TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

INDEPENDENT VOTERS:

• The People vs. the Parties: Washington case will help weigh party power vs. public interest (by Harry Kresky - Tacoma News Tribune)


• Arizona independents would rather skip the party primary game (East Valley Tribune)


• Arizona black Repubs worried about term limits (East Valley Tribune)


• Will independent voters in South Carolina lead? (Times and Democrat)


• Independent Mary MacElveen talks about Mike Gravel's unfortunate exclusion from the Dem debates (by Mary MacElveen - OpEdNews)

BALLOT ACCESS NOVEMBER ROUNDUP:

• Oklahoma Ballot Access Initiative Doomed by Oklahoma Circulator Restrictions (Ballot Access News)


• North Carolina, Doug Clark: State needs constitutional changes, too- I&R, better ballot access for independent parties (Greensboro News Record)


• Alabama Ballot Access Case Soon to be Before U.S. Supreme Court (Ballot Access News)


• Second Independent Elected to Louisiana Legislature (Ballot Access News)


• Illinois Governor Signs Ballot Access Bill (Ballot Access News)

IT'S A PARTY GAME:

• Giuliani campaigns in New Hampshire, raps Romney (Newsday)


• State of the States: Campaign '08 title fight heats up (By: Politico Partners)

OBAMA IN HARLEM:
Barack Obama is holding a fundraiser at the Apollo on Thursday, Nov. 29:

• OBAMA'S UPTOWN $WING A BID TO UPEND HILL (NY Post)


• Volunteers scramble to get pols on primary ballot (Newsday)

LOCAL INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGNS:

• Virginia: Independent candidate hopes to replace Davis-28 year old Lucky Narain for 1st CD in Hampton/Newport News (Daily Press)


• Delaware: Independent Party Chairman Says No More Fusion Candidates (WBOC-TV 16 Delmarvas News Leader Fox 21)

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TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Protest 2-party dominance (Robert B. Winn, Maricopa, Ariz., LETTER to Concord Monitor)
• Politics of doubt gnaw at black voters in S.C.- Many feel whites won't back Obama (Boston Globe)
• Speculation bubbles over Bloomberg White House bid (ABC News)
• Nader appeals '04 Pa. judgment (PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW)
• Nader accuses law firm of hiding ties to Supreme Court justices (KDKA Pennsylvania Wire)
• Voters approve instant runoff voting (Aspen Times)
• Pierce County, Washington Voters Reject Anti-IRV Ballot Measures (Ballot Access News)
• Oklahoma Ballot Access Initiative Is in Jeopardy (Ballot Access News)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• DEVELOPING DEMOCRACY (The Transpartisan Times )
• Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich meet New Hampshire independents (Primarily Yours)
• Mich. primary could cost Democrats-Fight with DNC over date could aid Republicans by drawing independents (Boston Globe)
• Does Obama's Message Match the Moment? Reconciliation May Be Hard Sell to Angry Party (Washington Post)
• Oklahoma Ballot Access Initiative Starts Over (Ballot Access News)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

Repubs should lose their intransigent approach to health care reform (Mercury News Editorial)
Dan Walters: Dems lost even more ground (Sac Bee)
Illinois Ballot Access Bill Sent to Governor (Ballot Access News)
Ohio: Voted in a partisan primary? You can't run as an independent... (The Vindicator)
Maine: Introducing a new nonpartisan blogger (The Ellsworth American)
Oklahoma: Party coalition seeks easier access to ballot (The Journal Record)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• A non-partisan PAC in Tennessee (Knoxville News Sentinel)


• Partisan politics in a "decline to state" state (Stockton Record)


• Is Bill Clinton blacker than Barack Obama? (Santa Clarita Signal)


• Louisian Repubs close primaries(Louisiana Advocate)


• Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform (KTEN) and (The Oklahoman)


• Idaho Repubs sue for the "right to associate", exclude independents (Twin Falls Times-News)


• Honest independent redistricting for California (LA Times)


• Tenn. state Sen. Mike Williams independent, Senate now split (Tri-Cities Times News)