A posting at YouDecide2008.com credits Michigan Ninth District U.S. House candidate Jack Kervorkian with a “symbolic win”. Kervorkian’s independent candidacy won 9,047 votes. The posting says in part, “Kevorkian, a former felon with the notorious nickname ‘Doctor of Death,’ was without any Party affiliation or backing, severely limited funds, and without previous political accolades to his name.…
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Green Party helps organize ‘stop H8’ protests
By paulie on November 15, 2008 11:00 PM
The California Greens helped organize Fight H8 protests (against California’s Prop 8) today. Their press release is here. “The Green Party of California very strongly opposed Proposition 8.…
Bob Bird says being anti-war cost him ‘redneck’ votes
By Administrative Team on November 15, 2008 7:39 PM
In an open letter to blogger Steve Conn of Dissident Voices, Alaskan Independence candidate for U.S. Senate Bob Bird says, “I aggressively ran against foreign wars and adventurism, something Begich would not do, and certainly lost me some redneck votes.…
CT Green Party to file complaint that write in votes were not counted
By paulie on November 15, 2008 1:05 PM
Posted at Perry County Greens
Green Party of Connecticut officials will file a complaint with local and state election boards that “REGISTERED” WRITE IN votes were not counted in all towns across the state as required by state law, it was announced today.
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Florida counting thousands of write-in votes for a pair of drunken clowns
By Austin Cassidy on November 15, 2008 12:28 PM
A pair of cantankerous old drunks who spend a large amount of their time sitting around a bar in Tarpon Springs, Florida, are being credited with thousands of votes for President.…
Selected strong showings at the county level
By Austin Cassidy on November 15, 2008 12:06 PM
These are a few of the better county-level showings from third party Senatorial and Gubernatorial candidates around the nation…
Rebekah Kennedy – Green Party candidate for U.S.…
Membership in the ‘4% club’ shrinks only slightly from 2006 results
By Austin Cassidy on November 15, 2008 11:22 AM
The following is a list of third party candidates who polled more than 4% of the vote in a U.S. Senate or Gubernatorial race during the 2008 elections.…
Publisher compares Barr vote to vote for Truman
By PJO on November 15, 2008 8:09 AM
In his column in New Mexico’s Rio Grande Sun, Robert Trapp, the newspaper’s publisher, writes, “We heard so much talk about ‘change’ in the just-concluded presidential campaign that I decided I would do just that — vote for change.…
Nader wants third party candidates invited to inaugural
By PJO on November 15, 2008 4:25 AM
Washingtonpost.com reports, “You’ll never guess who really, really wants to go to the inauguration: Ralph Nader. The sometimes cantankerous outsider has sent an open letter to Barack Obama asking that third-party candidates — the Libertarian Party’s Bob Barr, the Constitution Party’s Chuck Baldwin and the Green Party’s Cynthia McKinney — be included among the Democrats, Republicans, business execs and others at the January ceremonies.…