It’s been quite a while since we’ve done an episode of IPR Blog Talk Radio. I’m interested in giving it another go. If you are an independent or alt party candidate, alternative party spokesperson, or author covering our subject matter, and would like to set up a time to talk on our internet radio show, give me a call at 415-690-6352.…
Posts published in August 2010
Phila. Bulletin: Third Parties Want Ballot Laws Changed
From the Philadelphia Bulletin:
When threatened with a legal challenge to the signatures on the nominating petitions, third party candidates do not have the necessary funds to fight back, said Bonita Hoke, executive director of the non-partisan League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania.
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Alaska: Will The Libertarian Party Sell Out Its Principles To Win A Senate Seat?
In a stunning upset, Tea Party activist and Sarah Palin-endorsee Joe Miller appears to have upset incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in Tuesday’s Republican primary election.…
Libertarian Peacenik on the “Ground Zero Mosque” and the Libertarian Party
Posted by Thomas Sipos at Libertarian Peacenik:
Wayne Allyn Root, John Hospers: The LP’s Anti-Libertarian Faces
Massachusetts Libertarian Party Chair George Phillies reports on Independent Political Report (comment 148):
“I am amused to report that the LNC was contacted by a reporter who wanted to do a story on possible interactions between the Libertarian Party and Malcolm X, the question being ‘Has Malcolm X inspired your Libertarian activism?’…
Darryl Perry: ‘One Nation Under Surveillance’
By Darryl W. Perry
Chair, Boston Tea Party National Committee
In July I wrote, “As long as a government is able to “get away” with “minor” intrusions such as traffic cameras and airport body scanners; they will try to get away with greater intrusions of privacy and greater violations of our guaranteed protection from “unreasonable searches and seizures.””…
Socialist Party on Ballot in Vermont for First Time Since 1952
The Socialist Party has petitioned onto the Vermont ballot this year. It is the first time since 1952 that the Socialist Party has appeared on the Vermont ballot.…
Working Families Party Has Nominees This Year in Six States
In November 2010, voters of six states will find Working Families Party nominees on the ballot, the highest number of states so far for that party.…
Arkansas Independent Senate Candidate, Trevor Drown, Calls on States to Address Disenfranchisement of Military Voters
d. eris at TPID:
Background: J. Christian Adams writes at Pajamas Media:
the Pentagon announced that it had granted the waiver requests of five states seeking to escape requirements to protect military voters.
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Secretary of State candidate La Pietra (G-MI) on Making Elections Fairer
John Anthony La Pietra
Offers Ideas on Protecting Election Rights, Withdrawing Petition Signatures, and How to Make Elections Fairer and Better for Voters
John Anthony La Pietra, nominated by the Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) as the party’s 2010 candidate for Secretary of State, has posted the first three “position discussion papers” on his campaign Website.…

