Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com ATLANTA – In his inaugural speech, Governor Nathan Deal addressed an issue that the Libertarian Party of Georgia has long been aware of, the unusually high number of residents currently tracked by the Department of Corrections. “One out of every 13 Georgia residents is under some form of correctional control,” said Deal, [...]

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Via Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Greens Demand Real Reductions in Incarceration Costs Reject Deal Reforms which Fail to Challenge Racist Impact After last week praising Governor Deal’s expressed concern for the wasted lives, drained treasury and depleted workforce left in the wake of the nation’s war on drugs, Georgia Green Party leaders today [...]

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From the Green Party of Georgia, via the Green Party of the United States: “I am so encouraged to hear Governor Deal acknowledge both the stark statistics and something of the devastation which mass incarceration wreaks on Georgia communities,” said Denice Traina, past cochair of the Georgia Green Party, mother, grandmother and Augusta based physical [...]

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On The Wilder Side: Distributed by the Green Party of the United States. Press release by Georgia Green Party http://www.georgiagreenparty.org. Saturday, January 8th, 2011 For further information, contact: Bruce Dixon / bdixon AT GeorgiaGreenParty DOT org Press Secretary, Georgia Green Party Coalition Claims Retaliatory Violence by Georgia Prison Staff, Seeks Continued Access to Prisons to [...]

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Bruce A. Dixon is an editor of Black Agenda Report and a member of the Georgia Green Party’s State Committee.  The following is an excerpt of his most recent piece on Black Agenda Report: On October 16, 2007 Arnold Porter went into full cardiac arrest. He died. His pulse and breathing stopped, he had to [...]

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In over a century of struggle to avoid monopolization of the general election ballot to just the two major parties, there has never been a pressure group that worked in favor of restrictive ballot access laws, until very recently. Leaders of the former New Alliance Party, who have renamed themselves several times, now call themselves IndependentVoting.org. They hold themselves out as the leaders of independent voters, but they have become a pressure group working to limit choices on the general election ballot to just Democrats and Republicans.

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A press release from the Green Party of Georgia, via the Green Party of the US: Augusta resident arrested for showing sign to Governor Ayman Fadel an Augusta based business owner was arrested for misdemeanor criminal trespass and was held pending the setting of bond by the Jenkins County Sheriff’s Department. A thirty year Georgia [...]

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From the Green Party of Georgia, which has focused a lot of attention lately on the state’s prison system, via the Green Party of the US: Georgia Green Party leadership today are urging that calls of concern be placed to the Georgia Department of Corrections urging negotiations with, not retribution against peaceful strikers in six [...]

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: November 18, 2010 (ATLANTA) – In response to the recent debate surrounding the Transportation Security Administration?s use of Whole Body Image (WBI) scanners, as well as the two cases already recently filed against the TSA by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Rutherford Institute, the Libertarian Party of Georgia announces [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: The Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party of Georgia met Monday, November 8th, and appointed two new committee members. Greta Langhenry, of Athens, was appointed to the position of Communications Director, and David Ziebell, of Cobb County, was elected as an At-Large Representative. Greta Langhenry is a second-generation member of the Libertarian [...]

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Ballot Access News reports: Thanks very much to Morgan Daybell for helping me find instances at which independent legislators were elected or re-elected last week. It appears that independents were elected to state legislators in 2010 in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Vermont. We are still waiting to [...]

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – The 2010 election did not result in any newly-elected Libertarians, however the Libertarian Party of Georgia is happy with the results. With nearly 1 million votes earned cumulatively by the first full slate of statewide candidates in the party’s history, the most important aspect of Tuesday’s results [...]

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Libertarian election results for Georgia, along with larger party vote totals, found at Crazy for Liberty: 2010 Elections results from ajc.com and WSB-TV Agriculture Commissioner Candidate Votes Gary Black – R 1,396,050 56% J.B. Powell – D 996,077 40% Kevin Cherry – L 89,477 4% Updated Nov-03-2010 07:47 AM 100% reporting (2902 of 2902 precincts) [...]

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LeiLani Golden, WALB.com: In 2008, (John Monds) ran for Public Service Commission and became the first Libertarian candidate ever to receive 1 million votes in a United States election at any level. Some polls predict he’ll get enough votes to force a runoff between Barnes and Deal in the Governor’s race. More…

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: ATLANTA, GA – November 2, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, agrees with a quote earlier today from Libertarian candidate for Congress, Travis Irvine. In a PBS interview, Mr. Irvine stated, “Vote Libertarian or don’t complain for the next two tears.” Despite lack of equal coverage [...]

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John Spink at Atlanta Journal-Constitution: In the race for governor, Republican Nathan Deal leads Democrat Roy Barnes 47 percent to 40 percent, with Libertarian John Monds getting the support of 6 percent. Seven percent are undecided, according to the poll by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. By law in Georgia, if no candidate gets 50%, [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Contact: Brett Bittner Phone: 404.888.9468 Email: brett.bittner@lpgeorgia.com Who: All Libertarian Party of Georgia statewide candidates, Chuck Donovan, John Monds, Dan Barber, David Chastain, Don Smart, Kira Willis, Shane Bruce, Kevin Cherry, Will Costa, Dr. Jim Sendelbach What: Election Night Festivities When: 7 p.m., 2 November Where: The Georgian Terrace Hotel Main Ballroom, [...]

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Press release from the Chuck Donovan campaign: ATLANTA, GA – November 1, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, received a second acknowledgement from the Tea Party today. The Daily Tea Party published their endorsement of his candidacy with the statement, “Chuck Donovan is the only candidate worthy of the Tea Party [...]

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ATLANTA, GA – November 1, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, is not surprised to hear, Democrat Roy Barnes, publicly state his support for Republican Johnny Isakson again. During Sunday night’s Atlanta Press Club Debate on GPB, Barnes said, “I like Johnny Isakson. I think he’s a fine Senator.” The Senate [...]

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ATLANTA, GA – October 28, 2010 – Chuck Donovan, Georgia’s Libertarian candidate for U.S Senate, announces the publishing of two new TV and radio ads. The ads were produced by Athens, GA based Green Room International Productions, LLC (GRIP), a Terrapin Blue company. They may be sampled at Chuck Donovan’s YouTube Channel, “Donovan4Senate”. Donovan is [...]

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