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New York State Third Party Candidates Listing & Political Commentary Blog

Now In Our 5th Year

Publicity Breeds Name Recognition ==> Name Recognition Breeds Name Familiarity ==>Name Familiarity Breeds Votes

The Mainstream Media would do well to remember this when they tell you that they don't want to cover a third party candidate because he/she can't win. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy!

This site is intended to do the following:

• Give a listing of all third party candidates running for Federal and State offices in New York State.
• Give a listing of any Propositions that may appear on the New York State ballot.
• Give linking sites where you may go to get further information on the candidate and/or party.
• Offers essays in support of third party politics.
• Offers other political essays.

This site uses the Firefox browser from Mozilla in order to test its pages. However, since I use as little graphics as possible in order to speed up page loadings for those that still use dial-up connections, the visual layout should look the same no matter what browser you are using. If you do experience problems, please e-mail me explaining what the problem is and the name and version of the browser that you are using. Also, please e-mail me to report any broken links. You can use the e-mail address at the bottom of this page. Thank you.

Click here for interviews with selected Chairs of the State Parties.

• Burr Deitz, Chair of the Constitution Party of New York State (No longer affiliated with the National Constitution Party.)
• Gloria Mattera & Peter LaVenia, Co-Chairs of the Green Party of New York State
• Jeff Russell, Chair of the Libertarian Party of New York State

Please note:

The minor parties will soon begin having their national conventions. After their Presidential Nominees are known, they will begin filing petitions with the New York State Board of Elections. I will begin posting the candidates names and websites, where you can go to get more information on them, as soon as the NYSBOE announces that they have been filed. This DOES NOT mean that they will appear on the ballot in November as these petitions need to be approved by the NYSBOE. When the petitions are finalized and the candidates who made the cut are known, I will post a note beside the link to these candidates saying that the list is finalized. As for the State Senate and Assembly candidates, due to the fact that I have to wait until after Primary Day to see if the candidate is a true third party candidate, the final list will not be posted until given out by the NYSBOE. (Remember that this website defines a true third party candidate as one that is not also listd on the Republican or Democrat line.) What with some major names vying for the desiganation of some of the minor parties, as well as Ralph Nader in the race again, it looks to be a good year for those of us who are tired of the "politics as usual" that we get with the Republicans and Democrats. So, enjoy the coming campaigns!

Position Papers:

1. Who am I?
2. What problems do we face?
3. Why vote third party?
4. Open the debates and give more coverage to third party candidates!
5. How do I do a write-in vote?
6. Did Nader make Gore lose?/Did the U.S. Supreme Court make Bush win?
7. The Case for Term Limits
8. A Short Case Against NAFTA
9. The Pentamendments

Links To Political Parties Active In New York State (in random order):

Key to notations after State Party names.

• * = State Party has a strong Parent National Party.
• * = State Party has a weak Parent National Party or one that is in an early formative stage.
• * = State Party is independent and does not have a tie to a Parent National Party.

1. * Libertarian Party of New York State
2. * Green Party of New York State
3. * Constitution Party of New York State (No longer affiliated with the National Constitution Party.)
4. * Constitution Party of New York State (Affiliated with the National Constitution Party. Since the "Constitution Party" name has already been taken, I will list their official New York affiliate's name as soon as it becomes available.)
5. * America First Party of New York State
6. * Conservative Party of New York State
7. * Freedom Restoration Party of New York State
8. * Independence Party of New York State (Official Site) or Independence Party of New York (Unoffical Site - but better maintained)
9. * Liberal Party of New York State
10. The Marijuana Party of New York State appears to have disbanded at this time. Please e-mail me if anybody knows of a new website for them.
11. * Rent is too Damn High Party of New York State
12. * Right to Life Party of New York State
13. * School Choice Party of New York State
14. * Socialist Party of New York City
15. * Socialist Party of New York State
16. * Socialist Workers Party of New York State
17. * Unity Party of New York State
18. * Working Families Party of New York State
19. * Veterans Party of New York State or Veterans Party of New York State - These are two different sites.
20. * New American Independent Party of New York State or New American Independent Party of New York State - These are two different sites.
21. * Integrity Party of New York State or American Reform Party of New York State - The American Reform Party became the Integrity Party in 2004.

If you do not see your party listed here, feel free to e-mail the web address and I'll post it.

Other Useful Links:

1. New York State Board of Elections
2. Coalition For Free and Open Elections - Organization that fights for free & open elections.
3. Ballot Access - Gives third party ballot status & news
4. Third Party Watch - Great site for news on the major third parties
5. Politics1 - Very good source for national and state political news
6. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Very good site for U.S. elections vote history
7. Open Debates - Organization that fights to open up debates.
8. Debate This! - Also fights to open up presidential debates to third parties
9. Vote From Abroad - Tracks national races
10. opensecrets.org - Bills itself as "Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections"
11. The Green Papers - Political website dealing with elections

Contact Me:

If you would like to send comments to this site, feel some info is incorrect and needs to be corrected, or think that I left a candidate off of the list, use the following address. Please be sure to give me the full name of the candidate, the race and district that the person is running in and an e-mail address where the candidate can be reached. This site address is completely spelled out to prevent web spiders from finding the address and spamming it. Therefore, make sure you substitute the "@" sign for "at" and the "." for the "dot" in the address.

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