Source: Ballot Access News

On February 6, a Superior Court in Alameda County postponed the hearing in Rubin v Bowen, the case in which the Peace & Freedom, Libertarian, and Alameda County Green Parties challenge the essence of California’s top-two law, also known as Proposition 14. The hearing had been scheduled for February 7. The judge wants additional Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On February 6, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania jury convicted State Representative H. William DeWeese of using state resources to work on partisan political activity during the period 2000-2006. DeWeese was in the Democratic leadership in the House during those years. He directed staff to use government employees and government Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Over the weekend, the Oregon Republican Party decided to let independent voters vote in its 2012 primary, but only for the three statewide state offices. Oregon has no U.S. Senate race up in 2012, but it has these statewide offices: Attorney General, Treasurer, and Secretary of State. See this story. The party says it is an experiment Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On February 6, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s Elections Advisory Commission issued its ideas for improving election laws. The Report is here. The Report suggests lowering the number of signatures for minor party and independent candidate petitions somewhat. Existing law says statewide petitions need signatures of 1% of the number of Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Because most states purge their voter registration rolls between elections, the United States has fewer registered voters now than in October 2010. There are fewer Democrats now, fewer Republicans now, fewer independent voters now, and fewer voters in each nationally-organized minor party now. The nationally-organized parties Read more »

Source: Jill Stein for President

Jill Stein scored a very big win at the state convention of the Ohio Green Party on Saturday, winning 90% of the vote in presidential balloting. The convention met in Columbus to select delegates to be sent to the Green Party presidential nominating convention in Baltimore this July. Read more »

Source: Jill Stein for President

Dr. Stein issued the following statement yesterday as she joined with pro-union demonstrators at Occupy the Super Bowl in Indianapolis:

Dear Sisters & Brothers,

As a lifelong supporter of the union movement and a candidate for president, I stand today with the working people of Indiana –union Read more »

Source: Jill Stein for President (from Feb. 3)

Jill Stein’s support for worker power has carried her to the vital labor states of Ohio and Indiana this weekend. She begins a three day tour today with a visit to the Evergreen Cooperatives in Cleveland, accompanied by Cleveland City Councilman and Green Party elected official Brian Cummins and County Executive candidate David Ellison. Read more »

Source: Green Party (GP.org)

The Green presidential nominee will be chosen at the party’s 2012 convention in Baltimore, Md., July 12-15

WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party of the United States welcomes two candidates into the race for the 2012 Green presidential nomination, Jill Stein and Roseanne Barr. Ms. Barr and Dr. Stein Read more »

Source: Wrights2012.com

By Brian Irving

Listen to R. Lee Wrights being interviewed on the Liberty Underground radio show.