June 5, 2026
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by Peter B. Gemma
I’ve interviewed several presidential candidates over the years, but Darcy Richardson is a tough subject. He is the envy of political writers, has a diverse background in electioneering, and Darcy’s involvement in and knowledge of key policy issues should intimidate any candidate who finds himself in the election arena with him.…
The following information was shared by the Constitution Party of West Virginia on its Facebook page on August 1st, 2016:
With 5 minutes to spare before today’s filing deadline, activists with the Constitution Party of West Virginia filed candidate announcements, filing fees, and what appear to be sufficient ballot access signatures to place Phil Hudok on the November general election ballot for governor and Darrell Castle/Scott Bradley on for United States president.
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Press release from Jill2016.com, August 1st, 2016:
Voters will have a chance to cast their ballot for Green Party presumptive Presidential nominee Jill Stein, as well as several local- and state-level Green Party candidates, in six more states as of today.…
From GP.org:
ATLANTA, July 30, 2016 — Today, in the throes of summer heat and Saturday farmer’s markets all across the state of Virginia, ordinary people on a not-so-ordinary mission were finding ways to communicate with one another.…
The following is an email, titled “petition crisis”, which sent out on July 16th, 2016 by Wes Benedict, the executive director of the Libertarian Party (H/T IPR’s Paulie).…
ATPR received the following press release today:
CPGA Collects Over 4,000 Signatures for Ballot Access
ATLANTA, GA – 07/12/2016 (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) –
The Constitution Party of Georgia (CPGA) collected 4,176 signatures in about eight weeks to have its candidates placed on the ballot for the Presidential election in November, but it may not be enough.…
Press Release from Gary Johnson 2016:
March 17, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT — Bill Redpath, a long-time Libertarian Party leader and nationally-respected advocate for fair third-party ballot access, has endorsed Gov.…
A press release concerning a project I’m working on with a group of libertarian activists in Wisconsin, via Wisconsin for Our America Initiative. -ac
For Immediate Release
Friday, January 29, 2016
Reformers for ballot access rally at capitol to demand change from state legislators who ran unopposed
Outraged by a process that keeps too many legitimate candidates off the ballot in Wisconsin elections, a coalition of reformers will be meeting at the Wisconsin State Capitol on February 17, 2016 for their second annual Lobby Day, to demand state legislators who ran unopposed in 2014 act now to ease Wisconsin’s restrictive election laws.…
