Source: Independent Political Report
Found on Facebook
I am pleased to support and endorse Governor Mitt Romney for President
I was honored to support my good friend and fellow Georgian, Newt Gingrich, for President. Newt ran a campaign offering transformational ideas to address the key problems facing America. He contributed in a serious manner to advancing solutions for Read more »
Source: Jill Stein for President
This is your call to action: The leaders of most of the world’s most powerful nations are meeting in Chicago. Their vision is of a world dependent on fossil fuels, a global labor market based on low wages and high unemployment, and a global political system that uses war to maintain order.
Our vision is entirely different. We know we can win the peaceful, just, green future we all Read more »
Source: Jill Stein for President
President Obama is Wall Street’s “chief damage control officer” according to Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.
“He has failed miserably to fix the Wall Street system that is ruining our economy – and the recent $2 billion JP Morgan fiasco is further evidence of that. His role is to talk tough when Wall Street misbehavior hits the headlines, and to appropriate to himself the role of Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
The Washington Post has this lengthy op-ed by Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, “Want to End Partisan Politics? Here’s What Won’t Work – And What Will.”
Mann, a Democrat, is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Ornstein, a Republican, is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. They recently wrote a book together, “It’s Even Worse Than it Looks” about the behavior of Congress in recent years. Read more »
Source: Independent Political Report
Despite securing a place on 30 state ballots, the advocacy group Americans Elect has decided against nominating a ticket for the 2012 presidential election.
Less than an hour ago, the group posted the following press release on its website:
There is a desire among Delegates and millions of Americans who have supported Americans Elect to see a credible candidate emerge from this process. Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
On May 17, Americans Elect announced that it will not nominate anyone for President this year. The announcement came at 5 p.m. eastern time. Here is the text of the press release, courtesy of Talking Points Memo.
The last sentence makes it clear that Americans Elect is in no way disbanding itself. Americans Elect leaders feel their party will be active in future elections. There are about Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
As of April 30, the Oklahoma State Election Board has determined the number of registered voters in each party: Democratic 942,388; Republican 850,560; Americans Elect 5; independent 234,141.
The Oklahoma voter registration form has a blank line in the “political party” section, so anyone can register into any party, by writing in a selection in the blank line. However, Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
Gary Johnson’s campaign has released its first video ad, since Johnson obtained the Libertarian presidential nomination. See it here.
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Source: Ballot Access News
On May 16, the Alabama legislative session ended. SB 15, the ballot access reform bill, did not pass. The bill made more progress this year than it ever has before. It passed the Senate overwhelmingly and the House committee unanimously. But it never got a House vote.
The legislature is now in a special session, but no bills can be dealt with in the special Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
The New Orleans Times-Picayune has this story about an obscure procedure on the Americans Elect web page, to enable ordinary members of Americans Elect to send in feedback on what Americans Elect should do next.
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