Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform (OBAR) will hold a press conference at 2:00 pm on Friday, September 14 in the State Capitol, after filing the group’s initiative with state elections officials. The initiative will ask the voters if they want to ease the ballot access laws. If the initiative succeeds, all states will have some means for a presidential candidate to get on the November ballot by a showing of support that is below, or at, 2% of the last vote cast.

This will have been the first time that all states have some procedure for president that is below, or at 2%, since 1931. For the first time, there would be no truly impossible states for a minor party or independent presidential candidate. The Oklahoma initiative is of the highest importance. Please consider a generous donation to OBAR, PO Box 14042, Tulsa Ok 74159-1042. The national Libertarian Party’s national fundraising letter for this project has arrived in mail boxes all across the U.S. The Green Party’s national ballot access committee has pledged a donation “in four figures” (i.e., between $1,000 and $9,999). I have just mailed a donation of $5,000, which is 25% of my annual income.