Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)

Contact: Gene Siadek, State Chair
E-mail: chair@lpne.org

NEBRASKA’S TRUANCY LAW RIGID, EXPENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE
Truancy Law May Make Parents Criminals

OMAHA, NE – October 3, 2011- Nebraska Libertarian Party Chairman Gene Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Emailed to IPR:

Last week’s San Francisco Bay Guardian forum revealed that despite a diversity of opinion among San Franciscans, every single candidate at the forum agreed that not only do they support “sanctuary city” policies – every candidate agreed that they will reverse Gavin Newsom’s decision to report undocumented immigrant felons to federal authorities. Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On October 5, Americans Elect announced that it is about to start circulating its petition to be a party in Tennessee. See this story. If the group succeeds, it will be the first time any group has successfully completed the Tennessee party petition since 1968.

The old procedure was held unconstitutional in 2010, but the 2011 legislature Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

In this interview, Donald Trump implies he is happy with the Republican presidential candidates, and that he has no interest in running as an independent. Thanks to Politico for the link. Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Matt Miller, a Washington Post columnist who has already written supportedly about Americans Elect, has this new column. He says Americans Elect ought to run candidates for Congress as well as President. His column also reveals some interesting details about the Americans Elect presidential nomination process. Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this story about Americans Elect, which is currently circulating a petition to qualify itself as a party for statewide office in Georgia. The article says Americans Elect has 20 petitioners working in that state.

No statewide petition in Georgia has succeeded since 2000, when Pat Buchanan Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Last year, a consortium of Ohio newspapers sponsored a general election U.S. Senate debate and invited only the Democratic and Republican Party nominees into that debate. The Socialist Party nominee, Dan La Botz, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, because the sponsors had not set any objective standards on who could qualify for that debate. But the FEC took no Read more »