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More votes for Cynthia McKinney (and others): New York State finds uncounted votes

Posted on March 16, 2009 by kwilder

The New York State Board of Elections has found more, previously untallied, votes for president cast in Queens, New York City, New York. The new votes increase totals for candidates: Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, Chuck Baldwin, Roger Calero, Gloria LaRiva, Barack Obama and John McCain.

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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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Nader and Romanelli travails in Pennsylvania update

Posted on March 6, 2009 by kwilder

This story touches on prospects of the Nader case in Pennsylvania. The courts in Pennsylvania used challenges to Nader’s petitions (and, separately, to Carl Romanelli’s petitions) to not only kick those candidates off the ballot, but to then “punish” them, by having to pay the lawyer’s fees for the other side. The other side were […]

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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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Jolting Congress – The Nader Page

Posted on February 14, 2009 by iwilder

Jolting Congress – The Nader Page Posted using ShareThis Some staffers in Congress privately assert that the Democrats are not acting like a majority party. It is worse than that. They are not acting—period.

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Nader versus the Democratic National Committee

Posted on February 3, 2009 by iwilder

from Ballot Access News (by way of Independent Political Report) US Court of Appeals Sets Oral Argument in Nader v Democratic National Committee Posted at BAN on February 2nd, 2009 The U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. will hold oral arguments in Nader v Democratic National Committee on March 20, 2009 (case no. 08-7074). The […]

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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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New York State Behind in Obtaining New Vote-Counting Equipment

Posted on January 26, 2009 by iwilder

Discovered this information at Ballot Access News. There is coverage at BAN and also from a Gannet News story BAN pointed at. There is some chance that New Yorkers will use the same old lever machines for the 2009 September primary and 2009 November general that we have been using for many, many years. (Which […]

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Scholastic Presidential Mock Election Unfair

Posted on December 21, 2008 by iwilder

Here is a recent Nader piece on the subject of Scholastic and the two party system over at Counterpunch. KW: Below, is an e-mail I sent around to third party circles and some Nader fans, on October 24, 2008. I also sent a request to Scholastic that week for a full report on their write-ins, […]

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Ralph Nader getting dissed by major party criminals and major party courts

Posted on December 20, 2008 by iwilder

THE LATEST! from Ballot Access News Nader Again Asks for Reconsideration on Pennsylvania Fees December 19th, 2008 On December 19, Ralph Nader again asked the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court to reconsider the order that he must pay fees to cover the costs of removing him from the ballot in 2004. Background: from Ballot Access News: Pennsylvania […]

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What do Ralph Nader and friends think?: New survey of issues

Posted on December 11, 2008 by iwilder

Around 10,000 people answered a survey from the Nader folks ranking issues of importance. The results are worth looking at for what was important, and what was not important. Some issues touched upon: war, single-payer universal healthcare,  immigration, sustainable energy, nuclear energy (surprising results), corporate reform and more. I am sure that the subset of […]

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Presidential Election Results: Grand total for November 2008

Posted on December 10, 2008 by iwilder

Update: At the end of December 2008, Ballot Access News posted what they feel are the final numbers. You can go to the BAN link below for that tally. Note that the grand total for Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney is now 160,118. Figures posted at Ballot Access News. There is also a chart […]

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What does Nader do between elections?: Fight bad ballot laws

Posted on December 10, 2008 by iwilder

Two articles from Ballot Access News with updates on the Nader ballot access lawsuits. Related posts and video at the read more. December 5, 2008 it is reported at BAN that: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Won’t Re-Open Nader $80,000 Court Costs from 2004 On December 4, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth refused to re-open the matter of whether […]

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