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Libertarian Party Executive Director Carla Howell is quoted in the current issue of the New American which suggests that many Tea Party members remain unaware of Republican Mitt Romney’s voting record (as well as that of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich) – all Big Government:

Carla Howell pointed out, “The Massachusetts state budget was $22.7 billion a year Read more »

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Wayne Root’s latest video at PersonalLiberty.com condemning Obama’s plan for higher taxes:
http://personalliberty.com/2012/02/23/the-taxes-are-too-darn-high

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On February 24, a status conference was held in Libertarian Party of Oklahoma v Zeriax. The case is being expedited and the briefs will all be in by March 9. The hearing on the party’s request for injunctive relief will be on Monday, March 12, in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City.

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On February 24, New Mexico Secretary of State Diana J. Durbin noted that New Mexico’s election code does not have any authorization for a straight-ticket device on general election ballots, and she declared “I will follow the law”. Since the law does not provide for a straight-ticket device, she won’t provide for one.

As noted earlier, the legislature this year considered a bill to authorize a straight-ticket Read more »

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On February 23, California election officials explained for the first time why Peta Lindsay can’t be on the Peace & Freedom Party presidential primary ballot. The Secretary of State instructed county elections officials to tell the Lindsay campaign that she may not appear on the presidential primary ballot because she is under age 35. Lindsay campaign officials tried to pick up petition blanks to add her to the ballot by petition, but county elections Read more »

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The American Independent Party of California will hold its state convention on June 8-10, either in Sacramento or West Sacramento. On June 9 the party will choose its presidential nominee. In 2008 the party chose Alan Keyes for President.

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The Oklahoma ballot access case, Libertarian Party of Oklahoma et al v Ziriax, will probably have an oral argument during the first week in March. The plaintiffs, who include the Green Party, are seeking injunctive relief against the March 1 petition deadline for new parties. Here is the brief of the plaintiffs, in support of the motion for an injunction.

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On February 23, the Missouri House Rules Committee passed HB 1236. This is the bill that fixes a typographical error in the law. The error says that even though the petition to qualify a new party doesn’t need to list any candidates in general, it must list candidates for presidential elector (if that party intends to run a presidential nominee). The Rules Committee passed the bill unanimously so it is likely to pass the House on the consent Read more »

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A California Superior Court in Alameda County will hear arguments in Rubin v Bowen on March 6, Tuesday, at 9 a.m. This is the case filed by the Peace & Freedom Party, Libertarian Party of California, and the Alameda County Green Party, against California’s “top-two” system. It concerns the essential characteristic of all top-two systems, that the system inevitably excludes all parties from the general election season and the general Read more »