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Two central Iowa men, both members of the Libertarian Party, have filed papers to form an exploratory committee for Iowa’s 2010 gubernatorial race. And, unlike other candidates, the two readily admit their goal is not necessarily to win residence at Terrace Hill.
Eric Cooper, 43, of Ames, and Nick Weltha, 30, of Des Moines, will hold [...]

Iowa’s two official third parties both qualified their presidential candidates for the state’s ballot on Wednesday. In a coincidence, both parties are running former U.S. House members from Georgia.

Iowa’s largest third parties, the Greens and Libertarians, won a big victory last year when they earned a place on the state’s voter registration forms. But few voters have exercised that option, and few of their candidates will appear on ballots below the presidential level.

The Libertarian Party, which has run nearly full slates for state [...]

The Green and Libertarian Parties are well on their way to a place on Iowa’s voter registration forms under a new petition procedure.

“One conservative-looking woman asked why we had to petition, and I explained that the requirement is to weed out non-serious time-wasters, like a Flying Loony Bats party,” Green Party secretary Holly Hart of [...]

Ballot Access News reports that the lawsuit filed by the Iowa Libertarian and Green Parties in 2005, with the support of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, was settled this week. 

Iowa will now print a blank line on the “political party” question on the voter registration forms.  Voters will be allowed to register into any “unqualified [...]