Source: Ballot Access News

On October 24, Michael Osborne, an independent candidate for the Virginia legislature next month, filed a lawsuit in state court against the state’s discriminatory laws on checking signatures.

In Virginia, all candidates running in a primary must petition to get on the primary ballot, but the petitions are not checked for validity. Independent Read more »

Source: Independent Political Report

From a media release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com BY Joseph A. Glean:

Independent candidate charges unfair treatment in local media:
Seeks relief from hyperlocal news media, AOL’s Patch Network

Joseph A. “Joe” Glean is a candidate for State Delegate in Virginia’s 44th House District. He is a pro-life, Reagan conservative, being run as an Independent Read more »

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On October 15, the final debate was held for the four candidates in the special legislative election in the Third Berkshire District, Massachusetts State House. The four candidates are the Green Party’s Mark Miller, Democrat Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Republican Mark Jester, and independent Pam Malumphy. The election is Tuesday, October 18. This is the district in which Miller, the Green Party nominee, polled Read more »

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Louisiana holds a gubernatorial election later this month. Ten candidates are on the ballot, including one Republican, four Democrats, one Libertarian, and four independent candidates. According to this poll, sponsored by WWL-TV, all four Democrats combined are only polling 10% of the vote. Bobby Jindal, the only Republican running, is at 57%, and 29% of the voters are undecided. The Read more »

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On October 10, all three candidates for Governor of Kentucky debated each other. The three candidates include independent Gatewood Galbraith and the major party nominees. See this story. The election is November 8, 2011. Read more »

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Last week’s San Francisco Bay Guardian forum revealed that despite a diversity of opinion among San Franciscans, every single candidate at the forum agreed that not only do they support “sanctuary city” policies – every candidate agreed that they will reverse Gavin Newsom’s decision to report undocumented immigrant felons to federal authorities. Read more »

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The West Virginia Secretary of State’s web page carries the unofficial votes for Governor in the October 4 special election. Here is the link.

So far, the percentages are: Democratic 50.23%, Republican 46.40%, Mountain 1.90%, independent .97%, American Third Position .35%, write-ins .14%. UPDATE: at 11:15 pm, the newer percentages are Democratic 49.37%, Republican 47.17%, Mountain 2.01%, independent .94%, American Third Position .37%, write-in .14%. Read more »

Today West Virginia is holding a special gubernatorial election. Besides the Republican and Democratic candidates, there are two third party candidates, one independent candidate, and three write-ins. The third party candidates are the Mountain Party’s (West Virginia affiliate of the Green Party) Bob Henry Baber, former Mayor of Richwood, and Harry Bertram of the American Third Position Party. Read more »

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On September 21, U.S. District Court Judge Dan A. Polster, a Clinton appointee, declined to put Tim Quinn on the ballot for Mayor of Elyria, Ohio, as an independent candidate. The case is Quinn v Lorain County Board of Elections, n.d., 1:11-cv-1968. There is no written opinion. Quinn submitted enough valid signatures, but he was kept off the ballot because he had voted in the Read more »

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On November 8, Virginia elects a new legislature. Virginia has 100 House seats, all of which are up. In only 29 districts will voters see both a Democrat and a Republican on the ballot. Most districts only have one person on the ballot. Also running for the 100 House seats are five independent candidates, two Independent Green Party nominees, and two Libertarians. Read more »