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Guv debate: Please comment here PLUS other places to comment and where to watch

Posted on October 18, 2010 by kwilder

Ian and I hope to be attending the NY Governor Debate at Hofstra this evening. If so, we will see if there is a way at intermission to give an update and/or we will post some thoughts afterward. We do hope that the community of onthewilderside readers, politicos, third party supporters, and people who stumbled […]

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Erie County, New York: Measure could be removed from ballot on appeal | BallotBoxNews

Posted on October 11, 2010 by iwilder

Whether or not Erie County voters will have a choice in the size of the County Legislature come November will be determined in court soon. A State Supreme Court Judge recently ruled that a referendum on reducing the Legislature from fifteen members to eleven would be allowed on the November second ballot. However, both county […]

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Want the Green Party to run for Local Office? Vote Hawkins for Guv

Posted on October 10, 2010 by iwilder

  Related Articles Guv cand Hawkins live on Capitol Pressroom 11am 9/30/10 (www.onthewilderside.com) Green Party New York: Howie Hawkins at the Atlantic Antic in Brooklyn (www.onthewilderside.com) Green Party Candidate Says Gov’s Race Is Like “Jersey Shore” (observer.com) Green Party New York: NY Gubernatorial Howie Hawkins Opposes Layoff of 2,000 State Workers (www.onthewilderside.com) Guv cand Hawkins […]

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Sunday is World Hoop Day! Come Hoop for Howie! – Permaculture and Homesteading Guild (Syracuse, NY) 10/10/10

Posted on October 10, 2010 by iwilder

Sunday October 10th, 10/10/10 is World Hoop Day (that’s right, HULA HOOPs!)  10/10/10 is also Global Work Day to raise climate awareness and to work to reduce carbon emissions (350.org) to 350 ppm.  What does hooping have to do with carbon emissions you ask?! CleanHeart HoopTroop is hosting a Hoop Day event at the Westcott […]

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Redistricting: Gerrymandering as a Competitive Sport | Dissident Voice

Posted on October 8, 2010 by iwilder

The House of Representatives, state legislatures, county Boards of Supervisors, and city councils are all examples of elected representative bodies that should reflect the views of the voters of the region as accurately as possible. For example, when electing a five-person body from a region inhabited by people whose viewpoints are 55% A, 20% B, […]

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All candidates invited to a NY Governor debate at Hofstra, LI

Posted on October 7, 2010 by kwilder

[For post-debate, eyewitness commentary by onthewilderside, go: here.] [To add your own live comments to the debate, please go to our community discussion post: here] [For Ian Wilder’s 10/17 analysis of “the real face-offs” in the debate, go: here.] [Update: As of Thursday evening, 10/7, all seven candidates have confirmed for this debate.] (excerpt from) […]

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Want real change?: Third party options in the November 2010 Elections

Posted on October 7, 2010 by kwilder

Where to find third party, independent, and even write-in choices for the 2010 Elections:     For all US voters – A website which lists all statewide, Senate, and House of Reps candidates organized by state: Politics1.com For all US voters – A website with other voter information, including a searchable database: VoteSmart.org For all […]

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NY Times Letter to Editor: Green Party Responds to Thomas Friedman

Posted on October 7, 2010 by kwilder

Thanks to Independent Political Report for the tip. The letter below, and several more, were published in the NY Times in response to Thomas Friedman’s editorial, Third Party Rising. To the Editor: In his call for a third party, Thomas L. Friedman writes about a “radical center” between Democrats and Republicans. But instead of a […]

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Sec State cand La Pietra (G-MI) Goes Even More “Public” With Invitations to Voters, Opponents to Help Get Fairer, Better Elections

Posted on October 3, 2010 by iwilder

John Anthony La Pietra — the Green Party of Michigan’s candidate for Secretary of State – has gone even more “public” with his leading proposals to bring Michigan fairer, better elections. With the media generally ignoring his open letter four weeks ago and a general news release two weeks ago, John took the opportunity of […]

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Green Party of Tenessee Applauds Federal Court’s Ballot Access Decision

Posted on September 30, 2010 by iwilder

On September 20, U.S. District Court Judge William J. Haynes, struck down Tennessee’s laws on how a previously unrecognized political party can get on the ballot.  The case was filed by the Libertarian, Constitution and Green Parties of Tennessee on January 23, 2008.  The decision states that the high number of signatures required for party […]

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CA Green Party on state ballot props: supports Prop. 19/marijuana legalization, opposes suspension of clean air laws

Posted on September 18, 2010 by iwilder

The Green Party of California (GPCA) this week disclosed its positions on the state propositions on the ballot Nov. 2, revealing it has endorsed less than half of the measures based on a poll of Green Party County Councils (central committees) at the party’s state convention here. Greens reserved their biggest support for Prop. 19, […]

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Third Party primaries in Suffolk County, NY

Posted on September 13, 2010 by kwilder

Update: 2010 NY Governor Race Look HERE for the certified list of major party and third party candidates for NY Governor and other statewide offices at the NY State Board of Elections. _____________________ Previous Material on Primary: Update 9/14/2010 11:20am: Machines around state are messed up. Go early to vote! Story at Daily News: here. […]

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Arizona Green Party: Lawsuit filed over election statute and fake candidates

Posted on September 12, 2010 by iwilder

Arizona Republican Party operatives recruited fake candidates to run on the Green ballot line in the 2010 election Today the Arizona Green Party filed its second lawsuit of this past year against the State of Arizona over statutes which arbitrarily treat our party differently than other political parties in Arizona, in ways that violates the […]

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Green and Libertarian Parties File Lawsuit for Equitable Ballot Access in North Carolina

Posted on September 10, 2010 by iwilder

On September 9, 2010 , the North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments from the North Carolina Green Party and the Libertarian Party of North Carolina. The action was filed by the Libertarian Party in 2005 and joined later by the North Carolina Green Party (http://www.ncgreenparty.org). Both parties will argue that current ballot access laws […]

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