Oct
23
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
On October 22, Rupert Boneham announced that he will seek the Libertarian Party nomination for Indiana Governor in 2012. The announcement has resulted in substantial publicity for the party. This article is typical of many.
Different states in the United States have different political cultures. One of the variables is that some states have had many relatively strong minor party and Read more »
Oct
23
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
There are many articles about Instant Runoff Voting, but this Associated Press article of October 23 is more comprehensive than most. San Francisco political consultants tend to oppose Instant Runoff Voting, because their traditional methods of campaigning – attacking the opponents of the client – doesn’t work very well when Instant Runoff Voting is used. Political consultants and some of Read more »
Oct
23
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
The Louisiana Secretary of State’s web page has election returns for the state election of October 22 here. Scott Lewis, the Libertarian candidate for Governor, polled 1.22% in a race with ten candidates. Although that is not especially noteworthy, it is far better than the only other instance when the Libertarian Party ran a candidate for Governor. That other time was in 2007, when the party’s Read more »
