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Illinois Bill to Restrict Ability of Parties to Fill Vacancies
March 13th, 2009
Illinois currently lets qualified political parties nominate someone after the primary is over, if the primary didn’t produce a party nominee.
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Poll is here.
Options:
The market plunging every time Obama announces higher taxes
Keeping 50,000 troops in Iraq and expanding the war in Afghanistan
Breaking his promise to end earmarks
Working with Republicans to expand government
Economic research showing Obama’s spending plan prolongs the recession and eliminates jobs
Results at the time of this posting:
The market plunging every time Obama announces higher taxes
26% (596 votes)
Keeping 50,000 troops in Iraq and expanding the war in Afghanistan
5% (116 votes)
Breaking his promise to end earmarks
15% (334 votes)
Working with Republicans to expand government
8% (180 votes)
Economic research showing Obama’s spending plan prolongs the recession and eliminates jobs
46% (1062 votes)
Total votes: 2288
The poll is also accompanied by a press release:
Libertarian poll: What is Obama trying to distract us from?
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Green Party vice-presidential candidate and candidate for governor in Maine Pat LaMarche has a weekly column in the Bangor Daily News. This was recently brought to my attention and here are a few of her columns:
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Green Party Watch is reporting that candidate recruitment for the, you guessed it, Green Party in 2009 has doubled. In past off-years, the number of candidates running for office has been significantly less.…
Posted by Wes Benedict at his blog and emailed to [email protected]. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
This is not just another one of my Mr.…
On Monday, March 9, 2009, Libertarian Eric Sundwall filed his petitions with the New York State Board of Elections . Sundwall will be on the ballot for Congress, in the 20th District (covering areas in the mid Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks.)…
A U.S. District Court is set to, in late April, hold a trial in the case of Block v. Mollis. The main issue of the case is whether or not there’s any state interest in making it illegal to circulate a petition for a new party in an odd year.…
Thanks to Ballot Access News for this info:
…Oregon House Passes National Popular Vote Bill
March 12th, 2009On March 12, the Oregon House passed HB 2588 by a vote of 39-19.
The Connecticut Day is reporting that a fledgling party in Rhode Island, the Moderate Party, has been asked by the state of Rhode Island to provide information about “membership and structure” in order to determine if it has standing in a ballot access case. …