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Entries Tagged as 'Independents'

Ballot Access News: Newspaper in Maine says Ballot Access too easy

March 21st, 2010 · No Comments

A newspaper from Portland, Maine claims that it is now too easy for independent candidates to get on the ballot in Maine. Ballot Access expert Richard Winger critiques the newspaper’s position.

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Green, Libertarian, Tea Party and Independent Activists Unite for Electoral Reform

March 20th, 2010 · 5 Comments

At the Broward Palm Beach New Times blog, Gail Shepherd reports on a local event planned for today on “electoral disenfranchisement,” that will bring together Green Party, Libertarian Party, Tea Party and independent activists:
[Green Party activist] Jayne King has banded together with some strange bedfellows: She says that the [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party

Cindy Sheehan on Democracy Now! tomorrow, Friday, March 19

March 18th, 2010 · 13 Comments

Cindy Sheehan will be on the independent radio and television program Democracy Now! on Friday talking about her new project Camp OUT NOW, an encampment on the national mall, and the peace march on Saturday in Washington DC.  An email sent to supporters:
On the 7th tragic commemoration of the uneccessary invasion of Iraq, Cindy will [...]

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Independent faces off with Dems and Reps at Maine gubernatorial forum

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Independent Eliot Cutler recently sat down with some of his Democratic and Republican opponents (there are also many other independents running) at a forum on natural resources in Maine, sponsored by businesses in that area.  DownEast.com reported the following on his responses:
Cutler sees natural gas as an important ingredient in lowering costs and supports an [...]

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Sal Peralta on the Independence of Independents: Independent Party Can Be Source of “Moderate, Pragamtic Reform”

March 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Sal Peralta, the Secretary of the Independent Party of Oregon, writes in to the Massachusetts Patriot Ledger to take issue with an editorial from earlier in the month, in which the paper mocked the very idea of an “independent” political party. “Where’s the independence in an independents party?” they asked:
it’s a mystery why Marshfield businessman [...]

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Tags: Independents · Non-left/right parties

New Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial on Use of State Resources in Challenge to Nader 2004 Petition

March 15th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Ballot Access News:
The Philadelphia Inquirer of March 11 has this editorial, focusing attention on the fact that the challenge to Ralph Nader’s 2004 Pennsylvania petition was illegally carried out with state resources and state employees. Petition challenges in Pennsylvania are brought by private individuals, yet the people who challenged Nader’s petition used government assets. Nader [...]

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Independent Libertarian’s Campaign for Congress Gaining Attention and Momentum in Pennsylvania

March 15th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Jake Towne’s independent libertarian campaign for congress in Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district first caught my attention last August, when he unveiled his concept of the “open office“. Since then, Towne has maintained a fairly aggressive campaign and has begun to break through the mainstream media’s duopolist filter. The Morning Call, a local paper, [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party

The New American Independent Party and the Uphill Struggle for Ballot Access

March 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments

In New Hampshire, the Foster’s Daily Democrat reports on the efforts of Steven Borne, a third party activist with the New American Independent Party:
Borne, a Rye resident, has spearheaded an effort to bring a third-party choice to voters on New Hampshire’s ballots in 2010. He has aligned himself with a “center-left” leaning national organization known [...]

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Tags: Independents · Socialist/left parties

“Join California” reliminary tally of how many candidates filed in primary for partisan office

March 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Ballot Access News
The web page “Join California” has made a strenuous effort to learn how many candidates filed for partisan office in the June 8, 2010 California primaries. This information is not official. Each candidate files in his or her own home county, so “Join California” had to contact each of the 58 counties to [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Cook County Commissioner May Run for County Assessor as an Independent Candidate

March 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Ballot Access News:
Columnist Michael Sneed of the Chicago Sun-Times reports here that Forrest Claypool, a Cook County Commissioner, may run for Cook County Assessor this year as an independent. Scroll down to “Scoopsville.” Claypool would need 25,000 signatures by June 21.
Claypool is a former Deputy State Treasurer of Illinois, and a former head of the [...]

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Jesse Ventura: “I despise these two parties. They’re ruining our country.”

March 12th, 2010 · 17 Comments

Posted at Poli-Tea:
Former governor Jesse Ventura has been making the rounds on the various talk shows, promoting his new book. On Fox & Friends, the one-time pro-wrestler did not shy away from expressing his views on the Democratic-Republican two-party state. Transcribed from the video below:
Ventura: I’m concerned over these two parties because [...]

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Tags: Independents · Third parties, general

Cindy Sheehan to start camping out at Washington Monument on Monday

March 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments

In a lengthy piece focusing on Cindy Sheehan’s previous efforts, including her independent run for Congress against Nancy Pelosi, the Hill reports:
Five years and a new president later, however, Sheehan will be sleeping under the stars again, and for the same cause. Her new coalition, Peace of the Action, is launching the Camp OUT NOW! [...]

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): ‘One year later, the White House gets it’

March 10th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Bernie Sanders is an independent US Senator who is closely associated with the Vermont Progressive Party.  He caucuses with the Democrats in Congress.  From The Raw Story:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday assailed the White House for purportedly wasting a year vying for Republican votes on health care reform, alleging that the protracted debate weakened [...]

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Tags: Independents · Socialist/left parties

Major Newspapers Persist in Speculating About Florida Governor Running as an Independent for U.S. Senate

March 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Ballot Access News:
The Washington Post for March 9 has this speculation about the idea that Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who is running for U.S. Senate this year, might become an independent candidate. Crist says nothing to encourage this idea. But, polls show that Crist will lose this year’s Republican primary badly if he remains in [...]

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Ralph Nader asked if he will run in the future

March 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments

On March 9, Ralph Nader appeared on Curtis Sliwa’s NYC radio talk show. Nader was asked if he would consider running for office again.

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Tags: Green Party · Independents