Posted at LP blog:
On February 20, the Columbus Dispatch wrote an article about the efforts of the Ohio Libertarian Party:
The party that advocates the small — small taxes, small government, small infringements on personal freedom — is trying to grow up and play with the big boys.
Seemingly better organized, and riding a wave [...]

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Socialist Webzine:
Dan La Botz, a 64-year old Cincinnati school teacher, has filed petitions with the Ohio Secretary of State to become the candidate of the Socialist Party for the U.S. Senate. La Botz, who needed 500 signatures to get on the Socialist Party primary ballot, filed petitions with approximately 1,200 signatures on Thursday, Feb. [...]

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Ballot Access News:
The February 20 issue of the Columbus Dispatch has this story about the Libertarian Party’s 2010 campaign in Ohio. This is the first year that the Libertarian Party has been on the ballot in a mid-term year in Ohio, as a party, since 1982.
The story does not mention the other ballot-qualified minor parties [...]

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Ballot Access News:
On February 20, James Traficant said on his radio show that he is no longer a Democrat, that he is an independent, and that he may run for Congress this year. See this story. Thanks to Carter Momberger for the link. Traficant was a 9-term Democratic member of Congress from Ohio.
Also see this [...]

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Contact:
Vaughn Stull
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Vaughn Stull to run as Green Party Candidate for Ohio House District 61
Vaughn Stull, a 23-year-old Kent State University student, has entered the race for State Representative of Ohio House District 61. He is one of three candidates running for the seat against incumbent Mark [...]

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With the recent announcements that Brighton businessman Donn Janes of Tennessee, a successful software developer, and conservative activist Bradley Rees of Virginia have dropped out of their respective Republican primaries and will run as independent “Tea Party” candidates for seats targeted for takeover this autumn by the national GOP, the list of independent congressional candidates [...]

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The comment period ended on a ruling that lists ballot-qualified parties for Ohio in 2010, making the ruling final. The ballot-qualified parties are: the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Constitution Party, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party and the Socialist Party.

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Green Party candidate for Ohio governor, and current member of the Sruthers City School Board, Dennis Spisak was interviewed on Ohio Public Radio recently.  You can listen here.  The story is about a minute long.

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Surya Yalamanchili, who is only 28 years old, has officially announced an independent bid for Congress in Ohio’s second district, currently held by Republican Jean Schmidt.  He has previously been a contestant on Donald Trump’s show ‘The Apprentice,’ the director of marketing for the website LinkedIn, and a brand manager at Procter & Gamble, among [...]

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Reported in Ballot Access News:
Because Ohio has no valid law in place on how a group becomes a qualified party, and because no bill to create a valid law is close to passing, the Ohio Secretary of State will leave the Constitution, Green, Libertarian, and Socialist Parties on the ballot for the 2010 election. Those [...]

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In a rare two-way race between two members of a third party, a member of the Green Party is beating out a member of the Communist Party for a seat on the Cleveland City Council.  Both are also members of the Democratic Party, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich endorsed the Communist.  With 17% of precincts reporting, [...]

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Cincinnati, Ohio blogger and Green Party candidate for Board of Education Jason Haap unleashed a scandal when he criticized the Save-A-Life Foundation on his blog.  He said that they were teaching schoolchildren to use the Heimlech maneuver on drowning victims, which is not the proper proceducre.  The Save-A-Life Foundation subsequently lost 11 “relationships” with other [...]

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Posted by Dennis Spisak at Green Party Watch:
Ohio’s Dennis Spisak’s Petitions Certified, on the ballot in November
Dennis Spisak, one of the first Greens elected in Ohio back in 2005, has had his petitions certified by the Mahoning County Board of Elections and will seek re-election to the Struthers City Schools Board of Education this November [...]

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Ohio’s Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports this morning that Libertarian presidential hopeful Wayne Allyn Root “is backing fellow Libertarian Sean Kalin Stipe” for Lorain City Council, “according to a news release from Stipe. In his endorsement, Root said Stipe is ‘the last best hope for real leadership in Lorain. Kalin has the game plan that [...]

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Posted in Ballot Access News. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

On April 22, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner released a 36-page set of recommendations for changes in Ohio election laws. Included in the set of recommendations is a two-page chapter on ballot access laws for minor political parties. The report recommends a petition of [...]

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