Jun
02
2012
Source: Independent Political Report
This is a fund raising appeal, but it contains a lot of information on the Georgia ballot access lawsuit:
Many of our faithful supporters over the years know the problem of Georgia election law and ballot access for our candidates. New supporters, know this: only “major” political parties in Georgia (Republicans and Democrats) get automatic ballot access, state- Read more »
Jun
02
2012
Source: GaryJohnson2012.com
May 31, 2012, Santa Fe, NM – Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson’s campaign has qualified for matching funds from the federal Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Johnson’s eligibility was announced by the Federal Election Commission Thursday.
Responding to the FEC announcement, Johnson said, “The fact that our campaign has Read more »
Jun
02
2012
Source: US News
By Kenneth T. Walsh
He has a very long way to go, but Gary Johnson is trying to pick up where Ron Paul left off.
Johnson is the Libertarian Party nominee for president, a perch that Paul has used in the past to run for the White House. But this year, Paul is still pursuing his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination and it is Johnson who wants to emerge as the Read more »
Jun
02
2012
Source: Independent Political Report
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson’s campaign has announced the following process for candidate endorsements.
1) “The Governor will only endorse those candidates who are a) NOT running against another Libertarian and who b) do not have the possibility of running against another Libertarian — e.g. having another Libertarian enter the race).” Read more »
Jun
02
2012
Source: GaryJohnson2012.com
Friends,
When climbing a mountain, a successful summit is a round trip.
A few days ago, we announced a fundraising effort to commemorate Gov. Gary Johnson’s reaching the top of Mt. Everest – the world’s highest peak – nine years ago. The idea was for supporters to contribute $1 dollar for every foot Gov. Johnson climbed, $29035, to reach the summit of Everest on May 30, 2003. The goal was to raise that Read more »
Jun
02
2012
Source: Independent Political Report
Freelance writer Peter Gemma (cf. http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_22_3/tsc_22_3_gemma.shtml and http://www.quarterly-review.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/QRGemma.pdf title=”The state of the States”) talked policy and politics with Virgil Goode, the presidential nominee of the Constitution Party. Goode, who received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, served in the Virginia Army National Guard Read more »
Jun
02
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On May 31, Buddy Roemer said he is no longer a candidate for President. Even though Americans Elect had said on May 17 that it would not nominate anyone for President, Roemer had still been a candidate for the Reform Party nomination. The Reform Party is ballot-qualified in Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Courtesy of Politico, here is Roemer’s withdrawal statement. He did not mention the Read more »
Jun
02
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On May 30, filing for the Arizona primaries closed, for candidates who wish to have their names placed on primary ballots. Stephen Dolgos of New River, Arizona, filed 171 signatures to run in the Americans Elect primary for Congress in the new 8th district. As far as is known, he is the first person who has filed to run in any Americans Elect primary in any state. Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s web page, showing all candidates Read more »
Jun
02
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On May 30, the Oregon Green Party filed a lawsuit in state court, arguing that the Secretary of State is misreading the definition of “political party” and that the party is ballot-qualified based on its vote in 2008.
The Secretary of State believes the vote test, when met, only gives a party one more election in which it is ballot-qualified. The party argues that when it met the vote test, that Read more »
