June 2011 Archives

American Spectator Article on Palin and Third Parties

By RedPhillips on June 8, 2011 5:08 PM

Sarah Palin’s flirtation with third party politics has inspired Jeffery Lord to write this article at American Spectatoron the history of third parties in general.…

Root: Twitter for Schmucks

By Bruce Cohen on June 8, 2011 4:36 PM

Have you seen the movie Dinner for Schmucks? Now we have a sequel, Twitter for Schmucks starring Congressman Anthony Weiner. I’m a Libertarian. I don’t want government in my bedroom, or my boardroom, so I’m generally hands-off (excuse the pun) about what politicians do in their private time.…

In endorsement letter, 2004 Green presidential candidate David Cobb calls Honkala for Sheriff campaign ‘the “signature” national electoral campaign for progressives of all stripes’

By Ross Levin on June 8, 2011 1:42 PM

The letter of endorsement, as posted on the campaign website of Cheri Honkala for Sheriff of Philadelphia:

Dear Fellow Green Party members,

Remember the excitement of the Nader/LaDuke 2000 campaign? …

N.C. House passes bill to lower ballot access barriers

By Brian Irving on June 8, 2011 10:40 AM

CHARLOTTE (June 7) – In a bipartisan 67-50 vote, the state House of Representatives approved a bill to dramatically lower the threshold for a new political party to gain and maintain ballot access in North Carolina.…

North Carolina Ballot Access Bill Passes House

By Kimberly Wilder on June 8, 2011 9:07 AM

from Ballot Access News
North Carolina Ballot Access Bill Passes House

On June 7, the North Carolina House passed HB 32, which lowers the number of signatures for previously unqualified parties, and independent candidates.

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