Last night former Independence Party Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura made an appearance on Bill Maher’s show Real Time, which airs on HBO.  They talked about many topics, including Ventura’s refusal to support the two party system, electing independents, and “alternative voting,” which is more commonly known as instant runoff voting or ranked choice voting [...]

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Posted by Marc Gallagher at libertymaven.com. Note for IPR: Jesse Ventura was elected and served as a Reform Party Governor of Minnesota, and Ron Paul was the Libertarian Party’s Presidential nominee in 1988. Paul continues to support alternative parties, most recently endorsing the Constitution Party’s Chuck Baldwin for President in the general election in 2008. [...]

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Posted at Poli-Tea: Former governor Jesse Ventura has been making the rounds on the various talk shows, promoting his new book. On Fox & Friends, the one-time pro-wrestler did not shy away from expressing his views on the Democratic-Republican two-party state. Transcribed from the video below: Ventura: I’m concerned over these two parties because they [...]

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Ballot access expert Richard Winger comments: “In June 2010, California voters will be voting on a ballot measure to revise elections for Congress and state office. The measure would provide that all candidates run on a single primary ballot, and all voters get the same primary ballot. Then, only the two candidates who received the most votes in the primary could be on the November ballot…it is a bad idea. In practice, it would eliminate minor party and independent candidates from the November ballot.”

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Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist James Lileks writes, “Jesse Ventura will have a new cable TV show about conspiracies. Or so they’d like to you believe.” The truTV network announced that “Conspiracy Theory” will debut this fall. In a news release, the cable channel said, “Jesse Ventura, a man who has lived a dangerous life, is [...]

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The Minnesota Independent has published an article about potential third-party candidates for the 2010 election for the state’s governor. The Independence Party and Green Party are mentioned, as well as their potential candidates. The Independence Party of Minnesota, the party of former governor Jesse Ventura, officially has major-party status in the state, and is third [...]

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Former independent governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura has been causing a stir in the media lately.  He has been on the View, FOX and Friends, and Sean Hannity’s show, among other outlets.  In his usual outspoken style, Ventura has been calling for the prosecution of officials involved with torture.  Ventura himself was actually waterboarded during [...]

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Report sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Michael Calvan RN. No changes have been made to the text. Last week there was a meeting of Third Party activists in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and strategize on building an effective electoral resistance to the current pro-war, corporate corrupted two party system. Activists [...]

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Former Senator Dean Barkley ran for US Senate in Minnesota as an Independence Party candidate. He was able to run TV ads, and even get former Governor Jesse Ventura to record radio ads on behalf of his campaign. Ballot Access News‘ latest issue contains a table which tabulates the total number of votes for US [...]

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Found at The Hankster. Excerpt: Understanding how America has changed entails understanding how the independent movement has changed. To do that, you have to look at the new concepts of independent politics and how they were engineered and developed in and by the CUIP networks. The “centrist” model was discarded early on in favor of [...]

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Although many pundits expected him to do better, or worse, Dean Barkley managed to capture 15.16% in the US Senate race in Minnesota as the Independence Party candidate. Dean Barkley recieved the endorsement of former Gov. Jesse Ventura and Ventura even helped record radio ads for him. However, he also managed to score as much [...]

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A poll done by SurveyUSA September 30th through October 1st was just released and has pegged Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley at 19%. Sen. Coleman polled 43% and Al Franken polled 33%. Barkley had previously polled a high of 14%. We had previously covered the fact that former Governor Jesse Ventura has recorded two radio [...]

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The AP reports Minnesota Independence Party U.S. Senate candidate Dean Barkley is today launching two radio ads featuring former governor Jesse Ventura. Ventura “asks voters to send another ‘wake-up’ call by picking Barkley,” and “also touts Barkley’s record of accomplishment” during his brief service in the Senate in 2002. The ads can be heard here. [...]

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A press release and open letter from the Kevin Barrett campaign: Kevin Barrett, the apparent winner of the 3rd District Libertarian congressional primary with over 59% of the vote, thanked opponent Ben Olson for what he called “a terrific campaign.” “Ben Olson is a wonderful guy, and I’m glad this campaign gave me a chance [...]

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IPR was on the scene at this past Tuesday’s Rally for the Republic, keeping tabs on third party activity as Libertarians, Constitutionalists and Ron Paul Republicans collided just 10 miles from the scene of a more subdued major party political gathering. The following photos survived stadium mood-lighting and a camera that was not as good [...]

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Tonight there will be a live video stream of a Ralph Nader and Jesse Ventura rally in Minneapolis. Matt Gonzalez, the vice presidential candidate on Nader’s independent ticket, will also be there. You can watch it here. Nader also has a special offer going – if you donate $100 or more, you will receive DVDs [...]

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As reported by the Associated Press: Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has endorsed a Sept. 11 conspiracy theorist for a congressional seat. Ventura came out Thursday in support of Kevin Barrett, a Libertarian running against incumbent Democrat Ron Kind for western Wisconsin’s seat. Barrett is a former University of Wisconsin-Madison lecturer who believes the U.S. [...]

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Former Reform Party/Independence Party Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, who routinely flirts with running for office and takes every possible opportunity to denounce the two-party system, spoke at the Rally for the Republic yesterday. Here is the video:

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Speaking at today’s Rally for the Republic, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said he would run for president in 2012 if he saw “action, not words” from the revolutionaries in attendance. “We’ll give them a race they’ll never forget,” he said. After receiving several huge ovations, Ventura came back to the stage to put in [...]

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