Consumer advocate and four time Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader appeared yesterday on Fox Business Network calling Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a “breath of fresh air,” explaining that he was “delighted” by Trump’s refusal to rule out a third party bid.…
Posts published in August 2015
On August 6, the Ninth Circuit refused to rehear Arizona Libertarian Party v Bennett, 13-16254. This is the case in which the Green and Libertarian Parties challenge the voter registration form, which names the Republican Party and the Democratic Party and gives each of them a checkbox.…
As of this morning, http://www.lp.org/okla is at $6,199.52 towards a goal of $10,000 to be raised online. Along with money raised on the phone and matching donations that will make it $60,000, with less than $4,000 remaining to be raised to get the LP Oklahoma ballot access drive started.…
Ken Fortenberry has dropped out of the race for the Libertarian nomination for governor. The nationally recognized award-winning investigative journalist and former newspaper editor cited financial limits for his decision.…
On August 3, Glenn Davis filed nomination papers to be the Green Party’s candidate for Philadelphia City Commissioner, the office that oversees elections. Davis is the chair of the Green Party of Philadelphia (GPOP).…
Libertarians in Pinellas County, Florida are sponsoring a forum for candidates running for the St. Pete City Council set for Saturday, August 8.…
As Ballot Access News reports,
This newspaper describes the Canadian four-party debate of August 6. The consensus seems to be that the leaders of all four parties did well.
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The Socialist Party will hold a national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 16-18, 2015. The party’s national web page has a form, asking individuals who wish to seek the party’s presidential nomination to apply on-line.
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Ohio has had a sore loser law since before 1958. It says, “3513.04: No person who seeks party nomination for an office or position at a primary election by declaration of candidacy shall be permitted to become a candidate at the following general election for any office by nominating petition, including a nomination petition filed under 3517.012.”
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