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Did so-called “universal health care” kill actress? posted by Donny Ferguson on Mar 26, 2009 at LP.org
Cody Williams, a Chicago physician, writes in today’s New York Post how Obama-style socialized medicine may have played a role in the death of actress Natasha Richardson, who died last week in Canada from a simple injury easily treatable in the United States.…
On Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) blocked a vote on confirming the Obama administration’s nominee for the Commodity Future Tradings Commission. The nominee is Gary Gensler, who has worked for Goldman Sachs and pushed to “deregulate electronic energy trading and exempt from regulation credit default swaps, which Sanders blamed for the downfall of” AIG.…
Urbana City officials were supposed to hold a lottery for ballot placement in their upcoming election. They did not, and instead placed the incumbent Mayor on the ballot first.…
There are ten candidates running for six seats on the Alexandria City Council in northern Virginia. Election Day is Tuesday, May 5th 2009. Rich Williamson is an independent candidate in the race, running on the theme of breaking the one-party machine.…
In Illinois’ fifth congressional district there is currently a special election underway to fill Rahm Emanuel’s vacant seat, since he is now the White House Chief of Staff. …
The State Board of Elections has voted to disqualify the Libertarian Party candidate for the 20th Congressional District, Eric Sundwall, from the election, just a week from the election.…
(excerpt from) Fox8.com/AP
Appeals court sides with Texas Democrats, says loyalty oath permissible for ballot access
March 24, 2009
An appeals court says the Texas Democratic Party can impose a loyalty oath on candidates seeking the party’s nomination — rejecting a challenge by former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.
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from Ballot Access News
Missouri Dept. of Public Safety Apologizes to 3rd Parties and Candidates
March 24th, 2009
Following the uproar around the report by the Statistical Analysis Center of the Missouri State Highway Patrol on “The Modern Mililtia Movement,” the Missouri Dept.
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posted by Donny Ferguson on Mar 23, 2009
Dear friend,
Just a few days ago I had a nice exchange with Mack’s Creek, Misouri’s Libertarian Mayor Joel Stoner.…