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NC Constitution Party Chairman: Two-Party System is a Sham

December 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Posted at Poli-Tea:
In North Carolina’s Statesville Record and Landmark, Jim McNally reports on a meeting of the Constitution Party of North Carolina:
The CPNC leaders who spoke at the Golden Corral . . . [pointed out] the folly in supporting either of the two major political parties that have had a stranglehold [...]

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North Carolina ballot access case (including interest in amicus curiae briefs)

December 9th, 2009 · No Comments

The North Carolina Supreme Court will soon be hearing Libertarian Party of North Carolina v State Board of Elections, a challenge to the state’s ballot access laws for minor parties.The Court wants all amicus curiae briefs in by December 23, 2009. There are many groups that hope to file on the side of the minor parties.

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Tags: Green Party · Libertarian Party · Third parties, general

North Carolina Libertarian Mike Beitler Announces for U.S. Senate

September 7th, 2009 · 10 Comments

MIKE BEITLER
Libertarian for U.S. Senate
Contact: Brian Irving
919.438.4548
brian@libertypoint.org
DR. MIKE BEITLER ANNOUNCES FOR U.S. SENATE
GREENSBORO (Sept. –Dr. Michael Beitler (pronounced Bite-ler) will announce his candidacy for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate September 17 at a press conference in the Piedmont-Triad International Airport Marriott Hotel at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Michael Munger, 2008 Libertarian gubernatorial [...]

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Greens Wrap Up 2009 Nat’l Meeting In Durham, NC; Video Clips Of Highlights

July 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Release from the Green Party (US), also posted at Green Party Watch and On The Wilder Side:

Green Party wraps up its 2009 Annual National Meeting in Durham, NC; video clips of meeting highlights posted online
• Among the videos: a forum on health care reform, an address by Cynthia McKinney, and West Virginia’s Jesse Johnson [...]

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On The Wilder Side: Green Party National Meeting wrap-up

July 28th, 2009 · 19 Comments

Original post here:
KW writes: The Green Party of the United States (GP-US) held is Annual National Meeting in Durham, North Carolina. It was an off election year and non-presidential prep year, so the focus was on workshops, issues, local candidate elections, and internal elections.
Attendance: There has not been an official attendance report. Several media and [...]

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Coverage of Green Party Annual Meeting from around the web: updated and expanded

July 26th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Previous list:

First press conference/report from Durham Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch
Live from Durham Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch
Free and Equal heads to Green Party national meeting Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch
Green Party Nat’l Meeting: Friday eve update – On The Wilder Side
Green Party National Meeting: Workshops On The Wilder Side
Photos [...]

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Coverage of Green Party Annual Meeting from around the web

July 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

First press conference/report from Durham Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch
Live from Durham Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch
Free and Equal heads to Green Party national meeting Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch
Green Party Nat’l Meeting: Friday eve update – On The Wilder Side
Green Party National Meeting: Workshops On The Wilder Side
Photos and update: [...]

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North Carolina Tax Department Will Honor Taxpayer Requests to Help Libertarian Party

July 24th, 2009 · 15 Comments

North Carolina is one of thirteen states where income tax forms ask if a taxpayer wants to donate to a ballot-qualified party. Because of North Carolina’s requirements, only the Republican and Democratic parties were listed as options.
In 2008, somebody added the Libertarian Party despite how they fell short of the required voter registration, by [...]

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Livestream Of Green Party Annual National Meeting

July 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments

H/T Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch
-Paulie

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Modern Whigs in the news

April 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments

The Modern Whig Party has recently been covered by the News and Observer in North Carolina and online at the Instapundit, a right wing blog.  At the News and Observer, it was in a Sunday Op-Ed piece by Rob Christensen:
I thought, what next — horse-drawn carriages, hoop skirts, war with Mexico?
But my curiosity was piqued, [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

N.C. Appeals Panel Hears Libertarians

April 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Press release from LPHQ. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

RALEIGH, N.C. — A State Court of Appeals panel on Monday heard oral arguments in the Libertarian Party of North Carolina’s legal challenge to the state’s election laws Monday. The panel included Chief Judge John C. Martin and Judges Sanford L. Steelman and Ann Maria Calabria.
Ken [...]

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Third Parties Argue For Ballot Access

April 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments

An article published on news-record.com, the website for the Greensboro, North Carolina News & Record, discusses the struggles third party candidates face, namely North Carolina’s ballot access laws. Here’s an excerpt:
Smaller political parties face too many obstacles if they want candidates listed on North Carolina ballots, lawyers for the Libertarian and Green parties told [...]

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Michael Munger, 2008 Libertarian candidate for Governor of NC, was recent Rush Limbaugh Show guest

February 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Via facebook:
Mark W. Rutherford sent a message to the members of Atlas!Liberty PAC.
Subject: Michael Munger, 2008 Scholarship Recipient, On Rush Limbaugh’s Show
“2008 Atlas!Liberty campaign training scholarship recipient Michael Munger was a guest on the February 10, 2009 Rush Limbaugh show. He talked about the government bailout program. It was mentioned that he signed [...]

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Green Party Watch: Green Party News

February 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The US Green Party’s National Committee voted to suspend print publication of its national newspaper “Green Pages”, with the exception of a single issue. Green Pages will continue to be published online, including downloadable versions for local chapters and state parties to [...]

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North Carolina Libertarians propose four-point Liberty Agenda

January 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Brian Irving, and posted by Paulie.

Libertarians Propose The Liberty Agenda
RALEIGH (Jan. 28) — The North Carolina General Assembly should focus on annexation, public education, open elections, and corporate welfare during the upcoming session, the Libertarian Party of North Carolina said today in announcing The Liberty Agenda for North Carolina.
“These are [...]

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