Source: Ballot Access News

Two parties, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, are entitled to their own primary in Missouri. Filing has been open for a while, and closes March 27. So far, only six individuals have filed to run for federal and state office in the Libertarian primary, and only two in the Constitution Party primary.

Libertarians are running for Governor, Secretary of State, one U.S. House race, and three Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Maine not only requires a newly-qualifying party to submit a petition signed by 5% of the last gubernatorial vote, for full party status; the state also requires the group to then hold a town caucus in each of Maine’s sixteen counties. This article describes plans for the upcoming Americans Elect in South Portland. The expectation is that only two registered party members will attend. Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Mari Bennett, a well-known criminal defense attorney in Houston, Texas, recently said in his blog, “Defending People”, that he has decided to seek the Libertarian Party nomination for Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, a statewide partisan judicial post. The American Bar Association Journal took note of the news. See here. The ABA Journal has a link to Bennett’s announcement. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Members of the Boston Tea Party (BTP) have voted to remove student Tiffany Briscoe as the party’s presidential nominee. At the moment, she has been replaced with NOTA (None of the Above).

Briscoe, who falsely claimed she was a member of the Howard Community College Board of Trustees and a graduate of the school, was selected at the BTP’s nominating convention Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Virgil Goode recently announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in 2012 in New York City. This video does not capture the entire thing, and the wind obscures a bit of the sound, but the basic idea is there.

Virgil Goode Announces Presidential Candidacy

If anyone has the full video, please share it. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Following are videos of the speeches given by 6 of the candidates for the 2012 presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party. The candidates spoke in alphabetical order, and the location was the Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach Hotel, on March 4, 2012. They were filmed by Joe Dehn. You can find them on Mr. Dehn’s You Tube channel here.

The nomination will occur at the Libertarian National Convention May 2 through 6, 2012, at Read more »