Source: Independent Political Report

The following Press Release was emailed by the Gary Johnson for President campaign in regards to the recent omission of Jesse Ventura’s endorsement on CNN.

Friends,

Censored again.

A few days ago, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura was interviewed by CNN, and Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

The following Press Release was sent via email by Stephen Durham and Christina López.

Are you fed up with empty promises and big-money control of the elections? Throw your support behind candidates with bold, unconventional and practical solutions to the economic crisis and the escalating attacks on civil rights. The Freedom Socialist Party campaign of Stephen Durham for president and Christina López for vice president has a Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

President Obama continues to attempt bringing together his liberal base by tackling controversial social issues. It appears he now wants the liberal leaning marijuana users to support him despite policies that threaten to lock them up. Cannatruths offers some suggestions.

First he would need to sign an executive order moving cannabis from a schedule one Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

This editorial is posted in full with permission from Savva Vassiliev, a self proclaimed former Wayne Rooter.

I had great respect for Wayne Allyn Root. I’ve known him for several years now. I first really met him when I changed the platform on the floor in 2010 at the California Libertarian Convention in Long Beach to state: “We support the right of any political party Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On June 20, a Superior Court Judge in Maricopa County, Arizona, removed three Libertarians from the party’s primary ballot. They were all running for seats in the state legislature. Some Republican activists challenged their primary petitions, on the basis that some of the petition signers are registered independents.

Arizona elections officials had always believed that registered independents are free to Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On June 22, the Illinois Libertarian Party filed this brief in Libertarian Party of Illinois v State Board of Elections, pending in U.S. District Court. The issues are the June 25 petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties and independent candidates, and also the unique state law that requires newly-qualifying parties to submit a full slate of candidates.

Source: Ballot Access News

In 2010, both the Libertarian Party, and the Anti-Prohibition Party, qualified for the general election ballot in New York. New York generally permits candidates to be the nominee of multiple political parties. However, New York will not print the name of a candidate nominated for the same office by two different unqualified parties on the ballot twice. By contrast, if two or even three qualified parties nominate the same candidate for Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

The 2009 session of the Vermont legislature moved the independent candidate petition deadline from September to June. This move has reduced choices on this year’s November general election. The Justice Party, the Constitution Party, and the Green Party, all made serious attempts to obtain the needed 1,000 signatures in time for the June 14 deadline, but all three failed. The only presidential petition that succeeded was Read more »