Cheri Honkala Helps Found ‘Green Shadow Cabinet’
Stein and Honkala (via Facebook) Coinciding with Earth Day, the Green Party—led by former presidential ticket Jill Stein and Philadelphia activist Cheri Honkala—have formed what they’re calling the “Green Shadow Cabinet” of the United States: a collection of about 100 people who plan to release statements and respond to goings-on in the U.S. government...
Continue ReadingThird 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...
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After Arrest, Green Party Candidate Suing Commission on Presidential Debates
The Green Party was not just excluded from the presidential debates this campaign season, but their ticket of Dr. Jill Stein and Philly activist Cheri Honkala were arrested last week after staging a protest at the presidential town hall debate in Long Island. Now, Stein is taking the Commission on Presidential Debates to court. According to a press release sent...
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Green Party Ticket To Rush Tonight’s Debate, Are Prepared for Arrests [UPDATED]
Stein and Honkala (via Facebook) The Green Party presidential ticket of Jill Stein and Philly activist Cheri Honkala plan to grab a spot on stage at tonight’s presidential debate. Problem is, they’re not invited. But according to a Green Party news release, they want in, and they’re getting ready to break through the barriers right…about…now. “Stein...
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DAILY GRINDER: Libertarian and Green Parties on Pennsylvania Presidential Ballot
The Libertarian Party will stay on the ballot in Pennsylvania, despite Republican lawyers doing their damndest to kick candidate Gary Johnson off. Commonwealth Court Senior Judge James Gardner Colins said the Libertarians have at least 20,730 signatures, which is 129 more than the law requires. So now what? Now what is, you get the choice in November between...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Watch Pa Legislators Debate Voter ID on Fox News
Pennsylvania State Sen. Daylin Leach and Rep. Mike Turzai recently debated the state Voter ID law on Fox News. I know it sounds like it’d be awesome (Leach had currently noted of Turzai’s support of Voter ID, “your ideas suck”), but it wasn’t actually that cool. It feels like they got cut off right as things were about to get out of control. Watch...
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New Poll Shows Support for the Green Party’s Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala
Stein and Honkala (via Facebook) CNN has a new poll out, in which they’ve included third-party candidates Gary Johnson, of the Libertarian Party, and Jill Stein, of the Green Party. And as it happens, both Johnson and Stein poll: Johnson earns 3 percent; Stein gets 2. And while it doesn’t necessarily mean either candidate is on the verge of winning the election...
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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