, the founding members of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda require that our Government operate within limits set forth in the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda. As [...]

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Peter Tretter at Green Party Watch: So the Green Party of Canada has been in the media lately lamenting attack ads and how they affect democracy. Today the party came out with its own attack ad — attacking attack ads, LOL. Check it out: Related articles Green party unveils ‘attack on attack ads’ (canada.com) Have [...]

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David Colborne in IPR comments: My biggest beef with Wayne Root’s A Teachable Moment: How Obama Would Solve the NFL Labor Crisis is that it’s, at best, tangential to the issues of organized labor and business ownership in this country. NFL labor “problems”, if they’re synonymous with anything outside of the NFL, are similar to [...]

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Ballot Access News: On March 3, a U.S. District Court in Rhode Island approved settlement of the lawsuit Matson v Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, 10-435-ML. The lawsuit had been filed last October by John O. Matson, an independent candidate for U.S. House in Rhode Island’s 2nd district. He challenged a city ordinance that [...]

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From the Arizona Daily Star via Third Party and Independent Daily: As Arizona drowns in red ink, the state Legislature appears to be more ideological than pragmatic in dealing with the myriad problems facing our state. In a state where registered independent voters are the fastest growing political bloc (recently surpassing Democratic voters in numbers), [...]

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Jacob Hornberger writes: While the U.S. government was expressing outrage over attacks on freedom of speech at the hands of U.S.-supported dictators in the Middle East, the U.S. Justice Department was securing a federal grand jury indictment against a man named Julian Heicklen. The charge? The feds are charging Heicklen for handing out jury-nullification pamphlets [...]

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Posted on the Peace and Freedom Party homepage By Kathy Labriola Published on April 15, 2005 in The Partisan Number 20 I am proud to be a Peace and Freedom Party member since 1975. I joined because of the word “peace.” I have been a war tax resister since 1978. I have tried to obstruct [...]

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Indy Star (H/T LP Blog): Phil Miller is looking to get back into government. The Libertarian spent four years on the Greenfield City Council and ran for the Hancock County Council, and now he is looking for a bigger role — mayor of Greenfield. Miller, 56, served as the state’s only elected Libertarian — and [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Alabama Senate Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics & Elections Committee will hear SB 17 on March 8, Tuesday. This is the bill by Senator Cam Ward to lower the number of signatures for independent candidates (for office other than President) from 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1.5%. Senator Ward is [...]

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LP Monday Message: Dear Friend of Liberty, I want to know why you are a Libertarian Party member. (If you’re not already a Libertarian Party member, you can join today. Then, tell me why you joined.) In addition to wanting to hear from you, I want to share your story with others. Your response may [...]

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David McReynolds has been a socialist candidate for President, and a Green Party candidate for Senator from New York. McReynolds is one of the subjects of a new, dual biography, exploring the lives of two out pioneers of the left.

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In 2010, LeAlan Jones ran a notable US Senate campaign for Barack Obama’s former seat.  He started his radio journalism career at age 13 with his piece “Ghetto Life 101,” so he already had considerable name recognition going into it.  At one point he polled 14 percent overall and well over 20 percent among his [...]

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From Counterpunch, and also posted at Single Payer Action: But under the Connecticut law, minor party candidates and independents have to show public support by raising the small contributions. But then they must do more. They have to gather a certain number of signatures – or show a certain level of voter support from past [...]

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A bit of an update on Antanas Mockus’ surprisingly successful run for the presidency of Colombia, which ultimately ended in defeat in a second round runoff.  From Colombia Reports: What is happening now is therefore a national process political self-discovery. Until now, the country’s politics has been a hodge-podge of the ancient, almost tribal rivalry [...]

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