Presidential candidate Average Joe Schriner is continuing his “Buckeye Back Road Tour” of Ohio, where he spoke with the ABC and NBC affiliates in Toledo. While Schriner has been running as an independent, he is also seeking the Green Party nomination, about which he says, “The Green Party has, by far, the best platform of any of the parties.…
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Kingery has campaigned in ‘nearly 28 states’
By PJO on July 5, 2008 11:52 PM
Independent presidential candidate Daniel Kingery was in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, this week for the Democracy Unplugged Declaration of the Independents forum on July 3. Kingery says he has campaigned “in nearly 28 states,” spending “less than $15,000” so far.…
Allen campaigns in Pennsylvania, seeks electors
By PJO on July 5, 2008 11:51 PM
Independent presidential candidate Donald K. Allen campaigned in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, last week, where he says he “found many people interested in discussing topics from America’s continuing loss of our manufacturing base to the need for further education of all our citizens to enable this country to not only lead the world, but survive as a nation.…
Commission on Presidential Debates ‘bracing for legal challenges’
By PJO on July 5, 2008 2:30 AM
Gannett News Service reports that Commission on Presidential Debates co-chairs Frank Fahrenkopf and Paul Kirk say that “with former Rep. Bob Barr and Ralph Nader mounting independent challenges from the right and left,” they are “bracing for legal challenges about who will be allowed to debate.…
CNN poll: Nader 6%, Barr 3%
By PJO on July 3, 2008 7:36 AM
A CNN/Opinion Research poll released Wednesday has Ralph Nader polling six percent nationally in the presidential race, with Libertarian Bob Barr polling three percent. Barack Obama leads John McCain, 46% to 43%.…
Bloomberg to raise funds for Minnesota’s Independence Party
By PJO on July 3, 2008 7:34 AM
The AP reports New York’s independent mayor Michael Bloomberg “is coming to Minnesota to help the fortunes of the state’s Independence Party. Party Chairman Craig Swaggert says Bloomberg is the featured guest for a fundraising breakfast and is scheduled to give a policy speech afterward.…
WorldNetDaily opens third party election forum
By PJO on July 2, 2008 6:31 AM
WorldNetDaily “is offering you an opportunity to define those issues and pose your questions to the likes of Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin and Ralph Nader – or all of them if you choose.…
Democrats Against Democracy strike again
By paulie on June 30, 2008 9:06 PM
The Democrats have been known for doing this all over the country. Mostly because they are not doing anything to serve the constituencies and interest groups they claim to represent.…
No challenges to presidential petitions in Illinois
By Trent Hill on June 30, 2008 6:48 PM
Richard Winger has just reported that because of a strange quirk in Illinois election laws, the Constitution Party and New Party have both qualified to be on the ballot.…