Ballot Access News: Arkansas Educational TV will host a debate between all four candidates on the ballot for U.S. Senate, on October 13. The candidates are Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln, Republican John Boozman, Green Party nominee John Gray, and independent Trevor Drown. This is believed to be the first televised debate for a statewide office [...]

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From Arkansas News via Green Party Watch: In the attorney general’s race, incumbent Democrat Dustin McDaniel received 37 percent support, Green Party candidate Rebekah Kennedy received 24 percent and 39 percent were undecided when party affiliation was included. Without political affiliation, McDaniel received 38 percent, Kennedy received 19 percent and 43 percent were undecided. In [...]

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d. eris at TPID: Background: J. Christian Adams writes at Pajamas Media: the Pentagon announced that it had granted the waiver requests of five states seeking to escape requirements to protect military voters. I have written previously here at PJM that all waiver requests should be denied. Unfortunately, if you are an overseas servicemember from [...]

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Ballot Access News: The Arkansas AFL-CIO recently endorsed Mark Swaney, for state representative in the 90th district. Swaney is the Green Party nominee. His only opponent in November is a Republican. Graphic from GP.org:

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Damon Eris at Poli-Tea: There are a variety of means by which the Democratic and Republican parties ensure the reproduction of their joint misrule despite the fact that dwindling numbers of Americans are willing to support them in their efforts. Double standards governing access to the ballot for Democrats and Republicans, on the one hand, [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: After the Arkansas Green Party nominating convention on July 24th, Arkansas Green candidates have been appearing regularly in the news. Here are a few recent articles: Arkansas News: Green Party candidate launches campaign for state treasurer The Log Cabin Democrat: Conway man chosen to represent Green Party on November [...]

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From the Arkansas News Bureau (read the AP’s version of the story here): Less than a week after getting the Green Party of Arkansas’ nomination for state treasurer, Bobby Tullis has launched his campaign with an ad attacking incumbent Martha Shoffner for saying the governor is driven around by a “manservant.”“I just want people to [...]

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From the Log Cabin Democrat (read the full thing here): Former United States Postal Service supervisor and military servicemember Lewis Kennedy of Conway has been chosen to represent the Green Party on the upcoming November ballot. Kennedy will vie for the U.S. Congressional District 2 seat being vacated by Rep. Vic Snyder. The campaign is [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: The Arkansas Green Party nominated several candidates at its state convention on July 24th. The candidates include two former state representatives, Jim Lendall for Governor and Bobby Tullis for Treasurer, as well as Rebekah Kennedy for Attorney General, who earned over 20% of the vote for US Senate in [...]

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From the Benton Courier: Joy Ballard was nominated for the collector position at a meeting July 17. Ballard said she never has claimed an affiliation with any political party and has considered herself as an independent.  However, to have her name actually appear on the ballot required her to affiliate with a political party.  Both [...]

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Ballot Access News: On July 24, the Arkansas Green Party held its state nominating convention. Jim Lendall is the party’s nominee for Governor. If he gets 3% in November 2010, the party will enjoy qualified status automatically for 2012. Lendall will be the only person on the ballot for Governor, other than the Democratic and [...]

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The Arkansas Green Party petition was validated by Arkansas’ Secretary of State today. Richard Winger reports that this is the third time in a row that their petition has succeeded. The Arkansas Secretary of State has checked the Green Party’s ballot access petition and found it sufficient.  The party needed 10,000 valid signatures and submitted [...]

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The Green Party of Arkansas today submitted 14,300 signatures today in an attempt to get their party on the ballot. 10,000 valid signatures are required in order to qualify a party for the ballot in Arkansas. If the petition is approved, that will be the third election year in a row in which the Green [...]

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Democrat Blanche Lincoln and Republican John Boozman, winners of their parties’ primaries for this year’s US Senate race in Arkansas, will face Green Party candidate John Gray, retired engineer and current Mayor of Greenland, AR. Lincoln, a leading beneficiary of retail giant Wal-Mart who was supported in a close primary race by President Barack Obama, [...]

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Richard Carroll, the former Green Party legislator in Arkansas, yesterday lost a Democratic primary race for State Senate. Ballot Access News reports: Arkansas held its primaries on May 18. Richard Carroll was defeated for re-election in the Democratic primary, for State House, 39th district. Carroll had been elected as a Green Party legislator in 2008, [...]

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From Arkansas Online: Ten independent candidates were certified for the Nov. 2 general election ballot today after they collected the necessary number of signatures for their respective races, the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office said. Twenty-three people filed notices of candidacy to run as independents during the March filing period, but only the ten certified [...]

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Posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/04/19/arkansas-greens-hiring/ In a message at their Facebook page, Green Change reported that the Arkansas Green Party is offering to pay $1 per signature to help them secure ballot status. They will also provide housing. Contact Mark Swaney to get involved. The Green Party nation wide needs the [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side: Green Party Quilt by Betty Wood Several state Green Parties are collecting signatures to win ballot access for 2010 elections – and beyond! No matter where you are, there is some way to help fellow Greens win the recognition they need from their state governments. Please help any of [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: A recent Campaign School event hosted by the Arkansas Green Party in Little Rock, with presentations by Green Party political director Brent McMillan, is now running on Green Party US livestream in a loop. Green Party Campaign Schools consist of workshops on all aspects of political campaign [...]

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Mayor John Gray of Greenland, Arkansas is running as a Green Party candidate for US Senate in Arkansas.  He was recently featured on the television station KTHV-TV’s news show. U.S. Senate hopeful, John Gray, and mayor of Greenland hopes to bring his views to Washington, D.C. Mayor John Gray, of Greenland, says his main campaign focus [...]

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