Over at Ballot Access News, Richard Winger reports that the Country Party has filed their petition to be on the ballot. This is a party that is not putting forth any presidential candidate.…
Posts published in December 2011
Peace and Freedom Party National Organizing Committee Meets This Weekend
By Trent Hill on December 9, 2011 4:03 PM
The Peace and Freedom Party has been a ballot-qualified third party in California since 1968 (with a brief exception from 1999-2003). The party has, for a few decades, existed almost solely within the borders of California.…
Bob Kiss Won’t Run For Re-Election As Mayor, Might Run for State Senate
By Trent Hill on December 9, 2011 5:47 AM
Bob Kiss is the outgoing Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and one of the most well-known elected officials and members of the Progressive Party of Vermont. Kiss is reportedly not going to seek another term as Mayor of Burlington according to this article:
Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss will not seek re-election to a third term.The
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Independents and Third Parties Move Against Corporate Personhood in VT
By Trent Hill on December 8, 2011 1:52 AM
Corporate personhood is an issue that is not much discussed at major party debates and does not present itself in the platforms of either the Republicans or Democrats.…
Jill Stein Profiled in The Hill
By Trent Hill on December 8, 2011 1:26 AM
The Hill, a popular periodical covering Washington D.C. politics, recently published an extended profile of Jill Stein. The article covers a number of topics, including Occupy Wallstreet, her “Green New Deal”, and students as a reliable voter base for her campaign.…
Officeholder Summary for Green Party in 2011
By Trent Hill on December 8, 2011 1:13 AM
Over at GreenPartyWatch, Brent McMillan has compiled an officeholder summary for the party in 2011 and an election wrap up by the numbers. While this might be a little late, I have not seen such a comprehensive list anywhere else.…
Lincoln Chafee Defends “Holiday Tree” Comments
By Trent Hill on December 7, 2011 4:50 AM
Lincoln Chafee is the Independent Governor of Rhode Island and has been at the center of a controversy this past week because of the label he applied to that holiday tradition known as the “Christmas Tree”.…
Florida Libertarian Party will host Johnson event
By Thomas L. Knapp on December 5, 2011 1:19 PM
Per The Florida Indpendent:
The Libertarian Party of Florida will host a campaign stop for Republican presidential hopeful Gary Johnson. The partnership is leading many to speculate that Johnson, a two-term New Mexico governor, may drop out of the GOP to run as a Libertarian.
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Darryl W. Perry: Former President George W. Bush & Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair Found Guilty of War Crimes
By Jill Pyeatt on December 4, 2011 2:19 AM
In early 2011 the Boston Tea Party National Committee passed a resolution supporting War Crimes trials “for every person that has violated the ‘law of war’.”…