Nevada’s most recent voter registration statistics were posted in October of 2011. Green Party: 3,033 (0.27%) Independent American Party: 51,535 (4.55%) Libertarian Party: 7,111 (0.63%) Non-Partisan: 181,960 (16.05%) Other: 3,945 (0.35%)   California’s most recent voter registration statistics are from February 2011. American Independent Party: 417,567 (2.43%) Green Party: 113,118 (0.66%) Libertarian Party: 92,246 (0.54%) [...]

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Minnesota Public Radio (excerpts): Minneapolis — Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Minneapolis Friday for the opening of the OccupyMN demonstration, patterned after weeks of protest in New York’s financial district. …. The protest featured an appearance by Independence Party and former Gov. Jesse Ventura, who spoke as people started to gather. He compared the [...]

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From an article by Jill Terreri in the Democrat & Chronicle: The Green Party has selected Ian L. Murphy, editor of the irreverent Beast web site, based in Buffalo, to be its candidate for a special election in the 26th Congressional District… Murphy, of Amherst, gained national attention last month following a phone call he [...]

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Following the sex scandal driven resignation of Republican Chris Lee in NY-26, Scott Walker’s prank caller Ian Murphy (see previous IPR story) is described by Steve Peoples at Roll Call as “likely to capture the the Green Party ballot line” according to state Green Party co-chairman Peter LaVenia: “The local out in western New York [...]

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Ballot Access News: According to this story, a New York State Supreme Court Justice has frozen $200,000 of funds that are in the bank account of the New York Independence Party.

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Ballot Access News: According to this story in the New York Daily News, Thomas Golisano is one of the major financial backers of the movement to pass the National Popular Vote Plan bills. Golisano was the Independence Party’s gubernatorial candidate in New York in 1994, 1998, and 2002. Each time he ran, he received a [...]

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from Ballot Access News Minnesota Republican Party Bars Two Former Republican Governors from 2012 National Convention, Because They Supported Independence Party Gubernatorial Nominee On December 5, the Minnesota Republican Party voted to ban 18 Republican office-holders or former office-holders from participating in any official party activities for the next two years.  This even includes a [...]

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In NY Capitol News, Chris Bragg publishes a story which gives a glimpse into the mind of NY Independence Party chairman Frank MacKay’s mind, and a glimpse into various third party strategies and opportunities.

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Dr. Tom Stevens writes at Liberty Lion: New York City Council Member Dan Halloran represents 161,000 constituents and is the highest elected Libertarian Party official in the nation elected from a single district in a partisan race. He ran as a fusion candidate and appeared on the ballot in 2009 as the candidate of the [...]

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Ballot Access News: Last week, Rebecca Williamson, Socialist Workers Party nominee for U.S. House in Iowa’s 3rd district, polled 2.61% of the vote. The 3rd district includes Des Moines. That is the highest percentage that any party with “Socialist” in its name has received for U.S. House in Iowa since 1918. Williamson had a Democratic [...]

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Richard Winger of ballot access news explains current ballot status for minor parties, leading into the 2012 campaign for US President, versus their ballot status four years ago.

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According to the New York Times election results board, with 100% of precincts reporting, only 0.5% separates the Democratic and Republican candidates. Additional votes which may be counted, such as provisional ballots, make this race too close to call. Tom Horner of the Independence Party got 11.9% in this race, with several other candidates in [...]

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Austin Cassidy reports at Uncovered Politics that the New York Taxpayers Party will probably not qualify for a ballot line: In New York, which allows fusion, it seems that finding statewide results broken down by party is nearly impossible. The state’s Board of Elections certainly doesn’t do it. Their idea of election night reporting is [...]

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The Long Island daily newspaper, Newsday: notes the importance of ballot access issues with the NY Governor’s race; mentions the Libertarian and Green Party candidates for Governor; and also mentions a local race where third party lines are key.

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FairVote is hosting a ranked-choice poll for Governor of Minnesota. The poll is a chance to see IRV (Instant Runoff Voting) applied in a race with several, third party candidates. The IPR post includes a link to the poll itself.

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Ballot Access News: There is at least one Libertarian on the ballot across the U.S, in areas containing 81.9% of the voters, for the November 2010 election. The Libertarian Party, as is usual in midterm years, is on the ballot in more places than any other minor party. For 2010, the equivalent percentages for other [...]

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Polls Show Majority of Voters Want a Third Party Alternative The Green and Libertarian Parties candidates for Governor joined together today in calling for any debates to be open to all ballot qualified candidates. To exclude them would be a subversion of the basic principles of democracy that the major parties pay lip service to. [...]

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Ballot Access News: On August 31, the MPR News-Humphrey Institute released a poll for the Minnesota gubernatorial race. It shows: Republican Tom Emmer 34%; Democratic-Farmer-Labor Mark Dayton 34%, Independence Party Tom Horner 13%, undecided or other 19%. See this story. Horner, the Independence Party nominee, is already higher in this poll than Jesse Ventura was [...]

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From New York Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins: Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called today upon his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, to reject the Independence Party line following several new scandals involving payments by billionaire NYC Mayor Bloomberg and a loan to the wife of the state party chairperson by a [...]

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Rob Hahn is one of the candidates running in the Independence Party of Minnesota’s primary for Governor. His running mate is Thomas Harens, who has a lot of third party connections. Hahn pitched his proposal for riverboat gambling in Minnesota yesterday. Hahn is one of five Independence Party candidates, including former public relations executive Tom [...]

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