Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, Rocky Anderson in pres. debate - UPI.com

Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, Rocky Anderson in pres. debate - UPI.com:

October 23, 2012 - "CHICAGO, Oct. 23 (UPI) - U.S. Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson should have been in the Obama-Romney debates, Larry King said before moderating a third-party debate Tuesday....

"Tuesday night's debate, in Chicago at 8 p.m. CDT (9 p.m. EDT), was to bring together Johnson, Green Party nominee and former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Dr. Jill Stein, Constitution Party nominee and former GOP U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode of Virginia, and Justice Party nominee and former Democratic Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson.

"The debate was to be carried live by C-SPAN, al-Jazeera English and RT, or Russia Today, and be streamed live online by Ora TV, Link TV and on the website of debate sponsor Free and Equal Elections Foundation....

"A second debate, with two of the four candidates, is to take place in Washington Oct. 30.... Viewers of the first debate were to be asked to choose through an online runoff vote, within 24 hours of Tuesday's debate, which two candidates they wanted to advance to the final debate.... The results are to be announced Thursday."

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Third-Party Presidential Debate October 23, 2012

Third-Party Presidential Debate October 23, 2012:

Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, and Rocky Anderson are all confirmed for this event.

by George Dance
(libertarian)
Monday, October 15, 2012"

"On September 12 the founder and chairman of the board of Free and Equal Elections (FEE), Christina Tobin, announced that FEE would be hosting a presidential debate at the University Club of Chicago. The announced time and place was 8.00 pm Central time on October 23, the day after the third and final debate held by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)."

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Virgil Goode will stay on Virginia ballot -Washington Post

Virgil Goode will stay on Va. ballot after Cuccinelli finishes probe - Virginia Politics - The Washington Post - Ben Pershing:

September 21,2012 - "Former congressman Virgil Goode Jr. will remain on Virginia’s presidential ballot after state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II concluded an investigation into fraud allegations leveled at Goode by the state Republican Party.... Republicans in Virginia and other states have sought to keep him off the ballot out of concern that he might take votes from Mitt Romney....

"A Washington Post poll of Virginia released this week showed Goode getting 2 percent support among registered voters, while Libertarian Gary Johnson got 4 percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein took 1 percent.

"The Virginia State Board of Elections ruled in early September that Goode had qualified for the ballot after he submitted more than 20,500 signatures to the board. State law requires candidates to submit a minimum of 10,000 valid signatures, including at least 400 from each of Virginia’s 11 congressional districts.

"But the state Republican party filed a challenge to Goode’s submission, and party Chairman Pat Mullins contended that there were 'systemic problems' among Goode’s signatures that showed a “stunning disregard” for state law. Goode called the allegations 'ludicrous.'"

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4 POTUS candidates confirmed for Oct. 23 debate

Gary Johnson Will Debate October 23 in Chicago, Though Obama and Romney Declined - Alex Marin:

October 1, 2012 - "The Free and Equal Elections Foundation announced that four U.S. 2012 presidential candidates have confirmed their participation in the upcoming presidential debate at the University Club of Chicago on October 23.

"Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode, and Justice Party candidate Rocky Anderson are the ones who have confirmed their participation so far, even as the FEEF invited the top six presidential candidates of 2012, including Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee.

"'The four candidates participating represent a nice balance of right and left leaning candidates,' said Christina Tobin, chair of the FEEF. 'This debate will cover the real issues facing our country such as foreign policy, the economy, and civil rights, rather than topics that further divide us,' she added."

Read more: http://www.policymic.com/articles/15656/gary-johnson-will-be-in-a-presidential-debate-the-october-23-chicago-debate-which-obama-and-romney-declined
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Gary Johnson Makes Virginia Ballot - Reason 24/7 : Reason.com

Gary Johnson Makes Virginia Ballot - Reason 24/7 : Reason.com - Newsfeed:

September 4, 2012 - "The state Board of Elections said today that Constitution Party presidenital nominee Virgil H. Goode Jr. and Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson have qualified for the Nov. 6 election, rejecting efforts by the state Republican Party to bar them from the Virginia ballot.

"But the board voted to have the attorney general's office investigate allegations of fraud, raised by the state GOP,  in how the Constitution Party collected its signatures.

"The elections board also said the Green Party nominee, Jill Stein, qualified for the ballot."

http://reason.com/24-7/2012/09/04/gary-johnson-makes-virginia-ballot
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