On January 17, four states sued the federal government to force the Census Bureau to ask about the immigration status of each person. The State of Louisiana v U.S. Department of Commerce, w.d. Louisiana, 6:25cv-76. The other states in the … Continue reading
On January 20, outgoing President Joseph Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, who is age 80. See this story. Peltier was the presidential nominee of the Peace & Freedom Party in 2004. The party nominated him to make a … Continue reading
On January 18, the Minnesota Libertarian Party sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz, saying if he does not set a longer period for minor party petitioning in upcoming special legislative elections, the party will sue him. The last petitioning … Continue reading
On November 5, 2024, Idaho Libertarian nominee Todd Corsetti, running for U.S. House, 2nd district, polled 5.23%. This was the highest percentage that a minor party or independent candidate for U.S. House in Idaho had polled since 1926, when the … Continue reading
Only five parties in U.S. history have run a presidential nominee continuously for over 75 years: the Democratic, Republican, Prohibition, Socialist Labor, and now the Socialist Workers Party. The SWP has run in all presidential elections 1948-2024. The SLP did … Continue reading
