Source: Ballot Access News
Every week, Americans Elect posts a new national signature total on its web page. The new figure is 2,196,247, which is an increase of 43,357 over the last seven days. Every week, fairly consistently, the group collects another 40,000 to 50,000 signatures around the nation. Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
On December 9, Ralph Nader filed this very clear, non-technical, and highly readable brief, asking a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to reconsider its decision in Nader v Federal Election Commission, 1:10-cv-00989. The brief is 12 pages and is well worth reading.
Nader had filed the lawsuit on 2010, after the FEC had refused to investigate his Read more »
Source: Independent Political Report
The Libertarian National Committee is meeting in Las Vegas, NV this weekend (12/10/2011 – 12/11/2011).
There will be a live video available on justin.tv (courtesy of David Blau). I will update this story with a link to that video once it becomes available. Right now there are some technical issues with the hotel’s computer network which are Read more »
Source: Independent Political Report
A growing consensus is forming among economists and criminologists that drug prohibition, rather than drug use itself, is a leading cause of violence and property crime, resulting in urban decay and losses to real estate values.
Following are thirteen ways that various forms of drug legalization could improve retail, housing, and agricultural real estate values: Read more »
Source: Wrights2012.com
By R. Lee Wrights
“Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.” – Jose Marti
BURNET, Texas (Dec. 10) – Politicians are very adept about making excuses for their failures. The greater the failure, the bigger, more absurd the excuse. Shortly Read more »
Source: Green Party Watch
Jill Stein’s presidential campaign recently announced that Wisconsin Green Party leader Ben Manski will serve as Stein’s campaign manager. Madison.com ran an article praising the choice, which calls Manski “one of the savviest and most successful Green Party campaigners in the country”.
Source: Ballot Access News
Ohio has been holding presidential primary elections every presidential election year starting in 1912. However, no party other than the Democratic or Republican Parties has ever had a presidential primary in Ohio. The Ohio election law says the presidential primary is mandatory for parties that polled at least 20% for Governor in the preceding election, but other qualified parties may have a Read more »
Source: Independent Political Report
Bob Kiss is the outgoing Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and one of the most well-known elected officials and members of the Progressive Party of Vermont. Kiss is reportedly not going to seek another term as Mayor of Burlington according to this article:
Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss will not seek re-election to a third term.The Read more »
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