On July 17, a U.S. District Court granted an injunction, putting the Ohio Libertarian Party on the November ballot, for president, Congress, and state legislative races. Libertarian Party of Ohio v Brunner, s.d., 2:08-cv-555. The basis for the injunction was … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2008
A Zogby/Reuters Poll released July 16 shows these results when voters are presented with a list of 4 presidential candidates: Obama 46%, McCain 36%, Barr 3%, Nader 3%, other or undecided 12%. See here for more details. When the voter … Continue reading
YouTube has thousands of videos of candidates running for office. The YouTube “Politicians Channel” is at this link. On July 14, Google announced that it is launching the “Google Elections Video Search gadget”, which will use speech recognition technology to … Continue reading
Ken Lindell was a Republican member of the Maine State House during the 2005-2007 term. While he was in office, he tried to pass a bill that would have substantially eased the definition of “political party”. His bill would have … Continue reading
Joseph A. Zdonczyk died on February 19, 2008, at the age of 79. He had founded the Concerned Citizens Party of Connecticut, which seems to have first appeared on the ballot in 1988. The party’s chief issue was opposition to … Continue reading