West Virginia State Senator Clark Barnes (R-Beverly) has introduced SB 417, to ease the definition of “political party.” The existing law, ever since 1916, has defined a political party as a group that polled at least 1% of the vote for Governor in the last gubernatorial election.… Read more ...
Posts tagged as “West Virginia Constitution Party”
From the Marshall Parthenon via TPID:
A third-party candidate is seeking to be elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat left vacant by Robert C. Byrd. Jeff Becker, the Constitution Party’s candidate for the election of West Virginia’s new U.S.… Read more ...
Several stories at TPID today about the Constitution Party:
CO-Gov: Progressives Debate Import of Tancredo’s Third Party Candidacy
Over at The Huffington Post, liberal blogger Jessica Corry is making “The Liberal Case for Tom Tancredo.” According to Corry, Tancredo’s victory “could mean a handful of policy goodies long championed by liberal progressives.”
The West Virginia Constitution Party petition for U.S. Senate has enough valid signatures, so the party’s U.S. Senate nominee, Jeff Becker, will appear on the November ballot.
The New York Libertarian Party statewide petition also succeeded. Although someone filed a general challenge to that petition, the challenger did not subsequently follow through with specific objections.… Read more ...