In a press release, Socialist Party candidate for president Brian Moore announced his first picks for cabinet members “if lightning strikes.” The diverse group of people included Mike Gravel for Secretary of State, Howard Zinn for Secretary of Labor, and the infamous Jeremiah Wright for UN Ambassador, among others.…
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Court rules on Working Families ballot line in New York House race
By PJO on November 2, 2008 2:42 AM
The Hill reports: “A federal court ordered Alice Kryzan (D) not to appear as a third party candidate, potentially changing the game in New York’s hotly contested 26th district.…
‘A Small Party Pushes To Be a Statewide Force,’ writes the New York Times
By Ross Levin on November 1, 2008 1:19 PM
In Friday’s New York Times, an article on page A25 profiled the Working Families Party, a party founded in 1998 that is unique to the New York region (even though it is “being built right now in Oregon, South Carolina, and Delaware”).…
Location announced for upcoming third party VP debate
By VTV on October 30, 2008 3:21 PM
Christina M. Tobin, President of Free and Equal Elections, announced this afternoon that a vice-presidential debate will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada this Sunday November 2, 2008.…
Socialist Workers candidate Calero: ‘I’m a worker’
By PJO on October 30, 2008 2:29 AM
The Recorder, the newspaper of Central Connecticut State University, interviewed Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate Roger Calero, who said of his candidacy, “I’m a worker — a worker who has been active in different struggles and in support for organizing unions.…
Socialist Presidential candidate Brian Moore on Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert Report
By paulie on October 29, 2008 5:26 PM
H/T Ballot Access News…
Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore to appear on CSpan’s Washington Journal
By Ross Levin on October 28, 2008 6:31 PM
An email from the Brian Moore campaign:
On Friday, October 31, Socialist Party USA presidential candidate Brian Moore will be a guest on the C-Span show “Washington Journal.”
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Minor party candidates in Oregon
By Ross Levin on October 27, 2008 10:19 PM
If you notice any errors, please list them in the comments. If you have anything to add, please do so in the comments. If you want to compile a list for your own state, please post it in the comments.…
Libertarian, Constitution Parties are the only nationally organized parties with more legislative nominees in 2008 than in 2006
By paulie on October 27, 2008 8:38 PM
According to Ballot Access News
The Democratic, Republican, Green, Reform, and Socialist Parties have fewer state legislative nominees on the ballot this year than they did in 2006.
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