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Republicans anti-Democracy When it Comes to 3rd Party Choice

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Campaign of Libertarian Candidate for President, Bob Barr:
August 25, 2008 6:32 pm EST

Atlanta, GA - Bob Barr’s presidential campaign has recently learned of an action by the McCain campaign and the Pennsylvania Republican Party to have Barr removed from the state’s ballot, this despite McCain’s promise in the [...]

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Tags: Candidate Discrimination · Candidates · Election 2008 · Libertarian · Liberty · Pittsburgh · Politics · pennsylvania

You Pay for Their Party

March 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The $100 million for the political party conventions — $50 million for the Democratic convention in Denver and $50 million for the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn. — is included in a section described as “Katrina recovery, veterans’ care and for other purposes.”
Isn’t that nice. Nothing like lots of pork in a spending [...]

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Tags: Candidate Discrimination · Freedom · Libertarian · Pittsburgh

Real Voting Problem: Candidate Discrimination

December 25th, 2006 · No Comments

As published in the PIttsburgh Post Gazette, December 25, 2006
The real voting problem: third-party or independent candidates are shut out
Paper ballots may stop votes disappearing from recounts (”In Praise of Paper” by Bruce Schneier, Dec. 3 Forum), but they won’t stop candidates disappearing from Pennsylvania ballots.
2006 saw no Pennsylvania third party or independent statewide candidates [...]

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Tags: Candidate Discrimination · Letters to the Editor · voter choice