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 7, the very last day for an appeal to be filed in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, the Ohio legislature filed papers to intervene in the case, and to appeal to the 6th circuit. The Secretary of State doesn’t want to appeal, but the legislature does. First the legislature [...]

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Ballot Access News: On September 19, Tim Quinn, an independent candidate for Mayor of Elyria, Ohio, at the November 8, 2011 election, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to get on the ballot. His petition was not questioned, but he was still kept off the ballot because he voted in the partisan primary. The [...]

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Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Anita Rios is running for Toledo City Council. On Tuesday she finished second of three candidates. Although the race is non-partisan, Rios proudly portrays herself as a Green, and the other two candidates are well known as a Democrat and a Republican. From the Lucas County Green Party: Friends [...]

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From an article published on BallotAccess.org on June 24th, 2011: On June 23, the Ohio Senate passed HB 194, the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. As mentioned earlier, it moves the primary in presidential years from March to May, and it moves the petition deadline for new party petitions from 120 days before [...]

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UPDATE: Added explanatory material: The Ohio House passed a version that would require petitioning at 1% of the most recent vote for governor or president to be submitted by 90 days before a primary election.  The Ohio Senate passed a version that would require petitioning at 1/4% of the most recent vote for governor or [...]

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From an email to IPR by LPOH chairman Kevin Knedler: May 17, 2011 — The Libertarian Party of Ohio is pleased to announce that LP member Todd Grayson has been appointed to the city council of Perrysburg, OH (in NW Ohio, near Toledo).  He will be sworn in on Tuesday, May 31. “The LPO is [...]

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From an article by Lou Grieco in the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH); posted online on Wednesday, March 16, 2011: Eric W. Deaton, the former Constitution Party candidate for U.S. Senate accused of having sex with a teenage girl, pleaded no contest Wednesday to two misdemeanor counts. Deaton, 43, of New Lebanon, was indicted on [...]

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By Charlie Earl, 2010Libertarian Candidate for Ohio Secretary of State. Forwarded to IPR by Ohio LP chair Kevin Knedler. On May 25th, 1787, a number of delegates assembled in Philadelphia for the expressed purpose of correcting some deficiencies in the Articles of Confederation, the national document of law and purpose for the United States of [...]

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Posted on the web page of the Libertarian Party of Ohio. H/T Kevin Knedler. In this tumultuous time of debate on Senate Bill 5, and Ohio’s attempt at collective bargaining reform, let’s take a look at the Right to Work laws which seem to have been placed aside. Right to Work laws are statutes of [...]

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From an article by Doug Caruso over at the Columbus Dispatch: The Libertarian candidate who dropped out of the Columbus City Council race this week says he knew nothing of a deal with Republicans to head off a primary election. Andrew S. Ullman, who was running as part of a slate of three Libertarians, said [...]

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Via IPR email and LP blog: Today the Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) announced their endorsement of Mark Noble for Columbus City Council. Mark Noble has been involved with and actively advocated firearms freedoms in past runs for office. He’s a life member of the Gun Owners of America (as a candidate, achieving their highest rating) [...]

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H/T Kevin Knedler: Doug Caruso at the Columbus Dispatch: Republicans and Libertarians reached a deal today that cancels the need for a Columbus City Council primary and ensures that two candidates from each of those parties are on the ballot in November. [...] The city charter requires a primary only if there are more than [...]

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Press release emailed to IPR: NEWS From BRIDGES For COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL Robert F. Bridges 614-285-6021 　 * * * * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * * * * Bridges to attend Community Relations Day at Mt. Vernon AME Church Columbus City Council candidate Robert Bridges has accepted an invitation to attend the Mt. Vernon [...]

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com yesterday: Columbus City Council candidate Robert Bridges met this morning with Gahanna Councilman John McAlister to discuss issues of mutual interest. Bridges is part of a three-person slate of Libertarian candidates running for Columbus City Council. McAlister, long-time Gahanna councilman, is also a Libertarian and previously ran on the party’s [...]

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Michael H. Wilson at Evergreen Libertarian: The standoff between the Republicans and the Democrats in Wisconsin over the unions has managed to capture a significant portion of the news and now is spreading to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Teachers are a large portion of the government employees involved. Caught in the middle of all of [...]

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Vermont Progressive Party: Kurt Wright Brings Wisconsin Governor’s Attack on Labor to the Green Mountain State Burlington, VT—Burlington Progressive Party Chair Abby Russell today denounced a bill that would severely hurt workers’ rights in Vermont. WCAX reported state representative and city councilor Kurt Wright (R-Burlington) introduced a bill that would take away teachers’ right to [...]

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Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch (with amendments from comments): Tuesday Feb 15, the Logan Square Green Party in Chicago Illinois are meeting at the Green Party office on Fullerton Ave. The Northeast Ohio Greens will meet tonight at Mac’s Backs Bookstore 1820 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights – 7pm-9pm. Wednesday Feb. 16 the Los [...]

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Libertarian Travis Irvine has come out with a movie about his run for Mayor of Bexley, Ohio in 2007. Irvine is a professional videographer. His youtube channel for his 2010 Congressional run: IrvineForCongress. Trailer for the movie, titled American Mayor (H/T Steven Linnabary in IPR comments): http://americanmayor.watchime.com/ Previous articles on Travis Irvine at IPR

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Press release from the Mark Noble campaign. The original press release headline is below. Background is here. Noble Achieves Ballot Status in May Primary This afternoon at a meeting of the Franklin County Board of Elections, Mark Noble was certified to appear on the ballot in the May 3rd City Council Primary. Mark Noble is [...]

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