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Ballot Access Activists in PA make “How-To-Lobby” video

By Kimberly Wilder on August 29, 2011 6:53 AM

Thanks to Ballot Access News for the tip.

Here is a link to the above video at Youtube.

The above video was created by Pennsylvania ballot access activists to show people how they can act as constituents and prepare a meeting with their local legislator to discuss the Voter’s Choice Act.… Read more ...

Chair of LPNY gives update on Warren Redlich’s vote tally lawsuit

By Kimberly Wilder on June 25, 2011 10:25 PM

Redlich v. NY Board of Elections

I am sorry to advise that on June 15, 2011, Albany County Supreme Court Justice Richard Platkin granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the Article 78 (mandamus) challenge to the Board’s final determination of Warren Redlich’s vote total six months earlier on purely procedural grounds.

Tuesday, June 7: Electoral Freedom Act to be considered in North Carolina

By Kimberly Wilder on June 7, 2011 7:58 AM

Sent to the IPR submissions e-mail by Paulie. Received from the announce list at lpnc.org:

Below is a special message from Free the Vote North Carolina, a coalition of which the LPNC is a member.… Read more ...

History of John Anderson’s 1980 Independent Presidential Candidacy About to be Published

By Kimberly Wilder on June 2, 2011 9:17 PM

from Ballot Access News
History of John B. Anderson’s 1980 Independent Presidential Candidacy About to be Published
May 30th, 2011

Jim Mason’s book “No Holding Back: the 1980 John B. Anderson Presidential Campaign” is about to be published, and can be pre-ordered at Amazon.

IPR blogtalk 1/24/10: Paulie, Andy Jacobs and Brian Bittner discuss harassment of petitioners and Andy’s arrest

By on January 25, 2011 7:14 PM

Yesterday evening, Andy Jacobs and I (Paulie) discussed harassment of ballot access petitioners, including Andy’s arrest outside a public library while petitioning to get the Green and Libertarian Parties back on the Maryland ballot.… Read more ...

RESCHEDULED: IPR Blogtalk today (Monday): Brian Bittner, Andy Jacobs on Maryland ballot access petitioning and arrest

By on January 24, 2011 6:51 PM

UPDATE: I screwed up last week and scheduled the show for 15 minutes, and Andy also was not on the call. This time I have made sure that we will have long enough for the show.… Read more ...

Maryland Greens and Libertarians hand in signatures; petitioners harassed, one arrested at public library

By on January 16, 2011 8:31 PM

[Posted by Paulie]

The Maryland Green Party submitted 14,842 signatures and the Maryland Libertarian Party submitted 13,787 signatures towards a requirement of 10,000 valid signatures. The deadline for submitting additional signatures has been extended to March 7:

The Maryland petition deadline for a party that wishes to obtain, or regain, its qualified status is not until August 2012.

Ballot Access News: Newspaper in Maine says Ballot Access too easy

By Kimberly Wilder on March 21, 2010 8:06 AM

from Ballot Access News, editor Richard Winger
Portland, Maine Press-Herald Thinks Maine Ballot Access is Too Easy
March 20th, 2010

The Portland, Maine daily newspaper, the Portland Press Herald [also the Maine Sunday Telegram], has this editorial in its March 17 issue.

A small victory for electoral activism: Change in Mississippi law

By Kimberly Wilder on March 20, 2010 7:35 AM

from Ballot Access News
Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Setting a 5 p.m. Deadline for Presidential Elector Paperwork

On March 19, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour signed SB 3058. It sets a 5 p.m.

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