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Postal fire delays Brian Moore’s Presidential candidacy papers seven weeks

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.…

PSL completes Iowa petitioning effort

The Party for Socialism and Liberation has completed its petitiong in Iowa, collecting over 1,900 signatures in a state that requires 1,500. According to the latest release on the matter, petitioners recieved generally positive response during their drive:

Members of the Chicago branch of the PSL made weekend trips to Iowa City, Des Moines, Waterloo and Davenport to collect signatures.

Alexander takes feds to task on flood relief

The Socialist Party USA‘s vice-presidential nominee Stewart Alexander has issued his assessment of the present flooding in the Midwest, placing the blame squarely on the federal government for failing to be pro-active in the wake of 2005’s hurricane season:

Much of the cost of flood damages, over the past few years, is a direct result of Congress failing to invest in the U.S.