Entries Tagged as 'Right-wing minor parties'

Free and Equal: “Chicago America’s Independence Day Tea Party: A Non-Partisan, Astroturf-Free Tea Party”

July 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Press release from Free and Equal:
America’s Independence Day Tea Parties
Free & Equal.org/ ReTeaParty.com
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
Chicago’s 4th of July Non-Partisan Tea Party Is On!
Chicago, Il - On Saturday July 4th, hundreds of “Tea Parties” will be held across the nation, drawing attention to the American people’s growing dissatisfaction with the actions of our Federal [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties

Green Party results for European Union Elections

June 8th, 2009 · 41 Comments

The 2009 European Union elections are over. The Green Party elected 46 MEP’s from various countries, including 13 from France and 14 from Germany. Spiegel On-Line International reports that overall, the 2009 elections to European Parliament were marked by “…victories for center-right and right-wing parties.”

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Tags: Green Party · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Third Party endorsements in NY

June 7th, 2009 · 10 Comments

In New York, a candidate for Mayor of Buffalo is endorsed by the Working Families Party. And, a candidate for Westchester County Executive will receive the Conservative Party line.

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Uncategorized

Prohibition Party national meeting will be June 17-18 in Tennessee

May 31st, 2009 · 10 Comments

The Prohibition Party, who bill themselves as “America’s Oldest Third Party”, will hold a national committee meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 17-18.

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California releases data reflecting third party registration

May 20th, 2009 · No Comments

California released updated voter registration data for the special statewide election of May 19, 2009. Some of the results are: The American Independent, Libertarian and Reform Party were slightly up. The Green Party and Peace & Freedom Party were slightly down. Democrats increased, while Republicans decreased.

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Tags: Green Party · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Georgia candidate for governor admits to bestiality

April 29th, 2009 · 39 Comments

In Georgia, the Creators’ Rights Party candidate for governor is creating quite a stir by admitting to the fact that he’s had sex with a mule, men, and a watermelon, among other things.  He has done these things even though he advocates a strongly anti-gay agenda.  Here is an excerpt from  the candidate, Neal Horsley, [...]

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New Mexico Secretary of State rules on minor parties

April 28th, 2009 · 32 Comments

The New Mexico Secretary of State rules that the following are qualified parties: Independent Party and Constitution Party. She ruled that the Green Party and Libertarian Party are not ballot-qualified in New Mexico. Ballot Access News suggests that it may be that the Green Party should have met the criteria for ballot-qualified party.

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Libertarian Party · Right-wing minor parties

Ron Paul at Clear Lake, TX TEA Party

April 20th, 2009 · 14 Comments

Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) was the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1988, and appeared on the 2008 general election presidential ballot as a Taxpayers and Constitution Party in Louisiana and Montana, in addition to running in the Republican primary. He is a life member of the Libertarian Party, and has spoken at numerous [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party · Right-wing minor parties

Alan Keyes keynote at Pittsburgh TEA party

April 18th, 2009 · 26 Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie.

Bonus track:

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Mayor Bloomberg seeks the Working Families Party nomination in re-election bid

April 13th, 2009 · 22 Comments

A truly trans-partisan man, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has moved from being a registered Republican to an independent while in office, and has ran on the Republican, Independence, and Liberal Party ballot lines.  Now he is seeking the nomination of the Working Families Party, which usually cross-nominates Democrats and occassionally runs their own candidates.  However, Bloomberg [...]

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Tags: Independents · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties

Chuck Baldwin: ‘The Big Business/Big Government Axis of Evil’

April 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
Self-proclaimed “conservatives” love to tout themselves as ardent supporters of the “free enterprise” system. In the name of “capitalism,” they support any and every piece of legislation or governmental decision that caters to business–especially Big Business. Favorite policies of these folks include anything and everything that calls itself “free trade.” Furthermore, these same [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties

Conservative Party willing to shut down to help Lonegan win GOP primary; national party chairman slams NJ group

April 7th, 2009 · 18 Comments

By Wally Edge in Politickernj.com. Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by at least two sources. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The New Jersey Conservative Party State Chairman is urging voters who have registered as members of his party to change their party affiliation to Republican so they can vote for Steve Lonegan for Governor. Last year, [...]

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Missouri apologizes to 3rd parties for unfair report

March 25th, 2009 · 52 Comments

The Missouri Department of Public Safety apologized to third parties and third party candidates over a previously released document, MIAC, in which they had created a profile of militia members as having third party bumper stickers on their cars.

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Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party · Right-wing minor parties · Third parties, general

In NY, more presidential votes for third party candidates found

March 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The New York State Board of Elections has found more, previously untallied, votes for president cast in Queens, New York City, New York. The new votes increase vote totals for candidates including: Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, Chuck Baldwin, Roger Calero and Gloria LaRiva.

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general · Uncategorized

America’s Independent Party, resources and latest developments

March 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Alan Keyes made a quixotic bid for President in 2008 that took him through the nomination processes of a major party, a minor party, and a party he would later create–though he also claimed to be an Independent for a short time between some of those abortive races. In the end, Alan Keyes recieved just [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties