Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


Could Gingrich or Romney be the Americans Elect Nominee?

January 31st, 2012 · 34 Comments

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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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Virginia AG Investigating Gingrich Campaign for Fraudulent Signatures

January 31st, 2012 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Uncategorized

Northern Marianas: Four GOP Legislators Go Independent

January 31st, 2012 · 3 Comments

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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Tags: Independents

Darryl W. Perry: Stop War on Iran

January 31st, 2012 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Liberty/Free Market Parties