July 2015 Archives

Jill Stein Says She has Almost Qualified for Primary Season Matching Funds

By Jordan Willow Evans on July 27, 2015 1:51 PM

Jill Stein Says She has Almost Qualified for Primary Season Matching Funds

On July 24, the five individuals seeking the Green Party presidential nomination presented their ideas to the national meeting of the Green Party being held in St.…

Kenn Gividen Steps Down as American Freedom Party Presidential Nominee, Bob Whitaker to Take His Place at the Top of the Ticket

By Jed Ziggler on July 26, 2015 11:38 AM

From the American Freedom Party website:

Bob Whitaker has become the 2016 Presidential candidate after Kenn Gividen, the American Freedom Party’s candidate for President, has decided to step down from his candidacy.…

Frank Fahrenkopf Says Commission on Presidential Debates Will Decide by October Whether to Expand Entry into Debates

By Jed Ziggler on July 26, 2015 11:05 AM

From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:

On Saturday, July 25, Frank Fahrenkopf appeared on the Smerconish show on CNN. Fahrenkopf has been the most influential leader of the CPD since it was established in 1987.…

Augustus Invictus: A Declaration of the Failings of the Federal Government

By Jed Ziggler on July 26, 2015 10:37 AM

From Florida US Senate candidate Augustus Invictus at his campaign website:

1. The Federal Government has abdicated its power over the creation & implementation of legislation, having handed it to special interest groups.…

2014 Independent SD Candidate Appears to Avoid Prison in Plea Bargain

By Jed Ziggler on July 25, 2015 9:49 PM

From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:

Clayton Walker was an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in South Dakota last year. He had not qualified for the ballot, and he had been prosecuted because some signatures on his unsuccessful petition appeared to have been forgeries.…

Party for Socialism and Liberation Pittsburgh Forum: The LGBTQ Struggle for Equal Rights

By Jed Ziggler on July 25, 2015 9:02 PM

From Liberation News:

GLCC of Pittsburgh Library (210 Grant St.)
08/01/2015 – 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Marriage Equality was tremendous victory! What is next in the LGBTQ struggle?…

Maryland Ballot Access Lawsuit Filed

By Jed Ziggler on July 25, 2015 8:37 PM

From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:

On July 24, Greg Dorsey, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland in 2016, filed a lawsuit alleging that Maryland is violating the U.S.…

Dan Cantor on Sandra Bland and The Movement for Black Lives

By Jed Ziggler on July 25, 2015 7:55 PM

From a Working Families Party email blast:

Every now and then, history picks up the pace. Things come into sharper focus and anyone who isn’t hiding under a rock knows that something important is happening.…

Five presidential contenders address Green Party annual conference

By PJO on July 25, 2015 9:29 AM

Five announced or potential 2016 Green Party presidential candidates — Darryl Cherney, Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry, Bill Kreml, Kent Mesplay, and Jill Stein — addressed a candidate forum at the Green Party annual conference in St.…

Posts published in July 2015