Continuation
The party conceived a "Unity Campaign" with the idea of bringing together Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Populist voters in support of the fusion ticket of U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Zeese, a founder of the PPMD and 2004 press secretary for Ralph Nader.
According to Chris Driscoll, the state party chairman, the party plans to run candidates for municipal, county, state and federal seats, under the slogan "Democracy and a Better Paycheck Too." The Populist Party of Maryland's rank and file and leaders have drafted a program calling for an end to the "corporate crime wave," cleaning up widespread political corruption in the capital city of Annapolis, and enacting legislation favorable to employees, employee-owned businesses and small business owners, small landlords, etc.
After the 2008 elections, the Populist party was reconstituted as the Independent party. Its membership soared from 5 to several tens of thousands, after all independent voters were counted as members of the new party, blurring the distinction between 'independent' and 'Independent'.
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