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New York State Third Party Candidates Listing & Political Commentary Blog

Now In Our 7th Year

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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 prophecy!

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.

This is an important year in the New York State election cycle. Not only are the Governor, Comptroller and Attorney General positions up for vote, but all of the Congressional House seats and State Senate and Assembly positions as well. In addition, we have two Congressional Senate seats up for vote. Normally, we only have one but due to Hillary Clinton's resignation to become Secretary of State for the Obama administration, we are having a special election for her seat which is currently filled by Governor Patterson's temporary appointee. And if that isn't enough for you, this is the year when the minor parties in the State get a chance to be automatically on the ballot for the next four years. YOUR SO-CALLED THIRD POLITICAL PARTIES NEED YOU THIS YEAR SINCE IF THEY RECEIVE AT LEAST 50,000 VOTES FOR GOVERNOR, THEIR NOMINATED CANDIDATES RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC BERTH ON THE BALLOT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THEREFORE, PLEASE GET OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR THIRD PARTY BY VOTING THIS YEAR. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING AND YOU'RE TAKING A STAND FOR DEMOCRACY INSTEAD OF THE USUAL TWO PARTY SYSTEM.

2010 Races:

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
4. * America First Party of New York State
5. * Conservative Party of New York State
6. * Freedom Restoration Party of New York State
7. * Independence Party of New York State
8. * Liberal Party of New York State
9. * Rent is 2 Damn High Party of New York State
10. * Socialist Party of New York City
11. * Socialist Workers Party of New York State
12. * Unity Party of New York State
13. * Working Families Party of New York State
14. * Veterans Party of New York State
15. * New American Independent Party of New York State or New American Independent Party of New York State - These are two different sites.
16. * Integrity Party of New York State

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. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Very good site for U.S. elections vote history
3. Open Debates - Organization that fights to open up debates.
4. Debate This! - Also fights to open up presidential debates to third parties
5. Vote From Abroad - Tracks national races
6. opensecrets.org - Bills itself as "Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections"
7. 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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