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Bovard sues Barr campaign

By Thomas L. Knapp on May 7, 2010 9:08 AM

Since the end of former US Representative Bob Barr’s 2008 presidential run on the Libertarian Party ballot line, his campaign committee has listed various outstanding debts on its reports to the Federal Election Commission (see schedule D of the campaign’s Q1 2010 report for details).…

First Green Elected to UK Parliament

By Trent Hill on May 6, 2010 11:51 PM

Brighton Pavillion was considered the UK Greens’ best shot at picking up an MP this election, and the results are rolling in as I type. Carolina Lucas, leader of the Greens, has won Brighton Pavillion–becoming the first Green elected to the United Kingdom’s Parliament.…

Knapp: The Libertarian Party cannot afford Root as Chair

By wredlich on May 6, 2010 11:40 PM

The following article about the Libertarian National Committee Chair’s race was posted Apr. 30 by Tom Knapp on his blog. Knapp is a former member of the LNC, and has endorsed said he will be voting for George Phillies for Chair.…

17 guns seized from home of Progressive gubernatorial candidate in Oregon

By Ross Levin on May 6, 2010 4:02 PM

From FOX 12 in Oregon:

The candidate’s son, Brian Wilson, was arrested April 8 on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm shortly before a search warrant was served at his father’s property on Badertscher Road near North Plains…

Wilson works for his father’s business, which is headquartered at the Badertscher Road address.

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Jill Stein: Investigate the big fish first

By Dave Schwab on May 6, 2010 10:35 AM

Jill Stein, the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor, released the following statement on May 5:

BOSTON (May 5, 2010) – Today Green-Rainbow gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein rejected the suggestion of Republican Charlie Baker who was quoted yesterday as saying that state assistance in housing and legal defense could be withdrawn from state residents on the basis of “lifestyle” investigations into whether they were sufficiently poor to need help.…