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Ralph Nader to Promote Ballot Access Reform at Oklahoma City Rally

Oklahoma City, Okla. – Ralph Nader will speak in support of ballot access reform at an Oklahoma City rally on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, from 7 pm to 9 pm. The event will be hosted in the Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom at 3233 Northwest Expressway.
Representatives of Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform, the Green Party of [...]

California Candidate Debates Exclude Alternative Voices

MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary’s College of California hosted the first U.S. senatorial candidate debate, Wednesday, September 1, which included incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, but excluded the remaining six alternative candidates.
In addition, a number of high-profile gubernatorial debates, which exclude all candidates except Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican rival Meg [...]

Republican Drops Lawsuits to Remove Independent Michael Hansen and Libertarian Ed Martin from Ballot.

LOUISVILLE, K.Y. – Libertarian Party candidate Ed Martin and Independent candidate Michael Hansen filed to run for office in Kentucky’s third congressional district, against incumbent Democratic nominee John Yarmuth and Republican nominee Todd Lally, respectively. Cordell Lawrence, as vice chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party, and David Caldwell filed a lawsuit, August 20, 2010 [...]

Kentucky Republicans Afraid of Democracy

Louisville, KY -  Kentucky Republicans are attempting to remove two candidates from the November ballot for the 3rd Congressional District with a lawsuit filed on August 20, 2010. Ed Martin, candidate for the Libertarian Party, and Michael D. Hansen, independent candidate, were notified of the lawsuit this week. Hansen filed his required paperwork and petition [...]

Free and Equal Radio Show – 8/31/2010

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Kentucky Republicans are attempting to remove two candidates from the November ballot for the 3rd Congressional District with a lawsuit filed on August 20, 2010. Ed Martin, candidate for the Libertarian Party, and Michael D. Hansen, independent candidate, were notified of [...]

Back-to-Back U.S. Senatorial Candidate and Gubernatorial Candidate Debates to Take Place at Northern Illinois University.

DeKalb, Ill. – The first U.S. senatorial candidate debate organized by Free and Equal Elections Foundation, to be hosted by Northern Illinois University at DeKalb, has been rescheduled for October and expanded into a back-to-back debate event including Free and Equal’s fourth gubernatorial candidate debate. Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity will sponsor the debates. Free and [...]

NY Gubernatorial Campaign Goes Grassroots.

ALBANY, NY – Free & Equal continues its coverage of the NY gubernatorial race with Charles Barron (Freedom Party), Howie Hawkins (Green Party), Warren Redlich (Libertarian Party) and Jimmy McMillan (Rent Is 2 Damn High Party), as the New York state independent and grassroots party candidates turned in their independent nominating petitions, last week.
“A petition [...]

Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado May Need An Intervention

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado, the California Independent Voter Network and the Yes on Prop 14 campaign have asked the courts to allow them to intervene as defendants in the lawsuit against state Senate Bill 6. A hearing regarding whether they have legal standing to intervene is scheduled for Tuesday, August 24, 9 [...]

Northern Illinois University to Host Free and Equal U.S. Senatorial Candidate Debate.

CHICAGO – Northern Illinois University at DeKalb will host the first U.S. Senatorial candidate debate organized by Free and Equal Elections Foundation, Thursday, August 19, 2010, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center.
Update: The date and location of the first U.S. Senatorial candidate debate organized by Free [...]

Sacramento Press Conference Coverage and Pictures

The Sacramento Bee’s excellent Capitol Alert blog headed by Torey Van Oot gave us a nice mention.
Plaintiff Richard Winger, publisher of Ballot Access news, and Stop Top Two founder Christina Tobin will be on hand for the 10:30 a.m. news conference at the Capitol’s south steps.
Pictures from the Press Conference – Richard Winger and Christina [...]