The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will not appeal U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey’s June ruling in favor of the state Constitution Party in a case over political solicitations at a state park, the AP reports. Bailey ruled that the agency’s requirement that any “solicitation” in a state park take place only [...]

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The West Virginia Record reports attorney Joseph Wallace, “winner of a constitutional contest on behalf of the Constitution Party, seeks $275 an hour for his services. Wallace persuaded U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey to declare that under the U.S. Constitution, the West Virginia Legislature can’t prohibit soliciting in state parks. … A [...]

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The West Virginia Record reports West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro is appealing a district court ruling finding a ban on solicitation in state parks unconstitutional. District Judge John Preston Bailey’s June ruling “favored Constitution Party leaders who sought to circulate petitions at National Hunting and Fishing Days in Stonewall Jackson [...]

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Yesterday, Tuesday, June 23rd, a civil disobedience took place in West Virginia to protest mountain top removal. Those arrested included: Daryl Hannah, Ken Hechler, Dr. James Hansen, Michael Brune and Judy Bonds. A halt to mountaintop removal is part of the platform of the state green party in West Virginia. And, an announcement of the civil disobedience had been made on a prominent, national green activist list.

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A US District Judge has ruled that West Virginia citizens can circulate petitions on public lands, Here’s an excerpt:
On June 3, he held that West Virginia legislators violated First Amendment rights when they banned soliciting in state parks and other recreational areas.
He did not disturb a ban on hawking, peddling or carrying on business [...]

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Howdy folks, first, a few brief personal notes:
1. I’m in West Virginia working on the ballot access drive mentioned below
2. My birthday is today. I still have very little internet access, and would appreciate hearing from you all at 415-690-6352. Email will not reach me again for several days.
3. Today is also IPR’s first birthday. [...]

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On May 8th, the West Virginia Governor signed a bill to improve ballot access. Richard Winger of Ballot Access News says that West Virginia now has the best independent and minor party candidate petition deadline (for office other than president) than it has had since 1919.

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Posted in Donny Ferguson’s blog at LP.org:
Message from the Libertarian Party of West Virginia:
The LPWV has just kicked off our 2010 and 2012 ballot access drive. This will require some 20,000 total signatures state-wide. This isn’t cheap, and we need your help! Our petitioning team is on the ground right now in Morgantown collecting [...]

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HB 2981 , which earlier passed the WV House, cuts the number of signatures from to 2% to 1% of the number of voters who voted for a given office in the previous election to get someone on the ballot for that office in an upcoming election.
The State Senate passed an equivalent bill today, [...]

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Originally posted at LPWV.org. Reposted to IPR by request from state LPWV chair Matt Harris. – paulie

More than half-way to ballot access reform in WV!
As many of you have heard lately, the LPWV has endorsed HB 2981 and Mr. Britch and Mr. Harris of the LPWV Executive Committee along with LNC chair Bill Redpath have [...]

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On March 27th, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would cut the number of signatures an independent or minor party candidate would have to collect from 2% of all votes cast, to 1%. It also changed the petition deadline from May to August.
Source: Ballot Access News.

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Sent by Nisha Mohammed to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Ballot Access News has a link to the actual ruling.

Press Contact: Nisha N. Mohammed, Ph: (434) 978-3888, ext. 604; Mobile: (434) 466-6168
The Rutherford Institute Wins Court Victory for West Virginia Constitution Party’s Right to Circulate Petitions at a State Park
ELKINS, W.Va. —Judge John [...]

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Ballot Access News:
On January 14, West Virginia Libertarian Party state chair Matt Harris, and national chair Bill Redpath, spent the day lobbying key West Virginia legislators for better ballot access. Currently, for president, West Virginia is tied with North Carolina for having the 2nd most restrictive requirement. West Virginia requirements for office other than president [...]

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Found at Cargo Networking
2008 Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader discusses Social Security. This is in response to a question asked by a student at the University of West Virginia, September 24, 2008. Video by Karen Kilroy – http://karenkilroy.com

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From Ballot Access News

On December 23, West Virginia released its write-in totals from last month’s election. None of the qualified write-in candidates for president in West Virginia were on the ballot in any state, except for Donald K. Allen (who was only on in Colorado). Allen got 4 write-ins in West Virginia. Bob Barr was [...]

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