June 2, 2026
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(excerpt from) Huffington Post
Bernie Sanders Rallies Activists To Sink Obama’s Tax Compromise
December 8, 2010
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told thousands of Americans that if Republicans “run over us now, there is no stopping these guys,” and called on activists across the country to sink Obama’s tax cut compromise.
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LAWRENCEVILLE – Will Costa, a long time political activist and small business owner, filed today to be a candidate in the March 15 special election to replace Charles Bannister as Chairman of the Gwinnett County Commission.…
Christina Tobin, founder and Chair of Free & Equal, will hold a press conference tomorrow at 11am. Christina will release the language for a proposed bill to allow filing fees in lieu of signatures, for ballot access.…
Ben Maski, Wisconsin Green Party activist, had this published in The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin, December 8, 2010:
Can we achieve social change at the ballot box?…
from Ballot Access News
Smart Politics Blog Lists Minor Party and Independent Candidates for U.S. House who got Highest Percentages in 2010
On December 7, Smart Politics, the blog of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota, posted a list of the minor party and independent candidates for U.S.…
(excerpt from) Myce.com
Wikileaks gains support from Pirate Party & Operation Payback
WikiLeaks, the non-profit new media organization that has recently gained mainstream press coverage for releasing US State Department diplomatic cables, has found itself blacklisted from the support of corporations which once enabled the group’s web operations.
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from Ballot Access News
Minnesota Republican Party Bars Two Former Republican Governors from 2012 National Convention, Because They Supported Independence Party Gubernatorial Nominee
On December 5, the Minnesota Republican Party voted to ban 18 Republican office-holders or former office-holders from participating in any official party activities for the next two years. …
By Wayne Allyn Root, Small Businessman and 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee
I am a small business owner who graduated from Columbia University almost 30 years ago alongside my classmate Barack Obama.…
A press release from the Green Party of the US, along with a statement from the Global Greens:
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders from the U.S.…