Third Party Ballot Access Bill Reintroduced
There are some state legislative fights that seem to have been going on forever. And the effort for Pennsylvania ballot access is one of them. Currently in Pennsylvania, as Philadelphia Weekly has investigated in the past, third-party candidates get the shortest end of the stick when attempting to get on the ballot for statewide elections; they’re often...
Continue ReadingConstitution Party Kicked Off the Pennsylvania Ballot
On Tuesday, the Constitution Party—whose presidential ticket consists of former U.S. House member Virgil Goode and Lancaster, Pennsylvania attorney James Clymer—withdrew their petition to get on the ballot in Pennsylvania. The decision came after multiple warnings of the court costs by attorneys for the Republican Party, who have challenged the Constitution...
Continue ReadingLibertarian Party Prepares Philly Ballot Access Fight with Help From Other Third Parties
The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania handed in about 49,000 signatures on Aug. 1 to get presidential candidate Gary Johnson on the statewide ballot. A week later, as expected, the Pennsylvania Republican Party challenged about 44,000 of those signatures, alleging, among other things, that 26,000 Philadelphia-based signatures came from individuals who are not...
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Green Party Stays on Ballot in Pennsylvania While Constitution, Libertarian Parties Challenged
There’s a first time for everything. And 2012 appears to be the first time since 2004 the Green Party of Pennsylvania will put statewide candidates on the commonwealth’s election ballot. The deadline for a ballot challenge from the Democratic Party came and went last week, without a challenge. On the other side of the alternative politicosphere, however,...
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Green Party Will Hand in Pennsylvania Signatures a Day Early
Stein and Honkala (via Facebook) After a last-minute signature drive, the Green Party of Pennsylvania will hand in signature petitions to get on the presidential ballot tomorrow—a day earlier than expected and required. Petitions are due Wed., Aug. 1 to get the Green Party’s presidential ticket of Dr. Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala on the ballot. But according...
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Green Party Raising Funds Off Pennsylvania ‘Rigged’ Elections
Stein and Honkala (via Facebook) A recent national Green Party campaign email sent by Philadelphia activist and vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala calls Pennsylvania’s election system “rigged.” “Today [Pennsylvania] is a state where one major party plots to use new restrictions to keep millions of poor people from voting. And it is the state where...
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Green Party’s Inclusion on PA Ballot Remains Uncertain
Cheri Honkala (via Facebook) Philadelphia activist Cheri Honkala accepted the vice presidential nomination to the national Green Party ticket in Baltimore over the weekend. She introduced herself to the national party and gave a CliffsNotes version of her life—from the time she was homeless in Minnesota to her current work on behalf of the poor—before introducing...
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Q&A: Green VP Candidate Cheri Honkala Says She’ll Shed Light on PA Ballot Access
Stein and Honkala (via Facebook) Philadelphia activist Cheri Honkala has been fighting for poor people’s economic rights for the last 25 years. But it wasn’t until recently—2011, actually—that she got involved in party politics. And being as her service can be defined as one of unorthodoxy, she chose a unique position, sheriff, and a unique party: The...
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Activists Collect Signatures as Cheri Honkala Is Chosen as Green Party VP Candidate
Green presidential candidate Jill Stein John Gonzalez has been a loyal Democrat most of his life. But on a recent Tuesday afternoon, there he was, knocking on doors throughout Kensington, asking mostly Spanish-speaking residents for their signatures to help get Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein on the ballot in November. The Philadelphia accountant...
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