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Libertarian Weld to file petitions to secure ballot access
Is a vote for former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, the Libertarian presidential ticket, a wasted vote?
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The party listed Charlie Earl a failed 2014 candidate for OH governor on paperwork they say is aimed at getting Johnson on the November ballot.
The party will deliver “many more” than the needed 5,000 signatures to the OH secretary of state’s office Tuesday afternoon, said Bob Bridges, chairman of the party’s executive committee. Johnson got 49,493 votes in OH in 2012 as the Libertarian Party’s candidate, or 0.89 percent of the vote.
The party said it submitted more than 12,000 signatures.
The former MA governor said momentum is growing for the Libertarian ticket.
Given the various petition deadlines and ballot access rules across states, such stand-in candidates are common, said Carla Howell, the national Libertarian Party’s political director.
Libertarians and other third parties face a patchwork of rules and laws nationwide governing access to ballots.
Galvin, who will formally certify Johnson and Weld for the ballot, told Democrats in Philadelphia last month that voting for a third-party candidate is a “waste” more likely to produce “a result you don’t want”. The Libertarian nominee wasn’t on all state ballots in 2012, 2008 or 2004.
Weld added that if he and Johnson win the White House, voters will be getting “two for the price of one”, since Weld would pass on having his own staff as vice president. John Stossel will moderate the event as Johnson and his vice presidential running mate William Weld take questions from a studio audience, according to a new FBN press release. Johnson is still shy of the 15 percent threshold needed to join Trump and Clinton on the presidential debate stage, but the Commission on Presidential Debates is taking preparatory steps to be ready for his potential presence at the podium.
Johnson’s ballot status in OH remained uncertain Wednesday, a day after Libertarians submitted thousands of signatures on behalf of a different candidate.
Even if Johnson and Weld make Ohio’s ballot, both would lack the party’s label or any designation. In a state like Tennessee, it’s simply the party’s cost-benefit analysis which compels them to eschew the expense of collecting tens of thousands of signatures, and just running their candidate as an independent instead.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is slated to appear on ballots in at least 27 states.
Sarwark seems confident that despite the “shenanigans” the LP has to go through in Ohio, Johnson will indeed appear on the ballot.
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The Republican-led state legislature in OH passed tougher rules for minor political parties in 2013, as the GOP faced growing competition from the tea party. They maintain the law effectively eliminated all minor-party candidates from 2014 primary ballots and unfairly disadvantaged third parties going forward.