Source: Ballot Access News

Both the Justice Party, and the Green Party, are about to submit their petition for party status in Utah on the afternoon of February 15, Wednesday. The Greens have approximately 3,000 signatures. The Justice Party has 3,048. Today is the deadline.

The law requires 2,000 valid signatures. Parties already on the Utah ballot, besides Democratic and Republican, are Americans Elect, Constitution, and Libertarian. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Art Goodtimes, a Green Party-affiliated Commissioner in San Miguel County, Colorado, has decided to run for reelection.

Goodtimes said he has tried to balance his West and East End constituents throughout his tenure. For instance, he said that a controversial proposed uranium mill, generally favored in the economically depressed West End where it would create jobs, Read more »

Source: Green Party Watch

Roseanne Barr’s presidential bid has penetrated the veil of media silence so deeply that North Carolina based national polling firm Public Policy Polling has included her in a head to head to head comparison with Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

Obama wins with 47%, while Romney draws 42% and Barr stands at 6%, with 5% undecided. In a press release issued today, PPP included the following question and Read more »

Source: Green Party Watch

“The Caucus” blog at the New York Times posted a five question interview with Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein this morning:

Q. Is your campaign trying to tap into the Occupy movement?

A. Occupy is very much a part of a broader move for democracy and economic and social justice. That is alive and well around the world. Just look at what is going on in Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

The latest video from Karl Denninger of market-ticker.org, whose commentary figures prominently in Bill Still‘s campaign for the Libertarian Party’s 2012 presidential nomination, goes after former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson (also seeking the LP’s nomination) on his campaign’s indebtedness and litigation status: Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Chuck Baldwin was previously the Presidential and Vice Presidential nominee of the Constitution Party in 2008 and 2004 respectively. He recently moved from Florida to Montana, where he claimed people were more partial to his message of constitutionalism. Baldwin soon thereafter joined the ticket of a gubernatorial candidate running in the GOP primaries in Montana. Now he is reportedly dropping off of that Read more »

Source: Independence Party of Minnesota

by Matt Lewis

Thank you to everyone who joined the Independence Party this year at one of our 40+ in-person caucus locations or who caucused with us online. We appreciate you taking the time to help build an inclusive political party that puts Minnesota first.

In two years we expect to continue to increase our caucus presence throughout the state of Minnesota. But in 2012 we plan to make a major impact on state politics and Read more »

Source: Independence Party of Minnesota

Are you interested in joining or contributing to a network of independent-minded moderates? Rise of the Center is a lively network of independent thought “brought into being to debunk myths, fight back against extremists and track the evolution of the emerging rise of the center.” Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

The February 15 New York Daily News has this “gossip” column, mentioning that Tom Golisano has been suggested as a possible Americans Elect presidential nominee. Golisano was the Independence Party’s nominee for Governor of New York in 1994, 1998, and 2002. Each time he ran, he polled a higher share of the vote. In 2002 he polled 14.28%. Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On February 14, the New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 218, after amending it to make it worse for minor parties. The bill says general election ballots will carry straight-ticket devices. As amended, only parties with at least two statewide nominees could have a straight-ticket device.

The problem with this is that New Mexico requires a very difficult petition for a qualified Read more »