“House Republicans are leading the drive for smaller, more accountable government and better solutions to the challenges facing our nation.”
-Website of the Office of the Republican Leader (John Boehner OH-8)
As the November election closes in, activists, some newly inspired, some enduring ones, are chomping at the bit to get to the polls and “get the [...]
Recently, I had a brief email exchange with a tea-party member. He likes everything I have to say, but says he probably won’t vote for me. According to him, tea-partiers must unite around the candidate who a) most closely matches the tea-party ideals and b) can win. He wrote to me and asked very plainly, [...]
By: Ken Matesz
As a “third-party candidate,” I get to hear this one phrase so many times I practically hear it in my sleep: “A vote for a third party is a vote for the ___________________(insert party name).”
Funny thing about this is that my third party had no hand in the current economic mess. Libertarian policies [...]
On Monday, July 5th, the Kerrville Area League of Women Voters will feature candidates for Governor and Attorney General with questions from the audience at the Cailloux Theater, 910 Main St, in Kerrville. This event will be televised on KVHC-TV and statewide. The theater holds over 700 people, and Libertarians are encouraged to attend [...]
Voters are increasingly unsatisfied with their choices on the ballot. Incumbent politicians are fighting back with legislation to reduce the number of choices voters can make. Voters are left choosing between the lesser of evils and leave the voting booth angry and depressed with their vote. All of this results in very poor voter turnout.
Where [...]
AUSTIN, TEXAS – July 1, 2010 — As Texans celebrate Independence Day, the Libertarian Party calls for voters to declare independence from corrupt political parties that try to use courts, tricks, and legislation to subvert the will of the voters.
“Recent events have further confirmed the corrupt practices of the Republican and Democratic parties in manipulating [...]
Proposition 14, also known as a Top Two election system and mistakenly called an “open primary”, would abolish our current party primary elections and replace it with a free for all June election to pick the top two candidates for the November election. Only two candidates will appear on the November ballot, even two candidates [...]
After months of being largely dismissed in a race dominated by the state’s two Republican heavyweights, Debra Medina is making her presence felt with an anti-establishment message that has evidently struck a chord among a segment of Republican voters.
Buoyed by her performance against Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in last week’s [...]
According to Rasmussen Reports, voters in Massachusetts turned out largely due to the health care issue, but were split in their opposition of the current legislation, with half saying that passing no legislation at all would be better. These numbers are surprising considering how “blue” the state is. Here’s hoping some politicians start listening up [...]
On Thursday, January the 14th, three candidates hoping to gain the Republican nomination for Texas governor took the stage to debate one another in front of a live audience, with it all being televised all around the state. These three candidates consisted of Texas governor Rick Perry, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and the outsider, [...]
The fourth largest city in the U.S. has elected Annise Danette Parker as the first gay mayor of a major U.S. city.
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Barry Cooper is currently running for Attorney General of Texas on a “Pro-Gun, Pro-Pot, Pro-Family” platform, and when he gives a speech you can feel the excitement and energy he brings to the room. His bold, charismatic, “in your face” style is always balanced with good-natured humor as he speaks passionately to audiences about the [...]
All amendments have been passed, with the smallest margin between for and against being on proposition 4, with 140,364 votes. The largest margin was the vote on proposition 11 by a margin of 646,731 votes, followed closely by proposition 9.
Prop 1
“The constitutional amendment authorizing the financing, including through tax increment financing, of the acquisition by [...]
The United Nations cannot account for tens of millions of dollars provided to the troubled Afghan election commission, according to two confidential U.N. audits and interviews with current and former senior diplomats.
As Afghanistan prepares for a second round of national voting, the documents and interviews paint the fullest picture to date of the finances of [...]
Afghanistan’s election commission on Monday canceled a runoff presidential election scheduled for Saturday and declared president Hamid Karzai the reelected leader of the country, according to news reports from Kabul. The move came after Karzai’s main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew from the second-round elections on Sunday, saying he did not think they would be fair.
It [...]