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Posted at http://www.moderate-ri.org/, Sept. 3:
A lot has been going on in the 2 weeks since we attained party status!
We have filed for and received our non-profit status, set up bank accounts, got all set up with the Board of Elections campaign finance division, set up our PayPal account and filed all of our federal paperwork.…
from Ballot Access News
Rhode Island Moderate Party Makes Headway
July 23rd, 2009
The Moderate Party, currently working to get 23,589 valid signatures so as to qualify as a “political party” in Rhode Island, says it has now collected 10,000.
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(excerpt from) Providence Journal/Projo.com
Chafee announces bid for governor
By Richard C. Dujardin / Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Ending several weeks of “exploration” into whether he would run for the job, former U.S.
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In America, it is still possible to win for Governor as an independent. The list of independent Governors includes: Angus King for Maine, Walter Hickel for Alaska, Jesse Ventura for Minnesota, and Lowell Weicker for Connecticut.…
Former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island, who served as a Republican until he was defeated for re-election in 2006, is said to be planning to run for Governor as an independent in 2010.
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A U.S. District Court is set to, in late April, hold a trial in the case of Block v. Mollis. The main issue of the case is whether or not there’s any state interest in making it illegal to circulate a petition for a new party in an odd year.…
The Connecticut Day is reporting that a fledgling party in Rhode Island, the Moderate Party, has been asked by the state of Rhode Island to provide information about “membership and structure” in order to determine if it has standing in a ballot access case. …
Original blog posts at Ballot Access News by Richard Winger. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
South Carolina Bill for Registration by Party
Eight South Carolina Representatives have introduced H3140, a bill to set up partisan registration in that state.
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Posted at Ballot Access News
On November 4, independent candidate Edward O’Neill, a retired Texas Instruments employee, was elected to the Rhode Island Senate from district 17.
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