Aug 19 2012

Pennsylvania RP Creates “Presidential Candidate Fraud Detection Project” Attacking LP and CP

Source: Independent Political Report

The following email received by IPR and apparently sent by Don Adams, President of the Independence Tea Party Political Action Committee (see: http://www.independencehallteapartypac.com), to Republican Party supporters in Pennsylvania, claims Libertarian and Constitution Party candidates in Pennsylvania were fraudulently “propped up by Democrats and (are) not the product of a grassroots petition effort.”

The following email was apparently sent earlier today: Read more »

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Aug 19 2012

Green Party to Obama: Call off federal crackdowns on medical marijuana, respect state laws

Source: Green Party (GP.org)

WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders and candidates called on President Obama to order his Justice Department to stop overriding state laws that allow medical marijuana by raiding and prosecuting cannabis dispensaries.

“The federal crackdowns show the Justice Department’s disregard and contempt for local and state laws, scientific evidence of marijuana’s usefulness as a medical treatment, and the needs of patients,” Read more »

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Aug 19 2012

Ballot Access Update: Iowa is the 35th state for Gov. Gary Johnson And Judge Jim Gray

Source: Libertarian Party (LP.org)

Today, Iowa became the 35th state for Libertarians Gov. Gary Johnson and Judge James P. Gray to be placed on the ballot. Petitions were submitted yesterday in Tennessee, and are due next week in Minnesota, New York, and Virginia.

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Aug 19 2012

Poll: 5% identify as libertarian

Source: Libertarian Action Super PAC

In the August 8 poll commissioned by LASPAC, 1,000 likely voters were asked the following: “In political terms, do you consider yourself conservative, moderate, liberal, or libertarian?”

The responses were as follows:

Liberal 19%
Moderate 37% Read more »

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Aug 19 2012

Hearing Set in Washington State Case over Definition of “Political Party”

Source: Ballot Access News

A Washington state superior court will hear oral arguments in Libertarian Party of Washington State v Reed on Thursday, August 23. This is the lawsuit on whether the Republican Party is a ballot-qualified party in that state.

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