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The April 6 Washington Post has this editorial, deploring the low turnout in the April 2012 primary in Washington, D.C., and suggesting that the city consider using instant runoff voting. The editorial is not detailed, and one wonders if the editors are also implicitly suggesting non-partisan elections for Washington’s city elections. Thanks to Rob Richie for the link. Read more »

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WASHINGTON, DC — The third Global Greens Congress, meeting in Dakar, Senegal, last weekend, has adopted a statement of support for popular democratic movements around the world, including Arab Spring, the Spanish Indignants, and the Occupy Movement. The statement is appended below.

More than 400 Greens representing 76 countries including the US met in Dakar from Read more »

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Alabama SB 15, which improves ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates, may receive a vote in the Alabama Senate on April 10. It was eligible for such a vote on April 3 and April 5, but it didn’t come up because of extremely lengthy debate on various other bills.

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The Working Families Party may run New York Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries for U.S. House in the 10th district in Brooklyn, even if Jeffries doesn’t win the Democratic Party primary for that seat. The incumbent, Congressman Edolphus Towns, has been in Congress since 1983, and is running for re-election. The Working Families Party refused to cross-endorse Towns in 2006, 2008, and 2010, although it didn’t run its own nominee Read more »

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Click here to hear the podcast. The caption reads:

Body Cavity Searches and Traffic Stops

Constitution Party Vice-Chairman Darrell Castle discusses a recent Supreme Court of the United States decision upholding invasive search procedures.

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Wayne Root requested that the following be posted on IPR:

Yesterday, I appeared on the Bill Cunningham Show and overall it went very well. However, some people are making unfounded claims that I endorsed Mitt Romney for President based on a couple of sentences where I did not express myself as clearly as I should have. Read more »

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Wayne Allyn Root, who is an At-Large Member of the Libertarian National Committee, and Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee, has this interesting bit of advice today for his listening audience:

http://www.700wlw.com/player/?station=WLW-AM&program_name=podcast&program_id=bill_cunningham.xml&mid=21977071
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On April 6, Maine People’s Resource Center released the results of a poll for various Maine election races. In the U.S. Senate race, the poll assumed that the Republicans will nominate Charlie Summers, and that Democrats will nominate Matt Dunlap (the primary is in June). The results: Angus King, independent, 56.0%; Republican Charlie Summers 21.8%; Democrat Matt Dunlap 12.2%; other and undecided 9.9%. See the entire poll here. Read more »

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On August 4, the Minnesota House amended SF 2296 to include a provision moving the primary from August to June. Because Minnesota law already says that independent presidential petitions are due on primary day, the bill would have the effect of moving the petition deadline from August to June.

However, on August 5, the Senate refused to agree to the House amendment. The vote in Read more »

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The New York Times of April 6 has this fairly lengthy story about the Texas Green Party, and the Texas Libertarian Party. It was written by Ross Ramsey of the Texas Tribune. It is somewhat unusual for the New York Times to publish a story about either of these minor parties. The story seems factually accurate. Thanks to Jim Riley for the link.

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