Source: Ballot Access News

Kathleen Curry is an independent candidate for the Colorado legislature this year. She had been a Democratic member of the Colorado House, and in 2009 had switched to become an independent. At the time Colorado refused to let any independent candidate on the ballot if he or she had been a member of a qualified party at any time during the preceding year, so she was not permitted to be on the November 2010 ballot. She had Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

The June 7 Los Angeles Times has this story, headlined, “Few centrists advance in California’s new primary system.” The story also says, “Experts predict that the new primary rules will result in perhaps the costliest legislative campaigns in state history, increasing the power of the special interests that fund them.”

The Los Angeles Times had strongly backed Proposition 14, the “top two open primary” Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Sometime in 2010, at an event in St. Louis, the Objectivist Party nominated Thomas Stevens for President for the 2012 election. The 2012 vice-presidential nominee is Alden Link. The same pair ran in 2008, and received 755 votes in the entire nation. For the 2012 election, the ticket is already on the ballot in Colorado, and expects to be on in Florida.

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Source: Green Party Watch

Organizers of a Youth Caucus of the Green Party in the US are reaching out to get accredited with the national party.

The organizers, A.J. Segneri and Ryan Jones, have been working on this project since the Annual National Meeting in Alfred, NY. Since then the response for having the Youth Caucus has gone over well. “Having a Youth Caucus in our national party is vitally Read more »

Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)

Why Ron Paul Supporters Need the Libertarian Party

When Dr. Rand Paul ran for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, many of his fund-raising appeals were sent to the donors and supporters of his father, Congressman Ron Paul. They were designed to convince Ron’s supporters that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. That Rand was, like his legendary father, a steadfast champion of liberty. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

The son of Congressman Ron Paul, Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who holds many of his father’s libertarian leanings and who campaigned extensively for his father’s three presidential runs, including his 1988 bid as Libertarian Party nominee, appeared on Hannity earlier tonight and announced his decision to officially endorse presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

As a result of California’s top two primary on June 5, four Congressional districts will see Independent candidates as the challengers to incumbents. In Alameda County Marilyn Singleton is challenging Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a Democrat associated with the Progressive Caucus.

Marilyn Singleton is running a platform of stopping the out of control spending by the Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

According to this article, Virgil Goode’s campaign has collected over 4,000 signatures in Virginia. The requirement for ballot access in Virginia is 10,000, so a number above that is required in order to get enough valid signatures. That information as part of a larger interview concerning his issue positions.

On a number of other issues, he said: Read more »