Jim Cook reports at Irregular Times With 77 days to go before the first ballot, the combination corporation/political party called Americans Elect opened up a system today for delegates to draft presidential candidates to appear in its proprietary, privatized online presidential nominating system. The official rules of Americans Elect create three standards by which a [...]

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Story via The American Conservative. The originial story is from The Brad Blog. Regarding the dubious signatures, Gingrich has been quoted as saying, “we turned in 11,100 — we needed 10,000 — 1,500 of them were by one guy who, frankly, committed fraud.”

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The Northern Marianas Islands has long been host to a Democratic and Republican Party as well as a healthy voting population of Independents. Since 2003, though, the Covenant Party has changed the political scene in the island territory. Since this party gained strength, there has been a great deal of party switching occuring between Republicans, [...]

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Will Iran be the next “front” in the Global War on Terror? It has appeared that way for the past several years. In fact, the American government has been involved in the affairs of Iran for some time. A petition being circulated by the Solidarity Center states, “Iran has suffered greatly at the hands of [...]

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Rawstory.com reports that former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is calling for repeal of the Patriot Act. Gov. Johnson, a candidate for the Libertarian nomination for President, made the call while speaking to a national conference of the American Civil Liberties Union. “Ten years ago, we learned that the fastest way to pass a bad [...]

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On Philadelphia’s NPR station, WHYY, this morning, Daily Beast columnist, No Labels advocate, and former Bush Administration official Mark McKinnon advocated for a third party and electoral reform, specifically to the presidential selection process.  He particularly called for support of Americans Elect, while also calling more broadly for supporting third parties.  McKinnon discussed issues of [...]

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From Jill Stein’s website: Jill Stein for President is extremely pleased to welcome Anthony Prince and Erika Wolf to Jill Stein’s 2012 Green Party presidential campaign staff. Prince, a lifelong labor organizer and labor attorney will serve as Associate Campaign Manager, and will have primary oversight of the campaign’s ballot access drive. Wolf, an experienced [...]

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Posted at socialism.com: In response to a rigged political system, New York City FSP Organizer Stephen Durham and feminist immigrant rights advocate Christina López are running a national write-in campaign. Inroducing the FSP candidates: Stephen Durham for president Stephen Durham brings abundant experience and a generous heart to the electoral arena. Dedicated to changing conditions [...]

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Obama’s State of the Union – Too Little Too Late by Stewart Alexander, 2012 Socialist Party USA Presidential Candidate The phrase that came to mind immediately upon hearing President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech is “too little, too late.” After spending the last few years coddling the banks and the richest 1%, Obama [...]

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According to a graphic displayed prominently at LP.org, over 200,000 people now “like” the Libertarian Party‘s facebook page, which has seen a continuous increase in support. Other LP social networks, not featured as prominently on the LP homepage, are here. An old LP blogpost from July 2010 when facebook fans reached 70,000: Dear Friend of [...]

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Press release at GaryJohnson2012.com: Former Speaker Proposed Death Penalty for Bringing 2 Ozs. Of Marijuana Into U.S. January 23, 2012, New York, NY — Appearing on MSNBC Saturday, former New Mexico Governor and presidential candidate Gary Johnson reminded viewers that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sponsored legislation (text below) in 1996 that would [...]

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Via Gary Johnson’s twitter: Fox News January 24: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com NY1, Jan 23 (I see no way to embed this here) Huffington Post: Gary Johnson, Former New Mexico Governor, On Why He’s Gay Voters’ Best Presidential Choice Daily Caller: “Gary Johnson hammers Newt for ‘hypocrisy’ on executing marijuana users” “In 1997 [...]

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Ballot Access News: Americans Elect Starts Party Petition in Wisconsin Americans Elect Petition Approved in Maine Los Angeles County says that Americans Elect has 2,857 registered voters. Orange County, the second most populous county, has 226 Americans Elect registrants. Santa Clara, the most populous county in northern California, says it has zero Americans Elect registrants [...]

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Video of Jill Stein’s State of the Union response: People’s State of the Union: A Green New Deal for America from Jill Stein for President on Vimeo. Text of Stein’s speech is here. Stein is one of the candidates seeking the 2012 presidential nomination of the Green Party, along with Roseanne Barr and several others.

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From an article at Chuck Baldwin Live by 2008 Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Chuck Baldwin: If one believes that the problem is out-of-control government trampling our Bill of Rights, Newt Gingrich is definitely not the solution. If one believes the problem is the lack of Christian morals among our civil magistrates, Newt Gingrich is definitely [...]

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Daniel Imperato, who unsuccessfully sought the 2008 Presidential nomination of the Libertarian, Reform, Green and Constitution Parties, and ran as independent for Governor of Florida in 2010, has been accused by the US Government’s Securities and Exchange Commission of bilking gullible investors out of about $2.5 million US: A West Palm Beach businessman defrauded investors [...]

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Former New Mexico Governor and current Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson released the following statement in reaction to the President’s State of the Union address: “If the idea tonight was that the President would fulfill his constitutional duty to give us ‘information of the State of the Union’, we should be able to expect some [...]

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Posted by Jack McLain Secretary, Constitution Party of Florida on the Constitution Party national website: The woman stood at the corner with a sign reading, “Homeless – Two Children – Please Help.” She resembled an average housewife without signs of drug or alcohol abuse. I stopped for the red light, opened my window, and asked [...]

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Ralph Nader writes at Nader.org: The same neocons who persuaded George W. Bush and crew to, in Ron Paul’s inimitable words, “lie their way into invading Iraq” in 2003, are beating the drums of war more loudly these days to attack Iran. It is remarkable how many of these war-mongers are former draft dodgers who [...]

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Posted on the website of RJ Harris, a candidate for the presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party: RJ Harris slams President Obama’s “State of the Union” address. He accuses him of revising U.S. economic history and downplaying the achievements of the private sector. “Right now in the State of the Union address the President is [...]

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