From Philadelphia Weekly: Several area groups, including Project H.O.M.E. and the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign [which Honkala helped to found and organizes - RL] came to Dilworth Plaza today to protest Bill 110386. The bill, introduced by outgoing Councilman Frank DiCicco, would amend Philadelphia code pertaining to sidewalk behavior, allowing police to “cite [...]

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From a media release by the national heaqdquarters of the Libertarian Party: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2011 Contact: Wes Benedict, Executive Director E-mail: wes.benedict@lp.org Phone: 202-333-0008 ext. 222 WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle released the following statement today regarding the ongoing debate about the future of Medicare: “Republican Paul Ryan’s plan to [...]

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CHARLOTTE (June 3) – The House elections committee approved a bill today that would dramatically lower the threshold for a new political party to gain and maintain ballot access in North Carolina. The bill lowers the number of signatures a new party must obtain to one-quarter of one percent of the registered voters in the [...]

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John Anderson made history by being the first independent presidential candidate (as opposed to a minor party presidential candidate) to get on the ballot of all states. Jim Mason’s book “No Holding Back: the 1980 John B. Anderson Presidential Campaign” is about to be published.

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I am a successful small businessman and a patriot who loves America and always sees its greatness. I am also an optimistic, positive thinker who always sees the glass half full. But not this time. I predicted doom if Obama was elected. Sadly the results are far worse than imagined. The economy is in shambles. [...]

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From the Philadelphia Public Record (H/T to Chris Robinson): Neither Democrat State Rep. Jewell Williams (D-N. Phila.) nor Republican Joshua West may be aware, and most voters won’t know until the week before Nov. 3, Cheri Honkala, the feisty, nationally renowned crusader for the homeless, will be also seeking the office for Sheriff, on the [...]

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From the Tuscon Citizen: Mary DeCamp, who ran against Ward 3 Councilmember Karin Uhlich in 2009 has also entered the race for Mayor of Tucson… Mary got 4429 votes (6.16 % of the vote) in the Ward 3 race in 2009… Her entry into the race could lead to a Green Party primary on August [...]

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From the Sun Gazette: Having tested the political waters last year, Kevin Chisholm appears ready to dive into a larger pool… An engineer by profession, Chisholm retired last year as chief energy official for Arlington Public Schools. As the Green Party County Board candidate in 2010, he garnered just over 6 percent of the vote [...]

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From Newsmax.com: Real estate mogul Donald Trump, who has already flirted with a run for the GOP nomination in 2012, says he would still consider running as an independent if he did not believe the Republican field was strong enough to beat President Barack Obama. Trump also said on Fox News Wednesday that former Alaska [...]

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Press release from the Green Party of Philadelphia: By Chris Robinson Green Party members and friends met on May 26 to discuss their current and future elector campaigns and other actions designed to mobilize the voting public. Cheri Honkala spoke about her campaign as the Green Party candidate for Sheriff of Philadelphia, www.cherihonkala.com. She has [...]

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While IPR does not regularly cover international politics, this article includes parties which occasionally receive coverage here including the Irish Green Party and the Movimiento Libertario in Costa Rica. Latin America Costa Rica: The rise of the opposition bloc in the legislature (a coalition of opposition parties recently took control from the ruling PLN) has [...]

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