It’s been a while since we have done one of these, so I thought I would throw the floor open once again to IPR readers to make suggestions on how to make the site better. This can include suggestions on how to better utilize our twitter, facebook, and possibly other social networks; offers to write [...]

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Ron Paul has endorsed  Duopoly: How the Republicrats Control the Electoral Process. The ten-term Congressman and three-time Presidential candidate from Texas wrote, “Darryl Perry has produced a comprehensive examination of the ways in which ballot access laws, campaign finance ‘reform’, gerrymandering, and other restrictions limited participation in the electoral process. I recommend this to anyone [...]

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“There are many farm handouts; but let’s call them what they really are: a form of legalized theft. Essentially, a congressman tells his farm constituency, ‘Vote for me. I’ll use my office to take another American’s money and give it to you.’”- Walter Williams by R. Lee Wrights BURNET, Texas (Oct. 1) – People who [...]

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http://us.pirate.is/: by Christopher Sheats On behalf of the Washington Pirate Party, we welcome you to us.pirate.is. WAPP wishes to utilize this Icelandic-hosted, top-level domain to help bring together people that are sensitive to the many issues surrounding the freedom of information, individual privacy, and the open sharing of knowledge and culture. As the newly elected [...]

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Australian Sex Party: Queensland’s hotels and clubs have one political candidate on their side when it comes to debate on their trading hours. Sex Party member Rory Killen, who is running against LNP leader Campbell Newman and sitting Labor MP Kate Jones in the Brisbane seat of Ashgrove, says liquor laws should be relaxed. Mr [...]

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Bob Barr at the Daily Caller: In radio ads and literature, “OnStar” is portrayed by its parent company, General Motors, as a benign service, the only purpose of which is to enable elderly folks, mothers with children and lost drivers in general to quickly access emergency and locator services by communicating with friendly voices that [...]

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Since my last update: Latest updates on Americans Elect At Ballot Access News: Portland, Oregon TV Station News Clip About Americans Elect Editorial Page Editor of Tallahassee Democrat Newspaper on Americans Elect Stanley Greenberg on Independent Voters and on Chances of a Strong Third Force in 2012 Presidential Race Dan Morain Article on Americans Elect [...]

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by Stu Johnson, Kentucky Public Radio (excerpts): An incumbent with a well-known political lineage, an outspoken Lexington government official and a Libertarian with computer skills are vying to be Kentucky’s next treasurer. The three made their positions known Monday night on Kentucky Educational Television. [...] Libertarian Ken Moellman has been politically active for years, but [...]

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by Mark Jenkins at independenceminnesota.org: The Independence Party of Minnesota platform declares that “We support high standards of morality, family values and personal responsibility, but we oppose having the government impose state-sponsored morality or values on people of good conscience with differing views.” With this principle in mind, I ask members of the Independence Party, [...]

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I have already posted these updates at the original post, but since some people only read the initial post, I felt it was only fair to the candidates whose activities I learned more about as a result of responses to the prior post to put this up as a separate article. -paulie At the time [...]

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Susan Williams, M.D. at Freedom Socialist Party: On average, for every dollar a white household has, a Black family has a nickel. The economic crisis that began four years ago eroded the quality of life for almost everyone in this country. Yet whether talking about jobs, homes or healthcare, the most devastating blows strike those [...]

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A followup email sent to addresses that subscribe at LNCC.org but did not respond to this initial invitation to fill out the volunteer form within the first couple of days. For background, see previous IPR story. Hello Paul F******: A couple of days ago I asked you to complete our volunteer questionnaire … but I [...]

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Kevin Akin at PeaceAndFreedom.org: The following invitation was first circulated to interested organizations and individuals on September 11. Please visit noc2012.org for more information. Dear Friends, The National Organizing Committee invites you to participate in the founding conference of a coalition intended to provide a Left political presence in the 2012 election cycle. The meeting [...]

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Email from Dan Karlan: Dear fellow Libertarian, Last week I asked you to help our Party by providing feedback on the Bylaws Committee’s recently adopted recommendations. The response has been very encouraging! I especially want to thank the 768 of you so far that have invested considerable time to share your thoughts and provide invaluable [...]

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ReformParty.org: PARTY BUILDING CONFERENCE I want YOU to join us in a nation-wide event the weekend of October 21st at the Merrell Institute on Long Island, New York! The event will be two and a half days of learning how YOU can stop the bipolar left-right gridlock that has gripped our nation, learning about current [...]

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Posted by Nigel Lyons at LP blog:  "Why do you want to send a person back to Honduras when he was perfectly happy here and had a job here? What is the point of this?"

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WASHINGTON, DC — Green Parties in several states are co-sponsoring and hosting a ‘No Nukes Tour’ of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida from Monday, October 3, to Saturday, October 8. The No Nukes Tour, with the slogan “Organize the South!”, will feature Green activist and candidate Howie Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins has been [...]

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Opinion column posted at LP.org blog: By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee Be careful. Be very careful. Obama sees the world as “us versus them.” And he seems to always be trying to punish “them.” If you didn’t vote for Obama, look out — it’s clear that he’s going to try to [...]

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Greens call for an end to the Bush-Obama post-9/11 decade of wars without end, bloated military budgets, skyrocketing hate crimes against Muslims in the US, torture and other abuses of power Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on peace, foreign policy, and domestic issues http://www.gp.org/speakers/subjects.php WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party of [...]

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Latest poll at LP.org: http://www.lp.org/poll/which-one-of-the-following-libertarian-positions-strikes-you-the-most-as-being-too-extreme Which one of the following Libertarian positions strikes you the most as being “too extreme”?: -Ending prohibition of marijuana. -Ending the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. -Cutting government spending across the board. -Cutting taxes. -I think all of the above positions are too extreme. -I don’t think any of [...]

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