Congressman Ron Paul has made a decision about keeping his name on the ballot as Mike Bloomberg’s vice president.  Of course, the decision only affects voters in Virginia, who have the choice of voting for a Bloomberg/Paul ticket due to the Independent Green Party.
Paul’s spokesman, Jesse Benton, said:
“We’re not going to take any action to [...]

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New York’s billionaire mayor is not launching an unexpected bid for the White House.  He is, however, on the Virginia ballot as a candidate for president, with Ron Paul as his vice president.  More incredible is the fact that this happened without the knowledge of either Bloomberg or Paul.
This surprise move for what some might [...]

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Earlier this month, Ralph Nader was nominated by the Peace and Freedom Party of California.  That is how he achieved ballot access in California, and Nader will be on the Peace and Freedom Party ballot there, instead of being listed as an independent.  A video of his acceptance speech was posted by polidocproductions on YouTube.  [...]

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David Krikorian is running as an Independent in Ohio’s 2nd congressional district. Krikorian had previously been identified by IPR as one of the top 10 third-party candidates in the nation. Yesterday, the Armenian National Committee PAC endorsed David Krikorian’s campaign. The Armenian National Committee PAC (or ANC-PAC) is the largest and most influential Armenian-American advocacy [...]

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Robert Owens, who is an Independent candidate for Ohio attorney general and was previously identified here as one of the top 10 third-party candidates in 2008, was on a statewide television show called Capital Square. This early morning political talk show is seen on the Ohio News Network. The video can be seen here.

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InfoZine has a feature on the “271 candidates who have announced their intentions to run and 62 more potential candidates who could run” for president this year, as listed by Project VoteSmart. In addition to Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, Libertarian Bob Barr, Green Cynthia McKinney, and independent Ralph Nader, the piece also mentions [...]

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CQ Politics updates its state-by-state poll tracking in the presidential race, and Libertarian Bob Barr and independent Ralph Nader are registering in a few states:
In Colorado, a Rocky Mountain News/CBS 4 poll conducted August 11-13 (+-/ 4.38%) has Barr at three percent, Nader at two percent.
In Florida, an InsiderAdvantage poll conducted August 11 [...]

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The Oregonian’s politics blog says the Peace Party, “which may be the vehicle for getting Ralph Nader on the ballot” in the state, came up “short about 2,500 valid signatures for qualifying.” A spokesman for the secretary of state’s office “said backers of the party have indicated they will continue gathering signatures.” In [...]

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The Independent Party of Delaware nominated the Ralph Nader-Matt Gonzalez ticket at its state convention this week, and also cross-endorsed Democrat Thomas Savage for state insurance commissioner “in recognition for his support for universal health care,” WBOC.com reported.

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Allan Stevo, an independent candidate for the 10th District U.S. House seat in Illinois, filed legal papers in federal court this week, seeking to prevent the state from printing ballots for the November election while his lawsuit seeking ballot access proceeds, the Highland Park News reports. Illinois State Board of Elections found late last [...]

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