September 12, 2026
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Excerpt from an article by Christopher Peleo-Lazar in the National Journal:
Indiana’s laws for independent candidates are some of the toughest in the nation. In 2000, Ralph Nader did not reach the two percent threshold to get on the ballot, though Pat Buchanan did (Nader, running as a write-in, actually won more votes than Buchanan won for being on the ballot).
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Indy Star (H/T LP Blog):
Phil Miller is looking to get back into government.
The Libertarian spent four years on the Greenfield City Council and ran for the Hancock County Council, and now he is looking for a bigger role — mayor of Greenfield.…
Michael H. Wilson at Evergreen Libertarian:
The standoff between the Republicans and the Democrats in Wisconsin over the unions has managed to capture a significant portion of the news and now is spreading to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere.…
Mark Rutherford at LP blog:
The latest political rumor in Indiana is that the Indiana Libertarians are trying to recruit Rupert Boneham as a candidate. …
Libertarian Party of Indiana Press release sent to [email protected]:
Despite the Governor’s call to avoid wading in to divisive issues, The Indiana Republican Party has ignored the head of their party by trying to make discrimination a permanent part of the Indiana Constitution.…
Compiled from Ballot Access News:
Indiana Libertarian 2010 Legislative Candidate Set Record Going Back at Least 85 Years
On November 2, 2010, Rex Bell, Libertarian nominee for Indiana State House, district 54, polled 20.78% of the vote in a race with both a Democrat and a Republican.…
From the front page of Constitution Party national website:
Helen Keller and Politics
What do the world’s most popular deaf and blind woman and the topic of politics have to do with each other?…
The Green Party national office has released a list of party members who were elected or re-elected last week. As noted at this site earlier, Ben Chipman was elected to the Maine legislature [p: as an independent], and the party won three important elections in California: in Richmond; Mendocino County; and Hollister.…