$26.10 keeps California Libertarian off the ballot
One of the more absurd examples of our flawed electoral system, via Third Party and Independent Daily:
A lousy $26.That’s how much money kept would-be Libertarian... Read more.
Thomas Friedman calls for a moderate third party and instant runoff voting, in so many words
In an oped piece in today’s New York Times, columnist Thomas Friedman calls for the formation of a new moderate third party and some form of ranked choice... Read more.
Green Hugh Giordano featured in Philadelphia newspapers
Hugh Giordano, a Green state representative candidate in Pennsylvania’s 194th district, was featured today in a story that ran in a group of newspapers published... Read more.
Green Party running 5 candidates in West Virginia, 18 legislative candidates in Maine
From Ballot Access News:
The Mountain Party of West Virginia is that state’s affiliate of the Green Party. This year it has chosen to nominate by primary rather... Read more.
Greens gain in Colombia and France
In recent elections, international Green Parties have had election victories in Colombia and in regional elections in France.
Posted to the GreenChange.org social... Read more.
John Murphy on ‘Nadering Kucinich’
Independent candidate for Congress in 2008 and former Green Party member John Murphy writes in Dissident Voice,
The Democrat Party is just another voice of the corporate... Read more.
Cindy Sheehan on Democracy Now! tomorrow, Friday, March 19
Cindy Sheehan will be on the independent radio and television program Democracy Now! on Friday talking about her new project Camp OUT NOW, an encampment on the national... Read more.
Independent faces off with Dems and Reps at Maine gubernatorial forum
Independent Eliot Cutler recently sat down with some of his Democratic and Republican opponents (there are also many other independents running) at a forum on natural... Read more.
Maine Green Party Will Have no Candidate for Governor
Reposted from Ballot Access News:
On March 15, Lynne Williams announced that her petition drive to get on the Green Party’s primary ballot for Governor will not... Read more.
Stephen Unger: Can Progressives Declare Independence?
Posted at OpEdNews (read the full thing here):
For decades now, the great majority of progressives, particularly those in leadership roles, as well as, labor unions,... Read more.