Article posted by John Deeth
Only two percent of Iowa voters supported third party presidential candidates this year, but Iowa’s third party activists are more analytical than disappointed when they examine their levels of support.
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Green Party Watch expands on list of ‘campaigns to watch’
By paulie on October 24, 2008 1:22 PM
Expanding on the list of top campaigns to watch sent out by the Green Party US national office yesterday, Green Party Watch is compiling a larger list of their most active and interesting campaigns.…
Boston Tea Party organizational update
By paulie on October 6, 2008 1:00 PM
New news at the top 6 October 2008 414 members on this site. Wow!
4 October 2008 396 members here, 531 on Facebook. We currently endorse or have nominated 30 candidates on our voter’s guide, including the only branded Libertarian Party candidate we know of in Florida.
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Colorado sets a new record for number of Presidential candidates on the ballot
By paulie on October 3, 2008 1:35 PM
Posted at Ballot Access News:
The November 2008 Colorado ballot will list 16 presidential candidates. This is the most crowded ballot in U.S. history for president at a general election.
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Postal fire delays Brian Moore’s Presidential candidacy papers seven weeks
By VTV on October 1, 2008 1:44 PM
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, September 30, 2008: Sarah G. Reisetter, Elections director of the the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office, emailed Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore today indicating that his original statement of candidacy, postmarked August 11, 2008, arrived in the Iowa Secretary of State’s office seven weeks later, on September 29th, 2008.…
Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin events scheduled
By paulie on October 1, 2008 11:30 AM
From the candidates websites:
Oct. 1st, 7:30pm
Nader/Gonzalez Rally
Baltimore, MD
2640 Space, Saint Johns UMC
2640 Saint Paul Street
Suggested Contribution: $10/ $5 students
(202) 471-5833 or [email protected]
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Louisiana ballot access lawsuit: Barr wins, Socialist candidate Brian Moore loses
By paulie on September 23, 2008 4:37 PM
Ballot Access News carries the news that
On September 23, U.S. District Court Judge James Brady ruled that Bob Barr should be on the Louisiana ballot, but that co-plaintiff Brian Moore (Socialist Party nominee) should not be on.
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Nader submits signatures in Iowa as PFP candidate
By Fred Church Ortiz on August 7, 2008 2:59 PM
Ballot Access News informs us that independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader has petitioned for the ballot in Iowa using the Peace and Freedom label. Nader became the official nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party last weekend at the Californian state party’s convention in Sacramento.…
Libertarian Gibson seeks Iowa legislative seat
By PJO on August 5, 2008 6:44 PM
The Des Moines Register has a brief profile of Libertarian state representative candidate Russ Gibson. The customer service representative says he is running because “I am dissatisfied with the way that government continues to encroach into every aspect of our lives.…