Yesterday’s presidential election produced the strongest showing in 20 years for third-party and independent candidates. Not all the ballots have been tallied yet, so some of the numbers below may be slightly off from the final totals.…
Posts published in November 2016
From an article by Katie Zezima at WaPo:
Among the biggest deficits such candidates suffer is a lack of funding. Johnson raised about $11 million, Stein about $3.5 million and McMullin about $1 million, compared with the hundreds of millions put forward for Trump and Clinton.…
Several Libertarian Party members were elected or reelected yesterday. Here’s what we have so far from the LNC list (add more in the comments to this post, or update it if you write for IPR):
I want to congratulate Aaron Starr on winning possibly the “biggest” seat of the night by a Libertarian.
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Outright Libertarians via FB:
Dear Members and Allies,
Like many of you, I laid awake in shock last night and woke up despondent today. On reflection, I think apprehension is warranted but I also think hopefulness and courage as well.…
reposted from Ballot Access News by permission of Richard Winger
In certain states, the Libertarian Party, or the Green Party, gained qualified status (relative to the day before the November 2016 election):
Connecticut: both parties gained qualified status for President, by polling over 1% for President.…
Joe Delaplaine at the PSL’s Liberation News:
“Hillary Clinton is a walking conflict of interest”, said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, the Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund on a recent interview on Radio Sputnik’s “Loud and Clear”.…
William Saturn at Saturn’s Repository:
On October 25, the Free & Equal Elections Foundation held a debate on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, moderated by actor Ed Asner and Free & Equal founder Christina Tobin.…