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Independent Political Report

Bob Barr updates his supporters on what lies ahead

By paulie on December 5, 2008 12:49 AM

From the Barr campaign email list:

With Senator Saxby Chambliss’ victory in the Georgia US Senate runoff election the Obama administration will not have a guaranteed 60 votes in the US Senate to prevent full consideration and debate of issues.

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Progress on ballot access reform in North Carolina and West Virginia

By paulie on December 5, 2008 12:35 AM

North Carolina and West Virginia are two of the toughest states for smaller parties trying to get a place on the ballot. Ballot Access News reports:

The lawsuit Libertarian Party of North Carolina v State Board of Elections is now docketed in the State Court of Appeals in Raleigh.

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Nevada LP passes resolution against LNC’s proposed Keaton suspension

By paulie on December 5, 2008 12:13 AM

Emailed by Debra Dedmon.

WHEREAS, the continued activities of the Libertarian National Committee regarding Angela Keaton, the proposed Resolution of Discipline calling for her suspension, and its blatant neglect of performing the proper and necessary duties of a major political party, are deemed to be self-destructive, humiliating, alienating, and detrimental to the Libertarian Party and its Members,

BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian Party of Nevada demands that the Libertarian National Committee drop its vendetta against Angela Keaton, keeping in mind that she was elected At-Large by the delegates of the 2008 Libertarian National Convention and is largely supported by those who elected her and by many other Party members, retract the proposed Resolution of Discipline, and turn its attention to proper and necessary Libertarian Party business such as membership growth, finances, campaigns, advancing public policy in a libertarian direction, and increasing awareness of Libertarianism.

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Ridley Report: Four free staters win NH State House seats

By paulie on December 4, 2008 3:27 PM

These candidates, who ran as Republicans and Democrats, are closely affiliated with Libertarians; many are current or former members of the Libertarian Party and are mostly Libertarian in their views.…

Update on write-in votes

By paulie on December 4, 2008 1:28 PM

Ballot Access News blog has a series of posts about write-in votes as they are coming in. Here is what they have reported so far:

Virginia has tallied these write-ins for president: Alan Keyes 38, Brian Moore 13.

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Wayne Root interviewed by Eric Dondero

By Trent Hill on December 4, 2008 1:07 PM

It is always an interesting experience to go over to the LibertarianRepublican blog and see what Eric Dondero has been doing to further his causes. Interestingly, I stumbled over a LibertarianRepublican exclusive interview of Wayne Root.…