Americans fed-up left and right?

We’re experiencing a spike in new books about the issues we raise at Free & Equal– unfair ballot access laws for small parties and Independents, and the duopoly’s grip on American politics.

This spike points to an increasing number of Americans feeling disenfranchised by our political system.

The civil rights crises facing third parties and Independents is gaining ground in the public consciousness.

For certain, it was exciting to see several terrific new works in 2009 tackling our issues from all sides of the political spectrum, and there’s more to come this year.

We’ve told you about Theresa Amato’s masterpiece Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny, which walks through her first-hand accounts of America’s hegemonic two-party-rigged system as Ralph Nader’s campaign manager in 2000 and 2004.

James Bennett’s Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold offers us another comprehensive look at how the two major parties managed to hijack our elections and our government.

Free & Equal hosted a forum on third-party ballot access at the Cato Institute last October that featured both of these fine authors. Check the video out here.

In late 2009, Theresa Amato and James Bennett were joined by conservative author Nelson Hultberg with the release of The Conservative Revolution: Why We Must Form a Third Political Party to Win It.
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Oklahoma: Irony Headquarters

We’ve talked about the unfair ballot-access laws and corrupt politics in Illinois and New York over the past several months, states where anyone can challenge the validity of the ballot-access signatures gathered by opposing candidates. But arguably the most head-scratching, contradictory ballot-access laws in the nation can be found in Oklahoma. Third party candidates must [...]

CATO Forum on Ballot Access

You need to install or upgrade Flash Player to view this content, install or upgrade by clicking here. // Source: CATO Institute This past Tuesday, Free & Equal Founder and Chair Christina Tobin attended a forum at the CATO Institute in Washington, DC featuring two recently published books on ballot access: Not Invited to the [...]

CATO Institute to Hold Forum on Ballot Access Books

On Tuesday, October, 13, 2009 at 12pm the CATO institute in Washington, DC will hold a book forum featuring two books about ballot access. The Forum corresponds with the launch of George Mason University Economics Professor James Bennett‘s new book Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents [...]

Ralph Nader & Ron Paul Agree: Ballot Access Laws are Rigged Against Independent & Third Party Candidates

Ralph Nader and Ron Paul, two of the most outspoken political leaders of our time, don’t agree all that often. But one thing they both understand is that the American political system is rigged against independent and third party candidates. Restrictive ballot access laws across the nation prevent voters from having a real choice in [...]

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