UPDATE: The original story below is incorrect. As a result of posting it here and ensuing comments, it has been corrected at the original source. Ballot Access News reports Because most states purge their voter registration rolls between elections, the United States has fewer registered voters now than in October 2010. There are fewer Democrats [...]

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Green Party Watch held a presidential poll with the following results: 1,792 votes cast, Jill Stein received 1,223 of them, or 68%. Roseanne Barr, who had just entered the race in the last week, picked up 526 votes, or 29%. There were 35 votes for Kent Mesplay, and 8 votes for Harley Mikkelson GPW reports [...]

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Ballot Access News: On October 18, Massachusetts and Minnesota both held special legislative elections. In the Massachusetts State House race (Berkshire Third District), Green Party nominee Mark C. Miller came close to winning. The Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office does not supply semi-official returns on election night. Unofficial returns reported in the press differ with [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: In Holyoke, Massachusetts, United Auto Workers has endorsed Green-Rainbow Party candidate Rick Purcell in his campaign for Holyoke City Council Ward 3. This is the UAW’s second recent endorsement of a Green in MA, after their recent endorsement of Mark Miller for MA State Representative. From Purcell’s website: I’m [...]

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Gold Mass Group: State LP Convention October 9, 2011 10:00 AM Tweed’s Restaurant 229 Grove Street, Worcester [...] Carl Person (confirmed attending) Brian Irving (surrogate for R. Lee Wrights, confirmed attending) R. J. Harris (may attend) Roger V. Gary (may attend). The Moderator George D. J. Phillies Former Candidate, President of the United States

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Mark Miller’s campaign for Massachusetts State Representative in the 3rd Berkshire District has been busy in the final weeks leading up to the October 18th special election. This is Miller’s second run for the office, after earning 45% of the vote in 2010. In a recent email to supporters, [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party has announced another endorsement for Mark Miller, the Green candidate for MA State Representative in the 3rd Berkshire District: Breaking News! Mark just today received the endorsement of the Mass Alliance, the foremost coalition of progressive organizations in Massachusetts, including economic and social justice, labor, [...]

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Ballot Access News: On October 18, Massachusetts holds a special election to fill the empty State House seat, in the Berkshire 3rd district. So far, Green Party nominee Mark Miller has more funds in his campaign bank account than any of his three opponents. He is opposed by a Democrat, a Republican, and an independent. [...]

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Emailed to IPR: Independent 9th District Congressional candidate Bruce Burleson’s campaign is officially underway. Flyers are going up, Burleson is meeting and greeting voters at local shopping centers, yard signs are on their way, and he has also just launched a campaign website. The site details much of Burleson’s views on a variety of issues, [...]

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“…revenues are down dramatically. Coincidence?

Everything happening today under Obama resembles the storyline of Ayn Rand’s famous book, Atlas Shrugged…”

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Written by George Phillies June Liberty for America The Libertarian Future is Here and Republicans have only bad news incoming. Exciting news from the Pew Trust. They just completed their latest study of American political opinions. They do these every few years, with careful statistical analysis. You can read the whole study at people-press.org/2011/05/04/beyond-red-vs-blue-the-political-typology/ The [...]

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From the Berkshire Eagle: PITTSFIELD — Mark C. Miller, the Green-Rainbow party candidate who challenged state Rep. Christopher N. Speranzo last November, formally announced he’s a contender for the seat Speranzo has to give up if he’s confirmed for the Central Berkshire District Court clerk-magistrate job. In an announcement to supporters Thursday, Miller said he [...]

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From Richard Winger over at Ballot Access News: On March 17, the Massachusetts Libertarian Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an extension of time in which to file a cert petition in Barr v Galvin. Such extensions of time are fairly easy to obtain. Barr v Galvin is the Massachusetts case over whether unqualified [...]

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From Mass Live via Poi-Tea: ong-term, the percent of the state’s 4 million voters not affiliated with a political party leapt from 40.6 percent of the total in 1982 to 51.9 percent in 2010. Over the same 28-year period, the percent of registered Democrats in the state fell from 45.3 percent to 36.5 percent. Republican [...]

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Email from George Phillies: Massachusetts Libertarians have organized a national political event ‘The Future of the Libertarian Political Movement’. The event will be held Sunday, June 19 at the Highlander Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire. Keynote speaker Judge John Buttrick of Arizona will speak at lunch. Libertarian Presidential candidates will debate. For morning, afternoon, and [...]

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Via contact.ipr@gmail.com: Somerville, MA, February 26th, 2011 – With the WikiLeaks controversy, net neutrality concerns, and a need for a voice in the protection of the internet, one group of people have decided to stand up and answer the call for these issues. The Massachusetts Pirate Party, MAPP for short. The Massachusetts Elections Division has [...]

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Press release from the Libertarian Party: WASHINGTON – At their booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the Libertarian Party is displaying a "Republican Wall of Shame." (View low-res JPG or high-res PDF.) These are the prominent Republicans featured on the Wall of Shame: Mitt Romney, supporter of the RomneyCare socialized medicine program in Massachusetts. [...]

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Boston.com via Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch (excerpt): A federal judge today sentenced Chuck Turner to three years behind bars for accepting a $1,000 bribe, a stinging rebuke to the former Boston city councilor. US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock rejected an appeal for leniency by defense attorneys, who had asked that the 70-year-old [...]

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Gold America Group: The Libertarian Party of Massachusetts has restored ballot access for Massachusetts Libertarians. Ballot access was lost in 2008 when LP U.S. Senate candidate Bob Underwood outdid himself and received 3.1% of the vote, making “Libertarian” a political (major) party, and under Massachusetts’ arcane ballot access laws making it nearly impossible for Libertarian [...]

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From iBerkshires: Getting into a routine is exactly what Mark Miller, former Green-Rainbow party candidate for the county’s 3rd District, hopes to achieve with monthly meetings and greater exposure within the community. He cited many venues through which the party could spread its message of the 10 Key Values as well as show a strong [...]

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