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Two Supreme Court Decisions: Minority districts AND independent candidates (via Nader)

Posted on March 9, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) The Boston Globe/AP Story Court refuses to expand minority voting rights March 9, 2009 Story 1: Limits protection of Voting Rights Act WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled Monday that electoral districts must have a majority of African-Americans or other minorities to be protected by a provision of the Voting Rights Act. The 5-4 decision, […]

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Results from 3/3/09 Illinois Congressional primary

Posted on March 3, 2009 by kwilder

Election results from primary for Congress in Illinois: Democrat. Republican. Green Party.

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In Illinois Congressional race today: 23 candidates vie for Rep. Emmanuel’s seat (Dem, Rep, Green)

Posted on March 3, 2009 by kwilder

KW: An interesting primary. It is unusual for a third party to have 5 candidates in their primary, as the Green Party does in this race. The winner of the three primaries will run against each other in a special election on April 7th 2009. Check back here this evening for results and analysis. The […]

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NY Governor hits historic low rating (Good news for third parties!)

Posted on March 3, 2009 by kwilder

Thoughts on the Governor’s race in New York for 2010 in light of Governor Paterson’s low approval rating. List of third parties who may be interested in running a candidate for NY Governor.

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Shouldn’t MoveOn Oppose Obama on Afghanistan?

Posted on March 1, 2009 by iwilder

The opinion piece: Shouldn’t MoveOn Oppose Obama on Afghanistan? (Initially posted using ShareThis) An opinion piece in The Nation, written by John Nichols. Excerpt: …Democratic leaders in Congress might have been willing to compromise with the Bush administration on Iraq back in 2002. But MoveOn said “no.” And MoveOn was right. Now, more than ever, […]

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Mayor Bloomberg, again? Bill on term limits in NYC advances

Posted on February 27, 2009 by kwilder

from Ballot Access News New York Bill to Require New York City Popular Vote on Term Limits Advances February 25th, 2009 On February 25, the New York State Assembly Election Law Assembly passed A1224. If it is signed into law, it would require New York city voters to vote in May 2009 on whether they […]

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Will Schwartz save Paterson?

Posted on February 26, 2009 by iwilder

Kimberly found on the LI Biz Blog post Winners, losers in Paterson shakeup that Larry Schwartz will replace William Cunningham as Secretary to NY Governor David Paterson. Well, in a much less mature version of myself, I was a Democratic Committeeman for a decade.  During that time I met Mr. Schwartz.  Now, LI Biz Blog […]

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For Congress in Illinois: Thoughts on the Green Party

Posted on February 25, 2009 by kwilder

The background from the Green Party of Illinois web-site: The ILGP’s first ever non-presidential contested primary will be held on March 3, 2009, in the 5th Congressional District Special Election. All voters are invited to participate in the Green Party primary. Kimberly, who is NOT enrolled in the Green Party, but who holds green values, […]

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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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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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