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Out of the many groups supporting the candidacy of Chuck Baldwin, one has recently started that makes up a sizable core of Constitutionalists and principled conservatives: Latter-Day Saints (Mormons).

On their website, their introduction speaks about the inportance of the US Constitution-

“...The Lord told us that He inspired the Constitution and that “it should be maintained [...]

Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate for President, says “by all appearances, Governor Palin is a true conservative.” As evidence, he adds something we haven’t seen elsewhere: “She was rightly critical of the invasion of Iraq, once calling it a ‘war for oil.’”

The problem, he says, is this:

Let’s face it: John McCain is using [...]

Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin announces on his website that Ron Paul has invited him to join in a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

The press conference will be held from 10:30 am to 11:30 am on Wednesday, September 10.

According to the announcement, the two candidates will outline the positions [...]

Chuck Baldwin recently did a few radio interviews in South Carolina while campaigning there…

Here’s Part 2…

Bob Barr gets an A+ rating from the National Rifle Association and is an NRA board member, while McCain receives a C rating. But few expect the NRA to buck the Republican Party in any way.

Gun Owners of America is another story. GOA makes the NRA look like the Sarah Brady bunch. [...]

Ballot Access News

The Alaskan Independence Party is continuing to stick with Chuck Baldwin as its presidential candidate. The party has turned in its paperwork to have the Constitution Party national nominees on the AIP’s line.

According to an interview with Bob Bird, the Alaskan Independence Party’s U.S. Senate candidate, posted here, the Alaskan Independence Party is [...]

Ballot Access News

On September 2, the Texas Secretary of State agreed that Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party presidential nominee) is a declared write-in for president. Baldwin is now listed as a declared write-in candidate on the Secretary of State’s webpage. Baldwin had filed on time, but the state had lost his original paperwork.

Ballot Access News

The Ohio Secretary of State will put Chuck Baldwin on the ballot with the ‘Constitution Party’ label. He had already qualified as an independent, and because the party has a case pending to obtain that label, the Secretary of State decided to simply approve the idea, without waiting for any more court involvement. [...]

The campaign website for Nevada State Senatorial candidate, Janine Hansen, has recently gone online.
While parts of it are still under construction, Janine’s campaign message is loud and clear:

“...I have worked representing citizens and families at the Nevada Legislature every session since 1971, I know how the system works. The Legislature is full of lobbyists [...]

CPOMA member, Rich Selfridge announced that Chuck Baldwin has made it on the ballot in Massachusetts.

The last time a CP Presidential candidate was on the ballot there was back in 1992.

In other news, the Constitution Party got on the ballot in Louisiana recently, and is expected to get on in other southern states.

ChuckBaldwinForum.com tells how supporters can vote for Baldwin in California, now that Alan Keyes will be listed as the candidate of the American Independent Party—by write-in:

Both Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle will be official write in candidates in California. This process is officially certified with the California Secretary of State, and includes a full slate [...]

Regarding that huge blowout in California involving the American Independent Party and the Constitution Party, here is the text of the court’s ruling followed by Edward C. Noonan’s comments:

My term as State Party Chairman is up on September 3, 2008…this will be one of my final acts in office. I must thank my Vice Chairman, [...]

Ballot Access News reports that the Constitution Party of Pennsylvania has submitted another 8,000 signatures “to supplement the 22,000 they submitted on the legal deadline, August 1. Not surprisingly, the Pennsylvania Elections Department rejected the additional signatures. The requirement is 24,666 signatures.”

The report continues:

The Constitution Party will sue to overturn the August 1 deadline, on [...]

Liberty Maven (Marc Gallagher) takes a look at the congressmen on the receiving end of money from Ron Paul’s PAC—and he is shocked! Supporting Rep. Don Young now looks like only the worst of Ron Paul’s “friends” because Young has such a good, truly conservative primary opponent.

Says Liberty Maven:

This list should give some food [...]

The following is a letter to media by the Baldwin campaign’s Kevin Thompson:

Chuck Baldwin will be on the ballot in Massachusetts! It was my honor to be apart of this petition drive and help America realize there is a true conservative choice.

CPOMA Chairman Rich Selfridge is to commended as a patriot and a leader. [...]

In a recent CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer, Ron Paul had kind words to say about Bob Barr…

I think [Bob Barr] is running a very important race, and I’m encouraging him. I haven’t endorsed him, but he’s saying the kind of things I like to hear said, and I hope he does real well

and about [...]

Chuck and Bob are mentioned two thirds of the way through the video.

We told you on Tuesday, August 19 that the Independent Green Party of Virginia had succeeded in getting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the ballot in Virginia.

Then we also told you yesterday that the Independent Greens also got Ron Paul on the ballot as Bloomberg’s vice presidential running mate, but that Ballot Access [...]

From CP Field Director, Gary Odom:

“It’s official: 15,732 valid WV signatures for Baldwin/Castle’08 put the Constitution Party over the topand on the ballot in the Mountaineer State for the first time ever!—Hearty Congratulations to Jeff Becker, Denzil Sloan and all the great West Virginians whose hard work and perseverance has paid off!”

CPWV Chairman [...]

The Constitution Party offers this chart listing, state by state, its progress in getting on the ballot. Entitled “Presidential Ballot Access Progress Report,” it lists 26 states where the party is already “On Ballot!”

NOTE: A Third Party Watch reader asks: “What does the Constitution Party know that I don’t? They’re saying Chuck Baldwin [...]

Global Pundit offers a three-part audio interview with Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin:

In our three-part interview we discuss the essential differences b/w The GOP, The Libertarian Party, and Constitution Party. We touch on Immigration Issues, Abortion Law, The Defense of Marriage Act, and the Constitution and Bill of Rights – we also touch on [...]

Jaynee Germond is running for Congress in Oregon’s 4th District, and has this interesting distinction on her campaign website:

I belong to the Constitution Party of Oregon. Although, some may consider me Conservative, I am actually a Constitutionalist. This means that even though I have personal beliefs about some issues, the Constitution is specific about how [...]

The Whigs in Virginia blog thinks so. It claims it “came upon an interesting email trail that made the rounds this past weekend between the chairmen of the Constitution Party, America First Party and the Libertarian Party. ”

The main topic of discussion was “the idea of merging their organizations into a common cause”:

But out [...]

Having received the endorsement of Dr. Jerome Corsi in his presidential campaign, Chuck Baldwin returns the favor and endorses Corsi as “probably the most controversial man in America these days. His blockbuster new book, The Obama Nation, is currently the New York Times Number One Bestseller, and media talking heads are having a hissy fit. [...]

The following is a media release from the Constitution Party of New Jersey:

Constitution Party Candidate Gains Ballot Access in New Jersey
By Jason A. Edwards – August 14, 2008 – 6:09pm
Release Date: Aug 14 2008

TRENTON - New Jersey voters unhappy with Obama and McCain will have a better choice this November, as Chuck Baldwin – the [...]