From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
Mayor Shayne Gallo of Kingston, New York, is running for re-election in a partisan election on November 3, 2015.…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
Mayor Shayne Gallo of Kingston, New York, is running for re-election in a partisan election on November 3, 2015.…

Via timescall.com:
The Colorado Court of Appeals has rejected Boulder County Libertarian Party chairman Ralph Shnelvar’s effort to get it to rule that a partial term should count against term limits when it comes to a county commissioner’s ability to seek re-election.
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From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
On July 31, the Prohibition Party nominated Jim Hedges for President and Bill Bayes for Vice-President. The nomination was made with a two-hour conference call.…

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From Richard Winger at Independent Voter Network, reprinted here with permission from the author:
California’s existing election system for Congress and state office could be improved with the following ideas.…
This article by Chris Villani in the Boston Herald credits United Independent Party founder and chairman Evan Falchuk with helping to end Boston’s 2024 bid to host the Olympics, and hints that he may run for governor again in 2018.…
Mark Wachtler has this article at Opposition News detailing two instances of the Libertarian Party teaming up with one of its fellow minor parties for the purposes of ballot access:
Libertarians, Greens, Constitutionals join forces in SD, OK
By Mark Wachtler
July 31, 2015.…
From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
This news story says Drew Curtis, an independent running for Governor of Kentucky in the November 3, 2015 election, already has 6,000 signatures.…
From a Constitution Party email blast:
Do you believe this?
• Political scientist Ronald Rapaport wrote the book on third parties. Literally. It’s called “Three’s a Crowd,” and indeed it is.…