TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• New Hampshire activist Betty Ward invites independents to participate in IndependentPrimary.com where you can vote for your favorite candidate online until Dec. 18 (Concord Monitor)


• FAIR.org says "The Lou Dobbs Primary" is a media forum for immigration issue, not a dialogue for voters ( Media Advisory)


• Ron Paul supporters make strong showing at National Presidential Caucus in Winston Salem (WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL)


• New Jersey legislature will consider a bill to require county committees of political parties (D & R) to have consitutions, bylaws (NY Times)


• Obama rocks the Apollo (by HERB BOYD, Special to the AmNews)


• The Oprah Factor (The State)


• Carl Romanelli was removed from the 2006 ballot in his campaign against Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and then Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, after enough of the more than 95,000 signatures were ruled invalidated by the board of elections. Romanelli needed 67,000 to get on the ballot as an independent candidate during that race. He's still fighting. (Citizens Voice)


• In spite of dismissal of indictment, Oklahoma 3 charged again in TABOR petition drive case--no surprise there (The Journal Record) and (KTEN Local News)


• Azi Paybarah reports on the "media scrum" where Bill Clinton lauded Mayor Bloomberg (The Politicker)