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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Press release–January 18, 2012 For further information, please call (405) 310-8533 NORMAN, OKLAHOMA — The RJ Harris 2012 Presidential Campaign is pleased to announce that RJ will be attending the Manhattan NY Libertarian Party Convention and Debate this Saturday January 21, 2012 and sharing the stage with a host of excellent Libertarian Statesmen. The rising [...]

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From an email sent to IPR: Dear IPR, I know the Gary Johnson / LP thing is brewing and thought [some of the IPR readership] might be interested in my two cents. I used to be a fan of Gary Johnson. This arose mainly out of his public opposition to the War on Drugs. Even [...]

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According to a recent press release, Christina Tobin will be managing the campaign of Dan O’Connor in New York’s 12 congressional district. O’Connor is challenging incumbent Nydia Velazquez in the Democratic Party primary. Tobin has a long history of work on ballot access and election reform issues and founded the Free and Equal Elections Foundation [...]

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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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Via Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: On the New York Times blog “The Caucus”, a post entitled “Occupy Protestors Down on Obama, Survey Finds” has some interesting numbers for Greens: Dr. Panagopoulos described the protesters as “disgruntled Democrats.” Sixty percent of those surveyed said they voted for Barack Obama in 2008, and about three-quarters [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to gain momentum, Green Party activists and candidates are in the thick of the action. In these videos, Cheri Honkala, candidate for Philadelphia Sheriff, Reverend Billy Talen, former candidate for NYC Mayor, and NY Green Party organizers Mark Dunlea and Michael O’Neil [...]

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The Utica Observer-Dispatch via Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: UTICA — The city mayoral race is going green. Robert Clemente, 53, on Tuesday announced he will be running for mayor on the Green Party line – meaning five people are in contention for the position. Clemente acknowledged he is starting late in the race, [...]

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Source: Ballot Access News “The Empire”, politics blog of WNYC (the leading National Public Radio station in New York city) has this lengthy story about Jesus Gonzalez, the Working Families Party nominee in the September 13 special election, Assembly, 54th district. Gonzalez is one of three 2011 minor party nominees in special legislative elections who [...]

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Source: Ballot Access News New York fills the vacant 9th district U.S. House seat on September 13. Three candidates are on the ballot: Democrat David Weprin, Republican Bob Turner, and Socialist Workers nominee Christopher Hoeppner. All three candidates debated on Queens Public TV on August 23. The debate will be broadcast on four dates: (1) [...]

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Found in Dr. Tom Stevens’ blog, Liberty Lion It is very hard to know what people think about Muslims and Islam and whether they harbor prejudices. It is even more difficult to know the motivations behind actions taken that could be perceived by some to reflect negative opinions or sentiments about certain groups of people. [...]

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A very informative article from DemocratAndChronicle.com: Former Green Party mayoral candidate Alex White is now seeking a spot on City Council… “I thought the mayoral run went very well. I was running against two very strong candidates, and I was running on a party that no one had heard of,” said White. “So I thought [...]

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A press release from the Green Party of the United States, including a list of 2011 candidates who will be at the event: The meeting will take place August 5-7 at Green Fest in Alfred, western New York; Greens will begin planning for the 2012 elections, including the presidential race; Elizabeth May, Canadian Green member [...]

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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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“There are 4 lessons to be learned from Weiner-mania and the media’s obsession with Weiner’s weiner.” – Wane Root

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From Ballot Access News: New York State held a special U.S. House election on May 24, 2011, to fill the vacant 26th district seat. The official results by party: Democratic 42.77%; Republican 32.15%; Tea Party 9.03%; Conservative 8.18%; Working Families 4.67%; Independence 2.14%; Green 1.06%. In November 2010, the results in this same seat had [...]

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From The New York Times: The Socialist Party U.S.A. does distribute red cards to members willing to “subscribe to the principles” of the party, but another leftist group, the Democratic Socialists of America, prefers online registration, with members using a virtual shopping cart to pay yearly dues of about $60 by credit card — Marx [...]

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From CounterPunch (read the whole thing here): On the evening of May 4, a day before he was to join dozens of billionaires convened by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss how they might spend over half their wealth for “good works,” media entrepreneur, peace advocate and environmentalist, Ted Turner joined [...]

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Below are two news stories focusing on how, although he lost, Green mayoral candidate Alex White ran a strong campaign, building up his own reputation and that of the Green Party in Monroe County, New York.  That’s certainly a good thing with regards to their upcoming special congressional election, in which the Greens are running [...]

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From a media release by the One Community Party: NEW PALTZ – March 25, 2011 – The One Community Party today submitted petitions for the Village of New Paltz election. Pete Healey is running for Mayor, and Trustee candidates Sally M. Rhoads and Martin Sherow are seeking four-year terms. Trustee candidate Stewart P. Glenn is [...]

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