Press release from the national Green Party
Malapportionment of Electoral College votes may lead to a Republican victory despite the popular vote, disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters, especially black voters in southern states
Green civil action seeks to democratize the Electoral College by enforcing 14th Amendment voter protections, names Vice President Cheney as defendent

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At least ten presidential nominating conventions will be held in August and September:
1. The Peace and Freedom Party meets in Sacramento, California, on August 2-3.
2. The Natural Law Party of Michigan meets on August 9.
3. The Independent Party of Delaware meets on August 16.
4. The Independent/Ecology Party formed this year by [...]

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In this essay, LP radical and LPNY state chair Eric Sundwall advocates that radical libertarians avoid the BTP and stay in the LP. It is entitled Party Like It’s 1973, an apparent ironic reference to Party like it’s 1773 by BTP interim chair Jim Davidson.
I was somewhat intrigued when popular Libertarian blogger Tom Knapp started [...]

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A post on the Village Voice website Friday afternoon said Green Party presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney was scheduled to appear in Manhattan Friday evening to kick off her New York ballot access drive. The post says the Greens “hope to garner at least five percent of the general election vote, the amount required to [...]

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Originally posted in Ballot Access News
The incumbent Republican Congressman in New York’s 13th district, Vito Fossella, is not running for re-election. Last month, the Republican Party leadership choice for the seat, Francis H. Powers, died unexpectedly. Republican leaders are still not settled on a new nominee. However, some Republican leaders in the Brooklyn part of [...]

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On its website, the Village Voice reports former Democratic and Libertarian presidential candidate Mike Gravel is joining in a “grassroots effort to have New York City citizens vote to establish a new September 11th investigation commission. The petition drive needs at least 30,000 residents to give their signatures in order to place a potential [...]

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Earlier, IPR reported on a possible father-son showdown in New York’s 13th congressional district between Libertarian Francis M. “Fran” Powers and Republican Francis H. “Frank” Powers. Well, it’s not to be. The Manhattan Libertarian Party has passed on the younger Powers — who’s platform included increased access to public transportation — and nominated Susan Overeem [...]

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New York is one of the few states in the Union that allow electoral fusion. This process allows multiple parties to endorse a single candidate, with the candidate’s name thereby appearing multiple times on the ballot. New York major-party candidates frequently lobby from endorsements from the these minor parties, because sometimes voters are more comfortable [...]

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As expected, the New York state chapter of the Boston Tea Party has affiliated from the national party in the wake of Dr. Tom Stevens’s resignation as the national party’s vice chairman. Says party Michigan organizer and potential new vice chair, Todd Andrew Barrett:
National Boston Tea Party Chairman Jim Davidson has announced on the National [...]

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Francis M. Powers, a master carpenter and independent musician, will be seeking the Libertarian Party’s nomination for Congress in New York’s 13th district. If he makes it to the ballot, he will possibly face Francis H. Powers — his Republican father — in the November general election.
Francis H. “Frank” Powers is facing a tough primary [...]

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