Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch:
GREEN-RAINBOW CONVENTION CELEBRATES SUCCESSES, LOOKS TO FUTURE
WORCESTER- The Green-Rainbow Party’s annual state convention was held on Sunday at Clark University in Worcester.…
Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch:
GREEN-RAINBOW CONVENTION CELEBRATES SUCCESSES, LOOKS TO FUTURE
WORCESTER- The Green-Rainbow Party’s annual state convention was held on Sunday at Clark University in Worcester.…
Email from Vicki Kirkland, LP of Florida Chair:
The Libertarian Party of Florida voted on their Sunday night, November 14th State Executive Committee phone conference to endorse Dallas, Texas as the site for the 2012 Naional Convention.
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In a massive defeat for ballot access for minor parties, on November 16 the First Circuit ruled that the Constitution permits the states to let qualified parties make a substitute nomination, but does not require that the state extend the same ability to non-qualified parties.…
As reported by George Phillies in IPR comments, Libertarian Party co-founder David Nolan has proposed the following resolution to be considered at this weekend’s LNC meeting:
“WHEREAS the Libertarian Party can grow only by attracting new members and supporters, and
“WHEREAS libertarianism is a unique political philosophy, distinct from both contemporary liberalism and contemporary conservatism, and
“WHEREAS we need the support of both former liberals and former conservatives who have come to realize that libertarianism and the Libertarian Party offer a better path to achieving a just, humane and prosperous society
“The Libertarian National Committee hereby resolves that our party, its representatives and staff should always state clearly and unequivocally that we welcome individuals from across the political spectrum who now accept the libertarian principles of self-ownership and non-aggression.”…
(excerpt from) Newsday
Holiday travelers’ choice: body scan or pat-down?
by Keith Herbert / November 17, 2010
…The New Jersey Libertarian Party is planning a demonstration at Newark Liberty International Airport, Terminal B, on Wednesday evening and will hand out literature explaining that people may choose pat-downs rather than go through body scanners.
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Kathleen Curry, Colorado’s only independent state legislator, still does not know if she won the election on write-in votes. The odds seem to suggest that she lost narrowly to her Democratic Party opponent, Roger Wilson.…
Independent Eliot Cutler recently penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. He finished within 2% of the winning Republican candidate, Paul LePage, in the Maine gubernatorial contest.…
Dr. Tom Stevens writes at Liberty Lion:
New York City Council Member Dan Halloran represents 161,000 constituents and is the highest elected Libertarian Party official in the nation elected from a single district in a partisan race.…
(excerpt from) BBC News
Lisa Murkowski defeats Tea Party to win Senate race
Ms Murkowski was defeated in August for the [Republican] party nomination by Joe Miller, who had been endorsed by ex-Governor Sarah Palin.
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