Latest updates in conflict over the Libertarian Party of Oregon (for background see here, here, here, here and here; the last link contains links to even earlier stories. Now available:http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/LP-Advice-Letter.pdf It is marked confidential lawyer-client communication. However, the following was also attached (emphasis added): From: lnc-discuss-bounces@hq.lp.org [mailto:lnc-discuss-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Mark Hinkle Sent: Thursday, October [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: In Holyoke, Massachusetts, United Auto Workers has endorsed Green-Rainbow Party candidate Rick Purcell in his campaign for Holyoke City Council Ward 3. This is the UAW’s second recent endorsement of a Green in MA, after their recent endorsement of Mark Miller for MA State Representative. From Purcell’s website: I’m [...]

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Ballot Access News reports on Americans Elect ballot access efforts in Rhode Island, Maine, Tennessee, and Georgia. They are also petitioning in Oregon, Colorado, Alabama, and Arkansas (the last one may already be finished), Ohio, and possibly in other states. The September 2011 Ballot Access News lists Americans Elect as having already qualified in Alaska [...]

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Thomas Sipos at Libertarian Peacenik: With some exceptions, all too many Americans will quickly betray whatever principles they profess if they think it’ll help their preferred political party’s chances in the next election. Libertarians ditch their “extreme” views to “get votes” for the Libertarian Party. Conservatives ignore the GOP’s reckless spending. And progressives forgive imperialist [...]

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Ballot Access News: According to this story, the Kansas Secretary of State’s office has released a new voter registration tally, as of October 1, 2011, and that tally shows that one person in Kansas is registered in Americans Elect. This appears to be the first official registration data in any state that shows any registered [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Yes Magazine has published an interview with Cheri Honkala, the Green Party candidate for Sheriff of Philadelphia: There’s a new sheriff in town—or there could be soon. Cheri Honkala, a single mom, sometimes homeless, who launched one of the country’s biggest multi-racial movements led by the poor and homeless, [...]

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Cell phones, smart phones, and other personal electronic devices are free from arbitrary police snooping in California — at least for the time being, thanks to actions taken by the state legislature and Governor Jerry Brown. In a rare victory for personal privacy rights, legislation prohibiting police from accessing information on a cell phone without [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to gain momentum, Green Party activists and candidates are in the thick of the action. In these videos, Cheri Honkala, candidate for Philadelphia Sheriff, Reverend Billy Talen, former candidate for NYC Mayor, and NY Green Party organizers Mark Dunlea and Michael O’Neil [...]

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Staff at LP.org blog: The Daily Caller reports comments from Gary Nolan and Ron Paul, two past contenders for the Libertarian presidential nomination. (Paul won the nomination in 1988.) 2004 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Nolan told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that if he had been elected president and were still in charge, terror [...]

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Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch: Howie Hawkins, long time Green Party and anti-nuclear activist in New York, spoke recently at the Green Quad at the University of South Carolina. The event, sponsored by Sustainable Carolinas, the program was covered by the Daily Gamecock, the campus newspaper. The Hawkins Tour is sponsored by the Southern [...]

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John Stossel at creators.com via Mark Hinkle at LP.org blog: Here’s my fantasy: Libertarians are elected to the presidency and to majorities in Congress. What would happen next? Well, if libertarians were “in charge,” you’d have more freedom and prosperity. Freedom frightens some people. They say if no one is in charge there would be [...]

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By Brian Irving at Liberty Point: Gov. Beverly Perdue’s comment about suspending elections was completely out of place and indefensible and she should apologize, said Jordon M. Greene, an independent candidate for the state House district 87. “Whether or not she was joking or using a hyperbole matters little in this case,” he said. “To [...]

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American Third Position Party candidate Harry Bertram, who got 0.35% of the vote for Governor of West Virginia in the recent special election, ran a controversial ad in the campaign’s closing days that proclaimed him to be the “voice for white American issues,” according to WTOV channel 9. Excerpts from the news story: “We’re against [...]

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Discuss almost whatever you want in the comments here, other than stuff that would get you and/or IPR in legal trouble, or stuff that has already been quarantined in “special” threads. This can include news items IPR should be covering, as well as just about anything else. Personal update: I still don’t have enough time [...]

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Gold Mass Group: State LP Convention October 9, 2011 10:00 AM Tweed’s Restaurant 229 Grove Street, Worcester [...] Carl Person (confirmed attending) Brian Irving (surrogate for R. Lee Wrights, confirmed attending) R. J. Harris (may attend) Roger V. Gary (may attend). The Moderator George D. J. Phillies Former Candidate, President of the United States

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Excerpt from today’s Free Independent-Sun article by Jack Wagner: Local Green Party victories typically mean; Safer streets through common sense crime prevention (lit streets, alleys and bike paths, foot patrols and police beats): In Minneapolis, MN, Cam Gordon has been a leader in crime prevention: www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ward2/docs/August_e-newsletter.pdf Environmental protections, clean water, sustainable farming: A Green Majority [...]

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Ballot Access News: In this interview, Donald Trump implies he is happy with the Republican presidential candidates, and that he has no interest in running as an independent. Thanks to Politico for the link. From that source: GRETCHEN CARLSON: You have said that if you did not love the Republican field, that you would still [...]

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Highlights from the Early October Campaign Update from Ken Moellman, Libertarian for Kentucky Treasurer: * The campaign has been all over the state, and the message is always well received. * Last month, we told you about a poll conducted by PPP (Public Policy Polling), showing Ken at 16%! That’s absolutely huge, in a three-way [...]

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Ballot Access News: The West Virginia Secretary of State’s web page carries the unofficial votes for Governor in the October 4 special election. Here is the link. So far, the percentages are: Democratic 50.23%, Republican 46.40%, Mountain 1.90%, independent .97%, American Third Position .35%, write-ins .14%. UPDATE: at 11:15 pm, the newer percentages are Democratic [...]

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[Editing note from Kimberly Wilder on 10/8/2011 - there is still no live video at the occupy nyc live stream that I had discovered below. I believe that that may be a fake lead planted in the press. In the least, there is controversy over its validity. There is Live Streaming by a group called [...]

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