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On December 31, 2008, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court again refused to reconsider the matter of costs that Ralph Nader was ordered to pay to the people who challenged his petition in 2004. The original request for reconsideration had been based on new revelations that the challengers had been indicted for [...]

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From Ballot Access News:

The Pennsylvania state elections office has released partial write-in totals from the November 2008 presidential election. The state office only tabulated write-ins for Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, and Chuck Baldwin. Clinton received 4,724; Paul 3,527; Baldwin 986; others 8,180.
Only 49 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties reported any write-ins, which means the other 18 [...]

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Ballot Access News reports:
Pennsylvania has 67 counties. In Pennsylvania, all write-ins are legal (there is no procedure for write-in candidates to file in advance) and under the law, all should be tallied. However, once more, 17 counties have failed to include any write-ins from last month’s election, including the populous counties Cumberland, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montgomery, [...]

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From the Intelligencer Journal, by way of Green Party Watch:
Ephrata resident Marybeth H. Bonner, 66, died at her home on November 27, 2008.
Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Grace L. (Lower) Hamill of Honey Brook and the late Samuel F. Heffner, who served as mayor of Coatesville in the early 1950s.
Prior to [...]

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Two Pennsylvania newspapers detail presidential write-in votes in their areas. The Bucks County Courier Times writes that Rep. Ron Paul led Sen. Hillary Clinton 135 to 119 in Bucks County, and 322 to 289 in Montgomery County. Receiving the “third highest amount is Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, who nabbed 60 votes in [...]

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From the New Pittsburgh Courier. Article by Rebecca Nuttall, forwarded to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Kimberly Wilder. Excerpt:
With every wave of applause, activist Malik Rahim raised his hand to silence the crowd at the Thomas Merton Awards Dinner held Nov. 12 in the IBEW Hall on the South Side. When he did accept applause, it [...]

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Ballot Access News reports on efforts underway in Texas and Pennsylvania not to make ballot access more reasonable.
In Pennsylvania, State House member Eddie Pashinski (D-Wilkes-Barre) has agreed to introduce the Pennsylvania ballot access reform bill in next year’s legislative session. The bill already has a Senate sponsor, Mike Folmer, a Republican. The bill is [...]

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No federal court has ever struck down any state’s law, on how a party remains on the ballot. However, the Arkansas Green Party, and the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party, are in an excellent position to file such lawsuits and win them.
The Arkansas Green Party polled 21% for U.S. Senate on November 4, [...]

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An article that independent congressional candidate John Murphy wrote for the Dissident Voice:
Running On Empty
by John Murphy / October 29th, 2008
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
I dont know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull [...]

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In a recent email to his supporters, independent congressional candidate John Murphy made a desperate plea for help. He is trying to put out newspaper ads to reach 106,000, radio ads, and automated calls to reach 50,000 voters, he said. And it would all cost $8,000, with close to $0 currently in the [...]

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If you’re voting in Pennsylvania this November - or voting by absentee ballot for candidates in Pennsylvania - what are your minor party and independent options? I have tried my best to compile a list here. Feel free to point out what I’ve missed in the comments. Also, if you compose a [...]

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The Nader campaign blog reports
Ralph Nader will be running the Massachusetts Marathon.
And we’re hoping to put Ralph in the record books for most campaign stops in one day.
As a result, Ralph Nader and the Nader/Gonzalez road crew are in for the sprint of their lives.
Twenty-one campaign stops.
In 21 towns and cities across Massachusetts.
In one day [...]

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Free and Equal, the group that originally planned to have an alternative Presidential debate in New York City on October 19, has now confirmed Ralph Nader and Chuck Baldwin for a debate on October 23 in DC.
Contact: Christina Tobin, 312-320-4101
This morning, Christina Tobin, Director of Free and Equal, announced an Independent/Third Party Presidential [...]

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In a message posted at Greens for Greens, former Green Party senatorial candidate Carl Romanelli reports that thirteen Democratic Party apparatchiks have been indicted
on charges of theft, conflict of interest, and conspiracy. Some of these charges were related to a crushing petition challenge of the Carl Romanelli U.S. Senate campaign…
At a reported cost of four [...]

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