Source: Liberty for All (via Independent Political Report)

Source: Jill Stein for President

(MADISON, WI) A new ad released today features a clip of a television interview with Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein in which she expresses outrage over the state of the nation and the political campaigning tactics of Democrats and Republicans.

Stein argues that a Green Party President would mean an end to unemployment, to foreclosures, to student debt, and corporate rule. “We’re not talking spare change,” says Stein. “We need a revolution.” Read more »

Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)

Dear Fellow Libertarians

Volunteers are going all-out to keep Libertarians Gov Gary Johnson and Judge Jim Gary on the ballot in Pennsylvania – and our whole slate of statewide PA Libertarian candidates.

Roy Minet who’s heading the effort to stave off the Republican’s challenge, reports:

“As of late yesterday afternoon, we completed the review of approximately 26,000 petition signatures Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On August 22, the Virginia State Board of Elections notified the Libertarian Party of Virginia in an e-mail that the party has enough valid signatures, statewide and in each district. Furthermore, two days later, the Libertarians turned in even more signatures.

However, on August 31, an attorney representing the Republican Party of Virginia notified the Board that the party believes the vast majority of the Libertarian petition signatures are invalid. Virginia has no Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

See this story, which describes the first 2012 Jill Stein presidential ads made for television.

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Source: Ballot Access News

See this newspaper story for a brief account of the August 31 hearing on whether the Libertarian Party should remain on the ballot for President in Iowa. The judge said he will rule on Tuesday, September 4. Thanks to Brian Moore for the link.

Source: Ballot Access News

On August 31, a lower state court in Arizona determined that the top-two open primary initiative has enough valid signatures to be on the ballot. See this story.

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Source: Ballot Access News

On August 31, the Oklahoma Americans Elect Party sued the State Board of Elections, over the Board’s refusal to let the party list its presidential candidate on the ballot. The state acknowledges that the Americans Elect Party is ballot-qualified, but says it won’t print the party’s presidential nominee on the ballot because the national leaders of Americans Elect don’t want that to happen. The case has a hearing on September 5, 2012, at 1:30 p.m., before a State Supreme Court referee. Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On August 24, two Ohio voters, Kelly Mills and Cynthia Rees, filed a challenge to the placement of Gary Johnson on the Ohio general election ballot. The Ohio Libertarian Party and the Johnson campaign were not informed of this until August 31.

The basis for the challenge is that Ohio law says candidates cannot get on the general election “by nominating petition” if he or she “seeks a party nomination for an office or position at a primary by Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

The District of Columbia Board of Elections has determined that the petition for the Libertarian Party presidential nominee is sufficient and that Gary Johnson will appear on the ballot.

In 2008, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr missed the ballot in six jurisdictions: Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. Of those six jurisdictions, Johnson this year is now on the ballot in four of them. Connecticut is still checking the Read more »