November 8, 2026
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From Ballot Access News:
On the evening of August 1, Cherokee County (Georgia) officials announced that independent candidate Carolyn Cosby had enough valid signatures on her independent candidate petition to be on the ballot for Chair of the County Commission.…
On July 30, 2014, Time ran an article entitled “Third-Party Candidates Could Disrupt 2014 Midterms“, which accused Libertarians of “threatening [the] GOP bid for control of the Senate”.…
From the Ohio Green Party website:
I’m calling upon my republican and democrat opponents in the 12th Congressional District to join me in a demand I originally made in early March for the President to fire both CIA Director Brennan and DNI Clapper for their repeated criminal and unconstitutional misconduct.…
From the party:
You’re invited to a meeting of the Freedom Socialist Party featuring discussions on two key topics:
First we’ll take a critical look at the recent combustion of sectarian rage in Iraq, tracing its relation to war and occupation and the role played by the American government.…
Excerpts from “Petermann suspends Libertarian bid for U.S. House, leaving GOPer Walorski and Democrat Bock” by Tim Vandenack in The Elkhart Truth:
Jeff Petermann has suspended his third-party bid for the U.S.…
Our monthly open thread. Post news tips about alt parties and independent candidates, discuss any story that should be posted here but has not yet been posted, or even delve into completely off-topic stuff….just…
The Chicago Sun-Times by way of Ballot Access News:
Pens are not always mightier than the sword.
In Illinois, volunteers have collected tens of thousands of signatures on petitions to get candidates representing “non-established” political parties on the November ballot.
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From an email posted to LP-Statechairs by Carla Howell four days ago. I don’t know if she is still looking for this info, but please post it in the comments here regardless of whether she is or not:
A number of Libertarians have been reported in national news as polling exceptionally high this election year:
If there are any others in your state, or that you know of, polling exceptionally well in independent polls – at any level of government – please advise.…
One of the more pressing matters facing our nation today is inequality, specifically income inequality. I think that, perhaps, we have become numb to the word “inequality”, which is a very frightening concept.…