Jan
17
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
The North Carolina ballot access case is now docketed in the U.S. Supreme Court. It is Greene v Bartlett, 11-868. It challenges the ballot access law for independent candidates for the U.S. House. The law is so severe, no independent candidate for U.S. House has ever appeared on a government-printed ballot for that office in North Carolina. North Carolina has been using government-printed Read more »
Jan
17
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
Americans Elect has sent out a press release, saying it has completed its South Carolina petition drive for party status, and will submit the signatures on January 18. The release says that more than 18,000 signatures have been collected. The state requires 10,000. Read more »
Jan
17
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
The California Green Party presidential primary will list two candidates, Kent Mesplay and Jill Stein.
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Jan
17
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
The Fort Worth, Texas daily newspaper, the Star-Telegram, has this story about all the unqualified parties that have told the Texas Secretary of State that they intend to petition during 2012.
The story says the petition deadline is in May, but that is not accurate. Texas election law says the minor party petition is due 75 days after the primary. When Read more »
Jan
17
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
The Shreveport Times has this article, mentioning that many Louisiana voters have chosen to register into a huge variety of political parties. Of course, many of the “parties” mentioned in the article are not actual organizations.
Most states that have registration by party let voters register into any party they wish. But generally, newspapers and other media never get to see the complete Read more »
Jan
17
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
According to this story, the Justice Party has already started petitioning for party status in Utah. The law requires 2,000 valid signatures by February 15. Parties that are already ballot-qualified in Utah, besides the two major parties, are Americans Elect, Constitution, and Libertarian.
On January 13, Rocky Anderson accepted the presidential nomination of the Read more »
Jan
17
2012
Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)
Dear Fellow Libertarian,
At the last meeting of the Libertarian National Committee in December, we endorsed the California ballot initiative to “Regulate Marijuana as Wine” by a vote of 14-0 (with 2 abstentions). While most Libertarians would rather have no regulation on marijuana, we believe that this is an incremental step in the right Read more »
Jan
17
2012
Source: Wrights2012.com
By R. Lee Wrights
BURNET, Texas (Jan. 14) – Sometimes a partial truth is more misleading than an outright lie. Fair Tax proponents present it as a fair and efficient “solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.” Even ignoring the point that “there ain’t no such thing as a fair tax,” America does not need an “efficient” Read more »
Jan
17
2012
Source: Wrights2012.com
By Brian Irving
Lee Wrights is included in the Arab news channel’s report on the dozens of third-party candidates who are also running for president this fall.
Jan
17
2012
Source: Green Party Watch
Green Party presidential contender Jill Stein was recently interviewed by Matt Rothschild, editor of The Progressive, for the nationally syndicated Progressive Radio show. Listen to the interview at The Progressive.
