Source: Independent Political Report
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If we get our message out here — this man right here, Gary Johnson, will be the next POTUS!!
Source: Independent Political Report
Republican Dan Roberts will face Democratic candidate Jared Huffman in the general election. Roberts earned 15% of the vote in the “top two” primary for the congressional race in California’s 2nd congressional district. In a biographical article about Roberts, the Marin Independent Journal noted his earlier connections to smaller political parties:
“…Roberts, who had left the Republican Party to join Ross Perot’s Reform Party, couldn’t Read more »
Source: Independent Political Report
Judge Jim Gray, at the Gary Johnson fundraiser held at former VP Nominee and current LNC member Wayne Allyn Root’s home, before a crowd of about 80 donors gathered around the outdoor pool on an unusually cool and humid Las Vegas evening, announced that a generous Libertarian supporter had recently donated $1,000,000 to a super pac supporting the Gary Johnson 2012 campaign to “keep us going.” Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
At their national convention today, Green Party delegates nominated physician Jill Stein as their presidential candidate.
Stein won 193.5 delegates, compared with 72 for comedian Roseanne Barr, who did not attend.
Stein will face Republican Mitt Romney for the second time. In 2002, Stein ran against Romney for Governor of Massachusetts. Read more »
Source: Ballot Access News
Although Florida has lenient ballot access laws for parties to become ballot-qualified, the state rules for party documents are severe. Florida election officials have fined the Treasurer of the ballot-qualified Florida Tea Party $1,000 because the Treasurer should have filed his report on January 10, 2012, and instead he filed it on January 11, 2012. Recently the Secretary of State notified him that because the fine has not yet been paid, he will be sued. Read more »
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