August 1, 2026
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Via Richard Winger: http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/12/congress-likely-to-allow-much-larger-contributions-to-political-parties/
Among the provisions tucked away in the “cromnibus” spending bill being rushed through Congress, and that just cleared its main hurdle by passing the House, is an interesting change to current law that could potentially have a substantial impact on minor parties.…
One of the memes from DailyDot article “No one is reading the CIA torture report, so we turned it into 11 fun memes”…see the rest at http://www.dailydot.com/politics/cia-torture-report-memes…
Posted at LP.org blog:
Christine Austin
Christine Austin is running in a special election in Georgia for the state House of Representatives, District 50, as a Libertarian on January 6, 2015.…
According to Libertarian Party of Florida (LPF) Region 6 Representative Vicki Kirkland, former Florida gubernatorial candidate and LPF Vice-Chairman John Wayne Smith has died. He was 69.…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
Newly-elected New Hampshire State Representative Max Abramson has pre-filed HB 713, which eases ballot access. It would lower the vote test for party status from 4% to 2%.…
From the Libertarian Party website:
The Libertarian National Committee meets in New Orleans, La., December 13 –14.
Click here for hotel details.
The LNC will attempt to stream the meeting live on the Internet.…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
On November 4, 2014, the Constitution Party polled 35% of the vote in a countywide race in Marshall County, Alabama.…
From the Green Party website:
The Green Party of the United States called for publication of the draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), after leaked portions indicated that the trade agreement will weaken democratically enacted laws protecting the environment, public health, and labor rights in signatory nations, including the U.S.…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
The Democratic-Republican Party of New Jersey, which appears on the ballot as the “D-R Party” (because the state won’t print the actual name of the party), had more candidates for congress in 2014 than any other party in New Jersey, other than the two major parties.…
