Ballot Access News
On March 15, the 5th circuit refused to rehear Libertarian Party v Dardenne, 09-30307. Earlier the 5th circuit had ruled that the dispute is moot. Oddly, though, another panel of the 5th circuit had ruled a few weeks earlier that a similar lawsuit from Mississippi is not moot. The Mississippi case involved Brian [...]

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Video posted front and center at peaceandfreedom.org:

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From VTdigger.org:
The 40-year-old [Morgan] doesn’t come across as a politician of any stripe; he is a soft-spoken spokesman for the third major party in Vermont, and he has the unenviable task of fielding questions on the touchy issue of whether the Progressives are election spoilers rather than a “keep’em honest” corrective to Democratic candidates who [...]

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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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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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Tomorrow, the newly formed Coffee Party organization will be holding meet-up style events across the country.  There’s probably one near you.  This could be a good outreach and organizing opportunity for third party and independent activists.  From the Coffee Party’s mission statement:
The Coffee Party Movement gives voice to Americans who want to see cooperation in [...]

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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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Posted at http://peaceandfreedom.org/home/in-jail-you-can-vote
By Bob Evans
The differences between jail and prison and between probation and parole are the key factors in a December, 2006, California appeals court ruling that restores the voting rights of as many as 100,000 people in county jails on probation.
Prison is an institution run by the Department of Corrections, while jail [...]

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After some pretty tough losses at the polls in local Burlington elections – the geographical base for the Vermont Progressive Party – VTDigger.org published a piece about the hard times the party is currently facing.
“This is not their death knell,” says Garrison Nelson, a political scientist at the University of Vermont and longtime observer of [...]

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via email from Brian Moore:
Will the ‘Socialist’ Slam Swell Socialist Ranks?
by Berry Craig
http://www.laprogressive.com/
http://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/socialist-slam-swell-socialist-ranks/#more-25856
I’m not sure what to make of the recent Esquire magazine poll that showed 78 percent of “Republican leaders” think President Barack Obama is a socialist.
My guess is the GOP brass is posturing for political gain. Brian P. Moore agrees.
“The Republicans really [...]

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Although official results are not available yet, it is expected that in Tuesday’s election in Burlington, Vermont, city voters got rid of the instant runoff voting system they had been using since 2006 and voted one Progressive Party politician out of office.  The Progressive Party has two seats on the city council, as do two [...]

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Socialist Webzine:
by Billy Wharton and Nicholas Nix
February 18, 2010 – As democratic socialists, we condemn the act of terrorism carried out by Joseph Andrew Stack today in Austin, Texas. Terrorism will do nothing to solve the mounting social and economic problems faced by working people in the United States. Instead, such acts [...]

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Socialist Webzine:
Dan La Botz, a 64-year old Cincinnati school teacher, has filed petitions with the Ohio Secretary of State to become the candidate of the Socialist Party for the U.S. Senate. La Botz, who needed 500 signatures to get on the Socialist Party primary ballot, filed petitions with approximately 1,200 signatures on Thursday, Feb. [...]

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PSLweb.org:
As the war effort in Afghanistan intensifies, momentum for the March 20 National March on Washington is growing. Iraq Veterans Against the War is now the latest to join hundreds of organizations and individuals who have endorsed the March 20 mobilization.
“A permanent presence in Iraq, escalation in Afghanistan, and incursions into Pakistan while people are [...]

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Socialist Webzine
by Nicholas Paul Nix
My name is Nicholas Paul Nix and I am running as an Independent Candidate for Congress in Texas’ 4th District of the United States House of Representatives. Texas’ 4th District is located in the northeast corner of Texas. My district, and Texas as a whole, is known as one of [...]

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