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Posts published in April 2009

Green Party NYC Mayor candidate Rev. Billy Talen dives into local politics

Green Party Mayoral candidate Billy Talen is supporting a community effort to protect Union Square from private development in the form of a restaurant. Talen used the opportunity of his press coverage to bring attention once again to Mayor Bloomberg’s antics regarding running for another term (despite the fact that he had been term limited.)…

Petitions of Denver Libertarian National Convention delegates and sustaining members against the removal of Lee Wrights from the LNC

We received the following email at [email protected] from George Phillies, as well as a similar email from Rachel Hawkridge:

A caucus of concerned Libertarians has launched a petition drive to the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee, asking that the Judicial Committee overturn fraudulent claims by part of the LNC that Lee Wrights has ceased to be an LNC member.

NY State Senate holds hearings on election reform ideas

from Ballot Access News
New York State Senate Holds Hearing on Election Law Reform Ideas

April 23rd, 2009

On April 23, the New York State Senate is holding a hearing in Buffalo to hear Law Professor James Gardner make the case for many election law reforms, including easing the deadline for a voter to switch parties and still vote in the primary of the new party.…

Local Dems and Reps have different opinions on Independent Party launched in Milford, CT

(excerpt from) Connecticut Post
Independent Party launched in Milford
By Frank Juliano / 04/22/2009

…[Peter] Spalthoff, owner of Shoreline Mortgage Co. and a former Republican town chairman here, announced his candidacy [for Mayor of Milford, CT] as head of the new Independent Party during a rally Wednesday evening on the Green…

…but members of the two main political parties were unfazed.

Green Party Watch profiles state parties: Alabama

Green Party Watch has started a new series profiling all the state Green Parties. In the first post in the series, Gregg Jocoy writes

Please do not assume that what is written here is complete or even fair, as I will have to depend on what Greens I can find in each state along the way.