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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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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Earlier this week, IPR correspondent Trent Hill unveiled the first batch, #6-10, of IPR’s Top 10 third-party and independent candidates for the 2008 election season. Today, we bring you #s 1-5.
5.) State Rep. Michael Jackson scored 43% of the vote in a head-to-head primary runoff against Democrat Don Cazayoux in Louisiana’s 6th district. Now Jackson, [...]

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PolitickerVT informs us that independent Vermont Gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina may have found himself facing a major campaign finance obstacle he was not expecting:
Independent gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina’s campaign will review a hard copy of the Vermont pre-campaign finance reform law from 1997 tonight after learning several days ago from the secretary of state’s office [...]

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Louisiana’s Baton Rouge Advocate reported Tuesday that the Socialist Workers Party “became the first party Monday to get a presidential candidate on Louisiana’s Nov. 4 ballot. Alyson Kennedy of New Jersey, the running mate to presidential candidate Roger Calero of New York, personally qualified her party and its nine state electors in Baton Rouge, [...]

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Ballot Access News reports that Cindy Sheehan got only a couple of hundred more valid signatures than required, placing her officially on the ballot.
The Sheehan campaign collected about 20,000 raw signatures, after a last minute push.

San Francisco election officials today certified Cindy Sheehan for the November ballot against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She had [...]

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In an article published today on Indybay, Socialist Party Vice-Presidential nominee Stewart Alexander has called for a common currency and basic income for the United States and Mexico:
To accomplish his goal, Stewart Alexander says it will be necessary to restructure the entire banking industry; all banking and financial institutions would be socially owned, and operated [...]

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The Militant, the newsletter of the Socialist Workers Party, has published an article on Cynthia McKinney’s nomination by the Green Party. In a style likely to be considered critical, McKinney’s present platform is contrasted with her votes in Congress:
McKinney is running what she calls a “power to the people” campaign. Clemente says they will [...]

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Agence France Presse makes the rather odd assertion today that, in addition to John McCain and Barack Obama, there are “11 other candidates running for president.” Where AFP got that number is unclear — at most, only Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, Libertarian Bob Barr, Green Cynthia McKinney, and independent Ralph Nader stand a [...]

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Independent Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan has secured her place on the ballot to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s 8th House district. A message sent to supporters minutes ago details the scope of the effort:
There has been an overwhelming and unprecedented show of support among San Francisco voters for the Sheehan campaign’s progressive [...]

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