Aug
11
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
According to this story, on August 10, former Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner predicted on August 10 that the Ohio Libertarian Party will win its new ballot access lawsuit, which had been filed August 9. Brunner was Secretary of State between 2006 and 2010. She said if the party wins the lawsuit, the Secretary of State will then be forced to pay attorneys’ fees, which will come out of the Secretary of State’s budget. Read more »
Aug
11
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
The Amsterdam News of August 7 has Lenora Fulani’s warm and personal remembrance of Fred Newman. The Amsterdam News is a New York city publication. Thanks to Sarah Lyons for the link. Read more »
Aug
11
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
On August 11, Elliot Ackerman, Chief Operating Officer for Americans Elect, appeared on the Stephen Colbert show. The most significant news from the interview is that Ackerman did not imply, suggest, or say, that Americans Elect has a centrist or a moderate agenda. Last week he had suggested that it did. But, on the show, when asked, “What does Americans Elect stand for?” he said that it stands for whatever its delegates want it to stand for. A delegate is Read more »
Aug
11
2011
Source: Americans Elect
Last night, Americans Elect’s COO Elliot Ackerman got in the ring with host of The Colbert Report and founder of Colbert Super PAC, Stephen Colbert. In the interview, Elliot described Americans Elect’s innovative approach to use technology to put a directly-nominated presidential candidate on the ballot in all 50 states—a feat that has never before been accomplished. Read more »
