June 13, 2026
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Press release via yahoo groups lists:
Organizers of San Francisco’s YouthVote, a mock election in which SF high school students get to weigh in on the candidates and measures to be voted on by the general voting age public in the upcoming November election, released the results of the student vote today, and Starchild, a sex worker and libertarian activist, was the runaway top vote-getter among the 11 candidates for school board, selected by 41.8% of those casting ballots.…
J.R. Myers, formerly (?) with the Alaska Independence Party, sends me this notification:
I have filed paperwork with the Alaska Division of Elections to create an Alaska Constitution Party.…
Sent to [email protected] and posted at TPID:
The North Central Ohio Tea Party announced yesterday that they are endorsing four Libertarian candidates for their respective offices: Charlie Earl for Secretary of State, Matthew Cantrell for state Treasurer, Jeffrey Blevins for 16th Congressional District, and Robert Brent Vollmer for Court of Appeals, 5th District.…
On October 27, Rhode Island [held] a gubernatorial debate, in which all 7 ballot-listed candidates [participated]. See this story. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the link.
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On October 27, Louisiana held a televised U.S. Senate debate in which six candidates participated. See this story. The debate sponsors invited each political party nominee, and also invited anyone who had either held elected office recently, or who had raised or spent $50,000.…
The Mexican American Political Association is a 50-year old California political organization. It is non-partisan but it endorses candidates in California elections.…
Ballot Access News:
Field Poll Shows California Gubernatorial “Other” Candidates at 5%
On October 28, the Field Poll released a gubernatorial poll for California. The poll did not mention all 6 candidates on the ballot.
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Video of a “Rootin’ Tootin’ Wall Street Rodeo to Wrangle Runaway Stock Transfer Tax Revenue From Corporate Rustlers”, in the form of a press conference for Green Party of New York State candidates at the Bull statue on Wall Street.…
This e-mail arrived in my in-box from Alan Keyes. He is endorsing Dr. Marvin Scott (R-IN) for Congress. Keyes makes no mention of his America’s Independent Party.…