Source: Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania

Program:

Friday:
Friday Meet & Greet 6pm-10pm
Friday Night @ the oldies 8pm-10pm
Montgomery County Hospitality Suite @ Genetti’s 10pm -
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Source: Ballot Access News

The Martinsville, Virginia Bulletin has this story about the ongoing Constitution Party presidential convention in Nashville. The story focuses on former Congressman Virgil Goode, because Goode in the recent past represented Martinsville, although the city was on the border of the district.

The Spokane Spokesman-Review has this story about the convention. This story focuses Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

This just in from our source: Darrell Castle of Tennessee will seek the Constitution Party nomination. Don Grundmann of California will as well.

Update I: Was in error.

Update II: I seem to have misunderstood my source. Sorry. Howard Phillips apparently did not give the nominating speech for Castle. Howard Phillips actually spoke on behalf of Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

According to our man on the scene, Rep. Cynthia Davis of Missouri, who is running for Lt. Gov., just read a terse message that Chuck Baldwin sent her saying he didn’t think her campaign for Lt. Gov. was going to raise the money or put together the organization needed to win so he isn’t going to help. She replied, “Really Chuck – do we give up before the fight? Well, not me! ” etc. (I’m not sure this is an exact quote.) Reportedly this Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

According to our man on the inside, the platform remains “90-95% of what it was from 2008.”

The new platform, with revisions, “runs 20 pages of small print.”

“However, a very smart move by a MN delegate … was to submit a 5 page summary of the platform that was designed to be put on the website – visitors can see the two or three Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

According to Cody Quirk, Frank Fluckiger, the current Western States Area Chairman, will be competing for the national chairmanship against previously announced candidate Randall Stufflebeam.

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Source: Independent Political Report

There are 126 delegates representing 35 states and 403 votes. (Editor’s Note: these numbers have been corrected) (If I’m not mistaken the state chair gets to vote for all the unaccounted for delegate slots from his state.)

The states represented are: GA, VT, CA, IL, LA, NJ, MN, ID, MD, NE, NV, OH, MA, WA, IA, MI, IN, UT, MS, MO, SC, NC, TN, VA, CO, KS, KY, WV, WY, NY, AZ, FL, SD, OK, TX Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

Here is some correspondence between Emily Salvette, member of the Libertarian National Committee’s credentialing committee and Wes Wagner, the chair of one of the two groups hoping to be recognized as the correct Libertarian Party of Oregon at the convention.

This writer just counted some 25 or so articles here on Independent Political Report about the Oregon problems since they began in earnest in March of 2011. For background, I Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

There are five presidential candidates vying for the nomination of the Constitution Party. Each of them answered a questionnaire which was put out by the Constitution Party of Indiana a couple of months ago. They are posted online. Michael Kennedy of Maryland, Laurie Roth of Washington, Susan Ducey of Kansas, Robby Wells of North Carolina, and Virgil Goode of Virginia. Read more »

Source: Wrights2012.com

Liberty-Candidates has endorsed Lee Wrights as a presidential candidate. Here is their press release:

Liberty-Candidates.org enthusiastically welcomes R. Lee Wrights to the growing slate of candidates championing a return to Constitutional governance in the United States. A Liberty Candidate will defend the great American principles of: Read more »