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Third Party Voter Registration Statistics in NV, CA, AK, and NY

December 12th, 2011 · 12 Comments

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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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Peace and Freedom Party National Organizing Committee Meets This Weekend

December 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Peace and Freedom Party has been a ballot-qualified third party in California since 1968 (with a brief exception from 1999-2003). The party has, for a few decades, existed almost solely within the borders of California. However, when the party first began it was national in scope, though never more powerful anywhere else than in [...]

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Party for Socialism and Liberation Announces Presidential Ticket

December 2nd, 2011 · 4 Comments

Richard Winger reports over at Ballot Access News that the Party for Socialism and Liberation has announced their Presidential ticket. Last month, the Party for Socialism and Liberation announced that it will run Peta Lindsay for President, and Yari Osorio for Vice-President. This will be the party’s second presidential campaign. In 2008, it ran Gloria [...]

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Peace and Freedom Party: Occupy Wall Street!

October 2nd, 2011 · 50 Comments

The Peace and Freedom Party issued the following statement on September 24, 2011. To download this statement as a flyer to print and distribute click here. Peace and Freedom Party of California, the only working class, feminist-socialist party on the ballot in California, expresses our solidarity with the activists participating in the Occupation of Wall [...]

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Kathy Labriola: ‘Confessions of a War Tax Resister: Trying not to Pay for War’

March 8th, 2011 · 14 Comments

Posted on the Peace and Freedom Party homepage By Kathy Labriola Published on April 15, 2005 in The Partisan Number 20 I am proud to be a Peace and Freedom Party member since 1975. I joined because of the word “peace.” I have been a war tax resister since 1978. I have tried to obstruct [...]

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Peace and Freedom Party: Statement on Popular Uprisings

March 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Source: Al Jazeera The Peace and Freedom Party looks forward to the success of popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, and in Madison, Wisconsin. We urge participation in actions in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin and elsewhere. People of North Africa and the Middle East can and must create their own democratic [...]

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Peace and Freedom Party: Solidarity with Wisconsin’s Workers and Students

February 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Posted on February 22, 2011 by the State Executive Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party: The Peace and Freedom Party stands in solidarity with Wisconsin’s worker and student demonstrations. We demand: * The Wisconsin Legislature kill the bill that would deny collective bargaining to state workers * Governor Walker refrain from calling in the [...]

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Cindy Sheehan: ‘Power to the people, clap, clap, clap!’

February 11th, 2011 · 5 Comments

The following was sent to Cindy Sheehan supporters in an email: Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox “There’s no cloud so thick that the sun ain’t shining on the other side.” Rattlesnake, 1870′s mountain man Dear Friend, Three years ago, this very month, I traveled to Egypt to be in solidarity with over 50 political prisoners that dictator, [...]

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Tags: Independents · Socialist/left parties

California Supreme Court Won’t Hear Keyes v Bowen, on Presidential Qualifications

February 5th, 2011 · 67 Comments

Ballot Access News: On February 2, the California Supreme Court refused to hear Keyes v Bowen, 188724, the case that argued the Secretary of State must investigate whether a presidential candidate meets the qualifications to be president, before listing him or her on the ballot. The case had been brought by (America’s Independent Party Presidential [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties

Peace & Freedom Party Candidate Files Lawsuit Against New California Rules for Petitions in Lieu of Filing Fee

February 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment

Ballot Access News: On January 31, Peace & Freedom Party candidate Daniel Frederick filed a lawsuit in state court in Sacramento, contesting the interpretation and constitutionality of the California Secretary of State’s rules for candidates who choose to file a petition in lieu of a filing fee, rather than paying the filing fee. The lawsuit [...]

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Cindy Sheehan To Live Chat On Patriot Polls Tonight

February 1st, 2011 · No Comments

At 8:00 EST, Cindy Sheehan will take part in a live chat on Patriot Polls.com. Sheehan is a member of the Peace and Freedom Party of California. In 2008, she ran as an Independent against former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, earning 16.14% of the vote in that bid. Sheehan also runs a website here.

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Peace and Freedom Party: Reject Jerry Brown’s Budget Plan!

February 1st, 2011 · 26 Comments

The following statement was adopted by the State Executive Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party on January 30, 2011. The Peace and Freedom Party rejects the 2011 budget plan presented by Governor Jerry Brown. The Governor proposes to cut education and other vital social programs while extending regressive tax increases. We can have a [...]

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California Greens and Peace and Freedom Candidates Charge Rules Unfairly Prevented Them From Running

January 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Via http://peaceandfreedom.org/home/: The following press release was issued jointly by the Peace and Freedom Party and the California Green Party on January 26, 2011. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Contact: Cres Vellucci 916/996-9170 Candidates Rejected for 4th Assembly Special Election Race Charge Rules Unfairly Prevented Them From Running, Limiting Voter Choice; Lawsuit Considered [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Socialist/left parties

Starchild: Proposed resolution of Libertarian support for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks

January 23rd, 2011 · 24 Comments

Starchild comments on a previous press release by the Libertarian Party supporting Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks: What paulie said — anti-TSA and pro-WikiLeaks! Both of these issues represent key tests of government power against civil liberties, one related to the First Amendment protections of freedom and speech and of the press, the other [...]

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Peace and Freedom Party: WikiLeaks and the Prosecution of the Whistle-blowers

January 17th, 2011 · No Comments

Resolution adopted by the State Executive Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party on January 9, 2011: There are many alarming disclosures within the WikiLeaks documents which deserve scrutiny and further investigation. It is therefore all the more outrageous that instead of investigating what has been uncovered, the U.S. Government has, instead, focused its vast [...]

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Don’t Go, Don’t Kill by Cindy Sheehan

December 26th, 2010 · 13 Comments

The following article on Al Jazeera English was written by Cindy Sheehan (peace activist, Peace and Freedom Party member, and 2008 independent candidate for Congress) and sent to her supporters.  An excerpt is printed below. It is hard to separate this issue from the activities of the military. War might be a “racket”, but it is also [...]

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Tags: Independents · Socialist/left parties

Two members of California redistricting commission have past ties to minor parties

December 22nd, 2010 · 8 Comments

Posted by our very own Damon Eris (a.k.a. d.eris) at the California Independent Voter Network (read the full thing here, which has more of a focus on the influence of independents in general):  All four members of the Citizens Redistricting Commission who are not members of the Democratic or Republican parties are decline-to-state voters, though [...]

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Insurance Commissioner Vote saves Peace & Freedom Party

November 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Under California law, a party needs to poll at least 2% for one of its candidates for statewide Constitutional office to retain ballot status. In 1998 the Peace & Freedom Party lost ballot status when it failed to poll 2% for any of its nominees. A voter registration drive restored the Peace & Freedom Party [...]

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Peace and Freedom Party Wins Renewed Ballot Status Through 2014

November 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Posted at peaceandfreedom.org: With at least two nominees for statewide office receiving more than the required 2% of the vote, the Peace and Freedom Party has secured its official status in California at least through November 2014. Early results show Dina Padilla at 3% for Insurance Commissioner, and Karen Martinez at 2.2% for Controller. These [...]

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Nader urges Peace and Freedom Party Votes

November 2nd, 2010 · 14 Comments

http://peaceandfreedom.org/home/ Ralph Nader has conveyed his endorsement to three specific Peace and Freedom Party nominees for statewide office, and generally suggested to Californians that they vote their conscience and priorities through the Peace and Freedom Party candidates. While he mentions Jerry Brown in his statement, he does not endorse Brown, but refers to Brown as [...]

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