Mississippi Won’t Appeal Willie Wilson Victory to U.S. Supreme Court

Mississippi will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision of the State Supreme Court putting Willie Wilson on the Democratic presidential primary ballot. Also the state is sending revised ballots, containing Wilson’s name, to the overseas absentee voters. But if any overseas absentee voter, or any other absentee voter, already cast the first ballot, it counts. See this story, which focuses on an argument between the Secretary of State and the Democratic Party over who should accept blame for the mistake that left Wilson’s name off the ballot. …read more

Independent Party of Oregon Will Have a Presidential Primary

The Independent Party is entitled to nominate by primary, the first party in Oregon to have a government-adminstered primary since the Progressive Party had one in 1914. Oregon election officials plan to also provide the party with a presidential primary. It isn’t clear yet whether there will be any candidates’ names on that presidential primary. Either the party will be permitted to have presidential candidates’ names that have been suggested by the party, or else the ballot won’t have any names and the outcome will be decided by write-in votes. …read more

Say NO to the ‘Green’ Slush Fund for Dictators

Is Paris Climate Treaty a ‘Green’ Slush Fund for looters and kleptocrats? Retweet

Many third world dictators will get billions because of last year’s Paris climate talks. This was the price third world “governments” charged for supporting the resulting treaty. You will pay for this “green” slush fund for dictators. Please tell your elected reps to oppose this. Do this using our campaign to “End Aid to Dependent Dictators.” The hardwired message for that campaign reads…
End all foreign aid, especially to dictators.
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Oppose the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and all Paris …read more

Vice Magazine Interviews Peter Diamondstone, Leader of Liberty Union Party of Vermont, About Bernie Sanders

Vice Magazine, which is a print and on-line magazine for youth, has this interesting interview with Peter Diamondstone. The subject is the relationship between Diamondstone and Bernie Sanders. They were founders of the Liberty Union Party of Vermont in 1971. That party is still ballot-qualified, and Diamondstone is still a leader of that party.
The story says the party failed to receive enough votes in 2008 to retain its status as a party entitled to a primary. But the party did get enough votes in 2014 to regain its status as a party entitled to a primary. …read more