From the Portland Daily Sun: Portland this year embarks on an elected-mayor campaign that replaces a council-appointed mayor with one elected to an at-large seat. Through a city charter change, voters also will choose their next mayor through rank choice voting, where if any candidate falls short of a majority, then the “second choice” votes [...]

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From the Charleston Daily Mail: The Mountain Party has tapped former Richwood Mayor Bob Henry Baber to be its nominee in the Oct. 4 special gubernatorial election. The party unanimously nominated Baber, 60, following a convention Sunday in Sutton. Former Mountain Party gubernatorial candidate Jesse Johnson was also a potential nominee in the convention, but [...]

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Preliminary results from the May 2, 2011 elections in Canada show that Green Party candidate Elizabeth May won for Member of Parliament representing Saanich-Gulf Islands with 48.13% of the vote, defeating Conservative MP Gary Lunn (33.73%) and NDP candidate Edith Loring-Kuhanga.

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Libertarian Party View this at LP.org May 2, 2011 Dear Friend of Liberty, Last Saturday I spoke at the LP Minnesota state convention. I enjoyed my time at the convention, and I’d like to thank them for hosting me. Below are two questions I was asked after my speech, along with my responses. (The questions [...]

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by R. Lee Wrights BURNET, Texas (May 3) – It will not be a popular thing to say, but the truth is the truth. I am deeply saddened by the death of Osama bin Laden. His demise is not cause for rejoicing, in my opinion. That is why I am perhaps even more troubled by [...]

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