A recent post here at IPR reported on Oregon’s Measure 65. Referred to as a “Top Two Primary”, the measure would pit all candidates against one another in a May primary with only the top two facing off in the November general election.…
Posts tagged as “Oregon”
2004 Socialist presidential nominee runs as Pacific Green in Oregon
By PJO on August 29, 2008 2:55 AM
The Oregonian reports on its website that former Oregon state senator Walt Brown, who served as a Democrat and in 2004 was the Socialist Party USA nominee for president, has been nominated by the Pacific Green Party to run for Oregon attorney general this year.…
Oregon’s Dave Brownlow criticizes Obama’s selection of Biden
By Administrative Team on August 25, 2008 7:40 PM
Earlier this week, the Libertarian Party issued an email criticizing Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his running mate. Among the reasons given for Biden being a bad choice were his opposition to English as a national language, his support for equal treatment under the law for gun manufacturers (a view former LP presidential candidate Ron Paul shares), and his opposition to energy socialism in ANWR.…
Peace Party still has shot at Oregon ballot
By PJO on August 15, 2008 11:10 PM
The Oregonian‘s politics blog says the Peace Party, “which may be the vehicle for getting Ralph Nader on the ballot” in the state, came up “short about 2,500 valid signatures for qualifying.”…
Constitution Party candidate has one-on-one race for Oregon U.S. House seat
By PJO on August 15, 2008 2:32 AM
Oregon’s Albany Democrat-Herald reports Jaynee Germond “is campaigning for Congress on a novel platform: Obey the U.S. Constitution.†The Constitution Party nominee for the state’s Fourth District U.S.…
Nader to stage rallies outside DNC and RNC conventions
By paulie on August 12, 2008 1:08 AM
Posted at the VoteNader.org blog
On Wednesday, August 27, right during the heart of the Democratic National Convention, we will be holding a Super Rally for 5,000-7,000 people at the University of Denver Magness Arena.
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Brownlow on aid for AIDS: Right motive, wrong method
By Administrative Team on July 17, 2008 12:07 PM
Dave Brownlow, the Constitution Party’s candidate for U.S. Senate in Oregon, has issued a statement criticizing the Senate’s recent 80-16 vote to triple foreign aid to fight AIDS in Africa.…
Third-party candidates attack Federal Reserve System
By Administrative Team on June 26, 2008 8:27 AM
Constitutionalists and Libertarians have always been opposed to the Federal Reserve System. However, in the wake of Ron Paul’s unprecedented exposure of the issue — and the public’s surprising enthusiasm for his anti-Fed rhetoric — CP and LP candidates are giving the issue more prominence in their campaign platforms.…
Libertarian Party Convention 2010: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba?
By paulie on June 16, 2008 3:59 PM
No, but it just might be at Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i.
Astute readers may remember the 2006 Libertarian Party national convention in Portland, which drew only 300 or so attendees, the lowest number since 1973, and managed to delete three fourths of the 2004 platform after the delegates were not provided a copy of the then-current platform.…