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Re: Libertarians: We have enough signatures

FFC1304 — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:45:27 -0400

Its so nice and INCLUSIVE of demopublicans to act this way, and control the electorate. NC has about the worst ballot access in the nation, along with forced annexation. Why do democrats want to keep the citizens so oppressed this way?

Is the 'presiding judge' a democrat or republican?

Strive to be smarter than a demopublican.

Re: Libertarians: We have enough signatures

dahedgehog — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:27:34 -0400

Sweet. 72,000 signatures and $130,000 so Michael Munger can get a little bit of attention.

Actually though, I hope NC makes it easier for third parties to get on the ballot.

Libertarians: We have enough signatures

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:48:15 -0400

The Libertarian Party believes it has collected enough signatures to get back on the ballot for the November election.

Last week, party officials said they turned in 72,000 signatures to the State Board of Elections to try to gain ballot access for their prospective nominees, Titan Barksdale reports. Libertarians said they have spent four years and and nearly $130,000 collecting the signatures to meet the law that party officials are fighting to overturn.

Officials with the elections board said they are still combing through the signatures to verify their authenticity. The certification process should be completed this week, officials said. If the signatures are certified, it would mark the eighth time the party has been on the ballot.

Libertarians say the effort to get ballot access has been difficult. It's the central issue in a pending lawsuit over the state's ballot access rules for third-party candidates.

State law requires third parties to collect signatures equal to 2 percent of the number of votes cast in the last gubernatorial race. Attorneys for Libertarian and Green Party candidates argued earlier this month in Wake Superior Court that the law is unconstitutional.

The presiding judge over the case has yet to make a ruling.