Source: Ballot Access News

Since 1999, parties may be ballot-qualified in Florida simply by showing the state that they are organized. However, in 2011 the legislature passed a bill that imposes stricter requirements for being organized. The Secretary of State has now ruled that many parties that were previously organized no longer meet the requirements. The number of qualified parties last autumn was 34, but currently Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On January 10, the California Senate Elections Committee unanimously passed AB 1413, which makes several changes to the “top-two” system. The worst change is that write-in space will no longer be printed on general election ballots for Congress and partisan state office.

California will almost certainly join Louisiana as one of only two states that has Read more »

Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Las Vegas, Nevada–January 12, 2012– Former Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee, best-selling author, and national media personality Wayne Allyn Root just announced a weekly column at Forbes.com titled “CAPITALIST EVANGELIST.”

Now Wayne has another high-profile deal to announce. Wayne has agreed to Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

In a piece on her campaign site blog, Boston Tea Party presidential candidate Tiffany Briscoe speaks out against coercive social conservatives. In a twist reminiscent of a recent controversy in the Libertarian Party presidential race, she touches on the subject of bestiality:

This election cycle is a crucial one. The destiny of the people of the United States Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

In his first issue release after switching to the Libertarian presidential race, Gary Johnson compared President Obama to Republican hardliner Rick Santorum on gay marriage:

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson today assailed Sen. Rick Santorum for the ex-senator’s opposition to gay marriage equality and for Santorum’s past Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

According to the acting registrar of Howard Community College, Boston Tea Party (BTP) presidential nominee Tiffany Briscoe is not a graduate of the school, but rather a current student. The information, which was e-mailed to IPR from the registrar, contradicts Briscoe’s campaign website, which claims:

[Briscoe] is part of the Board of Trustees of the Howard Community College, of Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Political parties in Delaware may be ballot-qualified in 2012 if they have at least 608 registered members. The law requires registration of one-tenth of 1% of the state total, as of December 31, 2011. The registration data for that date is now known.

Besides the Democratic and Republican Parties, the only parties that currently Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Marcy Winograd, a prominent activist in the Los Angeles Democratic Party for six years, has changed her registration to the Green Party. She here for more information about Winograd’s activism. She twice challenged Democratic Congressmember Jane Harman in Democratic primaries, receiving 37.5% in 2006 and 41% in 2010. Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Last year, U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley issued an injunction, putting the Ohio Libertarian Party on the ballot. The Ohio Secretary of State did not appeal, but the Ohio legislature then moved to intervene. On December 21, 2011, the Ohio legislature filed a brief in the 6th circuit, arguing that the U.S. District Court should not have put the Libertarian Party on the ballot. The brief Read more »