From Gary Odom: One thing that was clearly demonstrated by the 2010 election campaign is that the Constitution Party is developing a number bona fide “stars” of its own. Whether they were first timers, like the remarkable Chelene Nightingale of California, or the indefatigable Bernie De Castro of Florida; those with some previous electoral experience, [...]

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Email from Debra Dedmon announcing her new group, Libertarians for Saving Nevada Brothels: A perfect storm of opportunity, a win/win for women, Nevada and Libertarians… Legalized prostitution is a hallmark of Nevada history, and, along with gaming, essential to its unique experience with personal liberty. Not legislating morality is the foundation that turned a barren [...]

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BURNET, Texas (March 2) – Potential Libertarian presidential candidate R. Lee Wrights will be in taking his stop all war message to the state Libertarian Party conventions in Kentucky and Georgia over the next two weekends. Wrights will be he luncheon speaker at the Kentucky LP convention in Maysville March 5. The convention will be [...]

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Via email and LP blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, We have an incredible opportunity thanks to a generous $10,000 gift from an angry donor. He’s so mad about the people listed on our "Republican Wall of Shame" that he gave us $10,000 if we would run an ad with the Republican Wall of Shame in [...]

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Via contact.ipr@gmail.com and Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party’s online livestream show ‘GreenStream Wednesday’ will feature Cynthia McKinney, the party’s 2008 presidential nominee, and journalist Jared Ball on Wednesday evening, March 2, 10:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm PT. Along with discussion between the two guests, the one-hour show will [...]

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Via contact.ipr@gmail.com: Somerville, MA, February 26th, 2011 – With the WikiLeaks controversy, net neutrality concerns, and a need for a voice in the protection of the internet, one group of people have decided to stand up and answer the call for these issues. The Massachusetts Pirate Party, MAPP for short. The Massachusetts Elections Division has [...]

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Ballot Access News: Mississippi elects all its state offices in the odd years before presidential election years. The state elects eight statewide state officers this year. Filing for party primaries closed on March 1. The Democrats are only running candidates for five of the eight statewide offices, but the Reform Party is running candidates for [...]

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Chris Roberts at SF weekly: Steve Kubby has earned his stripes: Before he was a Libertarian Party candidate for governor of California and President of the United States (and South Lake Tahoe City Council), Kubby was a model activist and poster child for the medical cannabis movement. The latter because he has lived with a [...]

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johnjaymyers.com/blog: With the health care debate on everyone’s mind, this quote has been floating around some of my friends on the social networks: “No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Pacific Green Party of Oregon didn’t run any statewide candidates in 2010, so it can only be on the ballot in 2012 if it gets its registration up to one-half of 1% of the state total by mid-2012. Just prior to the 2010 election, one-half of 1% was 10,332 registrants, and [...]

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Staff at LP blog: Clayton Gee is offering to assist campaigns in the upcoming spring elections with graphic design for computer and iPhone backgrounds (or wallpapers), bumper stickers, and yard signs. Several of his designs are available to be downloaded and used for free: http://www.lp.org/shared-graphics Other examples can be found here. All Libertarian Party affiliates [...]

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From comments on a previous IPR post: Susan Lopez will be on as a Sex Workers Outreach Project-Las Vegas representative, along with Debra Dedmon of the Libertarian Party, on JD Holveck’s Grotto Radio on VegasallNetradio.com, tonight (3/1/11), 8-10 PM Pacific Time. That starting time is 11 PM on the East Coast and 10 PM here [...]

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On March 1, 2011 the Boston Tea Party National Committee passed a resolution (4-0 with 3 not-voting) supporting War Crimes trials for “for every person that has violated the ‘law of war’.” The resolution states: Whereas Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum states, Crimes Against Humanity “are particularly odious offenses in that [...]

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Darryl W. Perry: The “showdown” between the State Legislature, Governor and public school teachers in Wisconsin has lasted over two weeks, with no end in sight. Governor Scott Walker is threatening to lay-off some government employees if the 14 Democratic State Senators don’t return to the capitol in order for the [...]

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