Source: GaryJohnson2012.com

GOV. GARY JOHNSON WILL COMPETE IN LEADVILLE 100 ON SATURDAY FOR NINTH TIME

August 9, 2012, Leadville, CO — Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson will take a brief break from the campaign trail on Saturday, August 11, to tackle another grueling race: the Leadville 100 mountain bike race in Colorado.

An accomplished cyclist and outdoorsman, Gov. Johnson will participate in the high-altitude race for the Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

On August 8, two attorneys working for various Republican Party officials filed challenges to the validity of the Libertarian Party statewide petition and the Constitution Party statewide petition. No challenge was filed against the statewide Green Party petition.

Fortunately, also on August 8, Oliver Hall filed a request for injunctive relief in federal court against the Pennsylvania challenge system. That case, which was filed on May 17, 2012, is Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

The Socialist Equality Party turned in 3,200 signatures to place its presidential nominee, Jerry White, on the ballot. The state requires 2,000. However, the state disqualified the petition because the state says one presidential elector candidate needs to live in each U.S. House district. However, in 2004, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ralph Nader, and said there is no need for a residency requirement for presidential elector candidates, other than that Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

The Connecticut petition deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, is August 8. It appears that the only presidential petition likely to succeed in Connecticut is the Libertarian Party petition. The state requires 7,500 valid signatures. The Green Party made a valiant attempt, but seems to only have 7,000 signatures in hand.

The FEC has still not approved the Jill Stein matching funds application, although that approval Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Fifteen days ago, the Georgia Green Party and the Georgia Constitution Party asked for reconsideration in the ballot access case. The Georgia Attorney General has not responded. It is somewhat unusual for a request for reconsideration to be filed, and to elicit no response from the other side.

The case challenges the Georgia ballot access laws for President, which are so stringent, no Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson has scheduled a trial for October 16, at 9 a.m., in California Justice Committee v Bowen, central district, 2:12cv3956. This is the case over the constitutionality of California’s January petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties. The judge had already enjoined this deadline, in May 2012, on the basis that the deadline is probably unconstitutional. The case had been filed in May by the Justice Party and the Constitution Party. Read more »

Source: Ballot Access News

Ballotpedia has analyzed the primary election returns from August 7. See here. In Kansas, 34% of all incumbent legislators running for re-election who had primary opponents were defeated. Kansas has closed primaries.

In Michigan, which has an open primary, 14% of all legislative incumbents running for re-election who had opponents were defeated. In Missouri, which also has an open primary, 23% of the Read more »

Source: Green Party (GP.org)

Report cited on the extrajudicial killing of Blacks once every 36 hours in the US

Greens seek measures to prevent police violence against peaceful protesters outside upcoming Republican and Democratic conventions

WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party called two recent reports on police violence evidence of systematic abuses of power by police departments, especially in their treatment of young black Read more »

Source: Green Party Watch

Green Party candidate Ursula Rozum told The Post-Standard Monday she is running for Congress because the major parties have not addressed two crises faced by the nation’s youth — the economy and climate change.

In a meeting with the newspaper’s editorial board, Rozum, 28, of Syracuse, sharply criticized both incumbent Republican Ann Marie Buerkle and Democrat Dan Maffei, who are locked in a Read more »