Source: Ballot Access News
The Libertarian Party nominee for Attorney General of Illinois in 2010, and a state officer of the New Jersey Libertarian Party, both won freedom of information battles against government officials this week. See this Illinois story and this New Jersey story. Read more »
Source: Americans Elect (from e-mail sent August 9, 2011)
Hi Supporter,
Thank you for previously visiting AmericansElect.org. Over the past months, we’ve worked to make Americans Elect a reality with a directly nominated presidential candidate on the ballot in every state.
If you have already come back and signed up, thank you. If you haven’t, please come back to Read more »
Source: Americans Elect
One question we’re frequently asked is, “Do I need to be a registered voter in order to participate in Americans Elect?” The answer is YES!
Next June, Americans Elect will host a secure, state-of-the-art, online convention during which YOU become a delegate and select the candidate who will appear on the Americans Elect Read more »
Source: Americans Elect (posted August 5, 2011)
Americans Elect isn’t a third party, it’s a second way to nominate presidential candidates. What’s the difference, you ask?
Well, political parties are known for their specific ideologies and agendas — issues that define them as a whole and serve as a sorting system for potential candidates. And, if you were to Read more »
Source: Americans Elect (posted August 4, 2011)
Watch Americans Elect’s Chief Operating Officer, Elliot Ackerman, on MSNBC’s Hardball
Source: Ohio Libertarian Party (via Libertarian Party – LP.org)
from the Ohio LP:
Libertarian Party of Ohio Sues for 1st Amendment Rights and Voting Freedoms
The Libertarian Party of Ohio (LPO) filed a lawsuit today in federal court seeking to overturn a portion of the recently passed election overhaul bill. HB 194 contained ballot access “remedies” that returned petitioning thresholds to the same level that existed prior to the Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
On August 9, the 8th circuit upheld the Arkansas vote test for a party to remain on the ballot. The decision is Green Party of Arkansas v Martin, 10-3106. Arkansas requires a party to poll 3% for the office at the top of the ballot in each election, in order to stay on the ballot (i.e., 3% for President in presidential years, and 3% for Governor in midterm years). Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
Michael Lind has this essay at Salon. He suggests that proportional representation would be good for the United States, but then concludes that a nation that still hasn’t switched wholly to the metric system is unlikely to switch to proportional representation either.
The essay also says that the U.S. needs more than new ideas; it needs a whole new social Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
On August 9, the Ohio Libertarian Party filed a new ballot access lawsuit in U.S. District Court, called Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, southern district, 2:11-722. Here is the complaint. The party charges that the new ballot access law, signed into law last month, is still unconstitutional. The complaint also asserts that it violates due process for the Secretary of State to have removed the party from the ballot in the partisan 2011 elections, and to have Read more »
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