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Audience at debate heckles candidate who kicked opponent off ballot

Posted on February 23, 2009 by kwilder

I found this story at Ballot Access News. Gathered info from other sources, notably Elizabeth Benjamin’s page at the Daily News and the Queens Chronicle. While this all happened related to a City Council race in the Howard Beach area of New York, it is interesting to see the audience at a debate respond so […]

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PA GP Condemns Judicial Corruption in Juvenile Detention Scandal

Posted on February 22, 2009 by iwilder

Green leaders call into question the privatization of essential public services creating opportunities for corruption Green Party urges local governments to ban private management of public responsibilities such as juvenile detention White-hot outrage cannot adequately describe the Green Party reaction to revelations of children unjustly sent to Pennsylvania juvenile detention centers on the orders of […]

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Give Your Home an Energy Audit

Posted on February 21, 2009 by iwilder

Give Your Home an Energy Audit — canvas Small steps towards energy efficiency can add up to big savings by Beth Fiteni Donna and Steve’s house was leaking money (and energy) out the window—literally. Their house, built in the 1930s, was so full of cracks that Donna could feel a breeze while standing in her […]

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Ballot Access News: Bad legislation moving forward in California

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

Richard Winger at Ballot Access News is very smart, and educated in election law and ballot access issues. I, personally, cannot understand all the implications of a new bill for California. Though, it seems like very bad news for independent, and possibly third party candidates, on a variety of levels. It would be worth taking […]

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Encountering my hero at the DMV

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

A story from Kimberly: My husband Ian and I had a car die this week. So, we had to buy an even older used car. That put me at the Department of Motor Vehicles in our lovely, suburban, Long Island, New York. On the way out, I noticed that, in the back of the room, […]

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Injustice in West Virginia:

Posted on February 18, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Ballot Access News West Virginia Legislators Introduce Clearly Unconstitutional Election Law Bills February 17th, 2009 Recently, two election law bills have been introduced in the West Virginia legislature that are clearly unconstitutional. Senators Robert Williams (D-Bridgeport) and Robert Plymale (D-Ceredo) have introduced SB 271, to require declared write-in candidates to pay a filing […]

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Nader files against Democratic National Committee

Posted on February 17, 2009 by kwilder

Ralph Nader is filing his final appeal in a lawsuit asking for justice with the Democratic National Committee, who unfairly challenged his petitions.

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Illinois Green Party Congressional Candidate Forum: Good news, slight change…

Posted on February 15, 2009 by iwilder

Found this news and the letter at Green Party Watch: On Wednesday, February 18th in Chicago, Illinois, Green Party candidates will be part of a multi-partisan debate.  (Changed from older plans to have a greens-only debate.) Letter from an Illinois Green: Its with mixed emotions I have to cancel the Greens-only 5th Congressional District Candidate […]

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The if and the how: Bloomberg for NYC Mayor in Nov. 2009

Posted on February 6, 2009 by iwilder

Full story at “Your Nabe” Bloomberg re−election plans run into political obstacles Thanks to the head up from Ballot Access News: Bloomberg Likely to Run for Re-Election as an Independent Candidate February 6th, 2009 …It seems unlikely he [Mayor Bloomberg] can be the nominee of any of the qualified parties, because of political differences between […]

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What is green?

Posted on February 6, 2009 by kwilder

On the national Green Party list, every once in awhile, we get in a cycle of self-reflection. The piece below is from a post that les evenchik made on a national Green Party list. With his permission, I edited it in hopes of crystallizing one definition of green politics. -KW – Towards a definition of […]

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Who will run for Governor in New York State?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by iwilder

The Governor’s race for New York State is in 2010. Who will run against present, Democratic Party Governor David Paterson? (And, for that matter, is there any chance that Paterson will not run? Or, be primaried? Paterson did come by the position in an interesting manner.) In New York, the Governor’s race is the only […]

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Pennsylvania: PA Supreme Court to hear petition challenge/costs case

Posted on February 3, 2009 by iwilder

from Ballot Access News Pennsylvania Supreme Court Will Hear Case Involving Costs of Petition Challenges February 2nd, 2009 On January 30, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in In Re Nomination Petition of Farnese, concerning the Pennsylvania habit of assessing court costs to the losing side, whenever the validity of a petition […]

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Ballot Access News: Professor Nate Persily’s Analysis of 2007-2008 Election Law Decision of U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on February 2, 2009 by iwilder

Professor Nate Persily’s Analysis of 2007-2008 Election Law Decision of U.S. Supreme Court February 2nd, 2009 Columbia Law School Professor Nathaniel Persily has this interesting article about the U.S. Supreme Court’s election law decisions in the terms covering the latter part of 2007, and all of 2008. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s Electionlawblog for the link. […]

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Nader: Heavy cost of running a third party candidate in Pennsylvania

Posted on January 28, 2009 by iwilder

[So, there is a group of us on-line who really care about third party and ballot access issues. So, this post is via Independent Political Report, who got it via Ballot Access News. And, now, it’s here…] (excerpt from) Philadelphia Inquirer Heavy costs of a run by a third party in Pennsylvania. But 2 challenges […]

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