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News12 LI excludes third party candidate from debate

Posted on October 12, 2012 by kwilder

Mike McDermott is on the ballot, as a Libertarian, for Congress, 3rd District, Long Island, NY. Even though he is ballot-qualified, News12 is excluding him from their debates. The e-mail excerpted below is from a Libertarian-minded, occupy friend. Please help if you believe in ballot access. Letters-to-the-editor might be useful. And, an e-mail for News12 […]

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Guv cand Rich Whitney, LeAlan Jones & IL Green Party Sue WTTW over Debate Exclusion

Posted on October 30, 2010 by iwilder

    The Illinois Green Party and candidates Rich Whitney and LeAlan Jones filed suit in federal court late yesterday against public television station WTTW, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Public Broadcasting Service and President and CEO of WTTW Daniel J. Schmidt. Gubernatorial candidate Whitney and Senatorial candidate Jones were both excluded from debates […]

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News and commentary: Boston Globe supports exclusion of third parties in debate

Posted on December 16, 2009 by kwilder

KW: Two stories, then, comments by Ian Wilder at the bottom… from Ballot Access News Massachusetts Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate Wants 3-Candidate Debates December 15th, 2009 The Boston Globe has this story, which says that in the upcoming special election for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, the Democratic nominee, Martha Coakley, wants all the debates […]

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Supreme Court Justice Souter to retire and Reaction of ballot access expert

Posted on April 30, 2009 by kwilder

Reports say that Justice Souter will retire from the Supreme Court at the end of term in June. Link to commentary by Richard Winger of Ballot Access News about Souter, ballot access, and third party and independent candidates.

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Thursday, Dec. 11th at 8am: Court Support Rally for Hempstead 15

Posted on December 8, 2008 by iwilder

Please come out and support the 15 demonstrators – many Iraq Veterans Against the War – who were arrested the night of the Hofstra Presidential Debate. They wanted to ask the two major party candidates a question about the war and a question about veteran benefits, and they were denied entry. When a group of […]

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Rock-the-Debates plans 2009 conference to open the debates

Posted on October 24, 2008 by iwilder

KW: I don’t know if it is because I am slow-slow-and-the-last-to-know, or because I have cool, on-top-of-it colleagues who care about what I do, but I got this report third hand: Rock the Debates is planning it, Ballot Access News reported it, Independent Political Report picked up the story, and, I am passing it on: […]

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Veterans arrested at Hofstra Debate

Posted on October 16, 2008 by iwilder

Update #1: How to help. Numbers to call. Here. Update #2: CNN coverage with video and photos of the scene is here. On-the-scene-photo of a veteran who suffered police abuse by a horse-mounted policeman at the Hofstra debate: here. A graphic photo (includes blood) of the injuries suffered by veteran Nick Morgan: here (warning: this […]

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Who won the debate?

Posted on September 26, 2008 by iwilder

**Please support the 15 veterans arrested at Hofstra Debate. Information is here. Update 10/18/2008: We still don’t think this two-party only debates are fair. And, there were so many times that the candidates agreed (wrongly) on issues and sounded ridiculous, that having another voice on stage would be valuable. That said, Ian and I got […]

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Change in patterns: The Nation mag asks to open debates!

Posted on September 24, 2008 by iwilder

Found this story at www.votetruth08.com. I think that the on-line version may not be available. I believe it is under the heading “Editors”. It is from the October 6, 2008 issues of The Nation. In the past, The Nation has not usually been kind to Nader or the Green Party. This article changes that…

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Hofstra Presidential Debate: What Would Victoria Woodhull Do?

Posted on September 24, 2008 by iwilder

Victoria Woodhull was a woman’s rights advocate, a leader in the woman’s suffrage movement,  and a supporter of the labor movement. In 1872, Victoria Woodhull was a candidate for President of the United States with the Equal Rights Party. This year, one of the pre-debate educational events at Hofstra University in Long Island will include […]

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Green Party candidates strive to open the debates

Posted on August 27, 2008 by iwilder

Wednesday, August 27 at 7pm in Denver, there will be an Open the Debates Rally. Rosa Clemente, Green Party Vice Presidential candidate is on the speaker list. The rally will be held at the Magness Arena, University of Denver, sponsored by Nader/Gonzalez. – Who deserves to be in the Presidential Debates? Any person wanting to […]

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Green Party Election Round-up 2007

Posted on November 7, 2007 by iwilder

Wins, possible wins and accomplishments in 2007: Win!: Green Party candidate John Anton won his race for Portland, Maine City Council. Anton finished first of 4 candidates for 2 at-Large seats with 6,320 votes or 29.04%. Photo above of David Lussier at the October 2007 Green Party of New York State Committee Meeting with Betty […]

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How to Get a Public Access TV Show video

Posted on August 22, 2007 by iwilder

[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=1764187176817774925] Public Access producers Robert Langley and Jean Waters gave a talk at a Babylon Green party gathering on how to have your own Public Access TV Show. the audience included several other public access producers who added their experience. Related Posts: Public Access TV talk 2/7/07 (video) 6/22/07: Blacklisted and the Banned plays Green […]

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Dick Cheney video: How many dead Americans is Saddam worth?

Posted on August 16, 2007 by iwilder

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENbElb5-xY] Video of and interview with Vice President Cheney in 1994 saying that invading Iraq would create a quagmire. (This video aired on C-Span)

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