Filmmaker James Jaeger has produced a new documentary advocating for Biblically-inspired third party candidates. His film, “SPOILER — How a Third Political Party Could Win,” features interviews with 2008 Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin and 2000 Reform Party presidential nominee Pat Buchanan, as well as several theologians with ties to the Constitution Party Read more »
By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee
As I write this commentary, Joe Paterno has been fired as Penn State football coach — effective immediately. Thousands of Penn State college students are in the streets, angry, sad, disillusioned, emotionally wrecked, overturning cars, and chanting Joe Paterno’s name. The riot police are in place to prevent the situation Read more »
The Coalition for Free & Open Elections is attempting to raise funds so that the Vermont ballot access appeal Trudell v Markowitz can go forward. The case challenges the Vermont independent candidate petition deadline. In 2009 the legislature moved it from September to June, a drastic de-liberalization. An independent candidate, Jerry Trudell, who had been on the ballot for U.S. House Read more »
Professor Rick Hasen, a prominent professor of law, a specialist in election law, and a California Democrat, has published this criticism of Americans Elect at Politico. His three main points are: (1) Americans Elect says its voters will choose a presidential nominee on the internet, but that has two drawbacks: (a) the technology is not reliable; (b) not all U.S. voters have access, or are accustomed Read more »
On November 8, the voters of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Portland, Maine, used Instant Runoff Voting for the first time, to elect city officials. St. Paul elected some city council members (from districts), and Portland elected a Mayor. Voters in both cities seemed to have little or no trouble using the new system. See this story about St. Paul, and this story about Portland. Read more »
With any political movement or party, there are different strains of thought withing the Libertarian Party and the philosophy known as libertarianism. This video helps break it down:
