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For Virgil Goode, Ballot Access Proves Challenging
(Photo credit David P.)For former congressman Virgil Goode, ballot access in the upcoming presidential race has been a remarkable challenge. Among the international community, the United States has b ...
08 Sep, 2012
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Ballot Access Fights Highlight Need For Change
Credit: sodahead.comRecent skirmishes between the Republican and Libertarian parties are instructive examples of ballot access fights that too often happen elsewhere too. In Washington, the Libertari ...
02 Sep, 2012
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Top 10 Up-and-Coming Republicans: Possibilities for 2016
With the 2012 presidential election still in campaign mode, it may seem premature to discuss the possibilities for 2016, but since it is also convention time, it is interesting to examine the biggest ...
29 Aug, 2012
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Delegate: RNC Rule Change Would Have Silenced Reagan in '76
In an interview Monday, Brian Dougherty, a Republican National Convention delegate from the Pennsylvania delegation told IVN that if the controversial RNC rule change advanced by the Romney camp at th ...
28 Aug, 2012
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Pennsylvania Delegation to Vote for New RNC Rules
I had IVN's Republican National Convention Correspondent Tom Brown on the phone just now, and he reports from Tampa that the Pennsylvania delegation took a vote this morning to support the new RNC rul ...
28 Aug, 2012
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Audio Interview: Delegate Explains RNC Rule Change Fight
IVN's Wes Messamore interviews RNC Delegate Brian Dougherty Monday afternoon for an inside look at the RNC rule change controversy. Dougherty offers a clear explanation of the RNC rule change at issue ...
28 Aug, 2012
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IVN Weekly Update: Party Conventions and a Growing Platform
This Week's Theme: Party ConventionsFor the next two weeks, Independent Voter Network will be covering the two main presidential conventions, their messages and implications for the parties.  ...
27 Aug, 2012
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Constitution Party's Virgil Goode Off Pennsylvania Ballot
(Photo: zazzle.comThird party candidates have had a notoriously difficult road in America. Many supporters of former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson have objected to the black out treatment their ma ...
26 Aug, 2012
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The Road to 270 Electoral Votes in 2012
Credit: realclearpolitics.comThe presidential race is won by obtaining 270 of the 538 votes in the Electoral College. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney are campaigning relen ...
24 Aug, 2012
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Pennsylvania Drops Plans for Online Voter Registration
Photo: sfcitizen.comThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, expected to be an important swing state in 2012, has made headlines all week for a controversial voter ID law backed by the state's Republicans. ...
18 Aug, 2012
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