June 2, 2026
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The article was prompted by Jon Huntsman’s recent comments about the need for a third party.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program on Thursday, Mr. Huntsman — who has endorsed Mitt Romney for president — said that the political system was “broken” and that a third party may be the only way to fix it.
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I was over at Politics1 and ran across this news. As far as I know IPR has not previously reported on this.
Tom Hoefling has been nominated to be the Presidential Candidate of America’s Party.…
IPR contacted the Socialist Equality Party’s presidential nominee Jerry White with three questions about his campaign. Though White did respond initially, party chairman Joe Kishore answered instead.…
Source: Free State Project (from e-mail sent March 5)
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Posted on Green Party Watch:
Al Jazeera’s program “Inside Story” on Friday March 2 was on the subject of the Green Party in America, called “Can the Greens Influence the US Elections?”…
A press release from the Green Party of the United States:
WASHINGTON, DC — Candidates and leaders of the Green Party of the United States expressed hope that the Supreme Court will strike down the ‘individual mandate’ section of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as aca reporting when the court issues a ruling on its constitutionality in late March.…
See descriptions under the previous open threads if you don’t know what the open threads are about (although it’s pretty self-explanatory).
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This email from Garland Favorito of VoterGA is packed with information. It includes a mention of the Macon Telegraph article that we posted below, updates on legislation to decrease Georgia’s signature requirements and information on the persecution of a sitting independent Georgia legislator.…
Paul Gottfried, a prominent and ridiculously prolific paleoconservative, (search his name at Amazon and see what I mean) encourages Ron Paul to run third party in his latest essay.…