According to a recent press release, Christina Tobin will be managing the campaign of Dan O’Connor in New York’s 12 congressional district. O’Connor is challenging incumbent Nydia Velazquez in the Democratic Party primary.…
Posts published in December 2011
Working Families Party Encouraged by Cuomo’s Talk of New Taxes
By Trent Hill on December 12, 2011 3:01 PM
The Working Families Party is a labor-based party in New York that gave Governor Andrew Cuomo its ballot line in 2010. In New York one candidate can be listed multiple times if the candidate wins more than one party’s nomination.…
Laurie Roth Makes Independent Run for President, Says AIP Will Put Her On the Ballot
By Trent Hill on December 12, 2011 2:49 PM
Laurie Roth is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host based out of Washington. Roth’s talk show is reflective of her own conservative beliefs. Ms. Roth has, in the past, been active at the local level in the GOP, but has now announced a run for President in which she will seek the ballot-lines of Independent parties in various states.…
Michael Badnarik Endorses Independent Candidate for Congress
By Trent Hill on December 12, 2011 5:54 AM
Former Libertarian Party presidential candidate and constitutional scholar Michael Badnarik has announced an endorsement of an independent candidate for Congress in Colorado. His endorsement reads as follows:
Like so many Americans, I have come to distrust my government, and I have grown cynical about the election process.
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Third Party Voter Registration Statistics in NV, CA, AK, and NY
By Trent Hill on December 12, 2011 5:35 AM
Nevada’s most recent voter registration statistics were posted in October of 2011.
Green Party: 3,033 (0.27%)
Independent American Party: 51,535 (4.55%)
Libertarian Party: 7,111 (0.63%)
Non-Partisan: 181,960 (16.05%)
Other: 3,945 (0.35%)
California’s most recent voter registration statistics are from February 2011.…
Darcy Richardson Now On Ballot in Four States
By Trent Hill on December 12, 2011 4:05 AM
Darcy Richardson, who has commented here at IPR for a long time and was once a contributor to IPR, is running a primary challenge in the Democratic Party against incumbent President Barack Obama.…
LNC Meeting (December 2011 in Las Vegas, NV)
By Chuck Moulton on December 10, 2011 11:32 AM
The Libertarian National Committee is meeting in Las Vegas, NV this weekend (12/10/2011 – 12/11/2011). Saturday night a fundraiser was held 7-00 pm PST to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Libertarian Party and benefit the LP building fund.…
Steve Collett: Thirteen Ways Drug Legalization Could Improve Real Estate Values
By Jill Pyeatt on December 10, 2011 1:36 AM
A growing consensus is forming among economists and criminologists that drug prohibition, rather than drug use itself, is a leading cause of violence and property crime, resulting in urban decay and losses to real estate values.
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Lee Wrights: People Must Want to be Free
By Brian Irving on December 9, 2011 11:02 PM
“Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.”
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