The New Mexico Libertarian Party held a primary on June 5. It had no gubernatorial candidate whose name was printed on the ballot, but it had a write-in gubernatorial candidate, Bob Walsh. Write-in candidates in primaries need as many write-ins as the number of signatures that would have been needed to put that same candidate on the primary ballot. For 2018 statewide Libertarians, the requirement was 230 write-ins. The original count showed Walsh with 175 write-ins.
He requested a recount in eight counties, but the results only gained him eleven votes, so he is still short and his name won’t be on the November ballot. However, some news stories erroneously have said that therefore the party will lose its status as a major party. Actually section 1-7-7 says, “‘Major political party’ means any qualified political party, any of whose candidates received as many as 5% of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding election for the office of Governor or president, as the case may be, and whose membership totals not less than one-third of 1% of the statewide registered voter file.”
UPDATE: see this thorough article in New Mexico Politics, which does a good job of explaining the controversy over the vote test.
YET ANOTHER REASON TO HAVE —
NO PRIMARIES.
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PR AND APPV
The Libertarian Party isn’t good enough to attract votes because of the hypercritical nature of their voting system which is designed to destroy any collaboration with non Libertarian Party members, a message of conflict to the vast majority of voters which guarantees the same chairman will “lead” their party to self destruction in New Mexico, the USA and beyond.
Now there’s a better way known as pure proportional representation (PPR) and the Libertarian has been snuffing out our overtures since 1995 when our team first brought the concept to the LP state convention.
PPR gives every voter the respect to self categorise as they wish but the LP party bosses have been sure to snuff out our team at every level.
Watch for the big announcement, the Libertarian One coalition for US President, the only national two-member election district in the at-large POTUS election in 2020.
It’s time to work with all parties and independents for the good of the whole and our top volunteers are standing by now to help facilitate the teamwork with non dues paying, unelected volunteers from the whole earth:
http://www.allpartysystem.com/volunteers.php
The LPNM has ONLY themselves to blame for this mess. They didn’t even make membership aware of the
write-in candidates until AFTER early voting had begun.
The rural nature of New Mexico lends well to working across multiple counties and states when compared to Texas, New York and Mexico.
The United Coalition California connected by email with more than 100 ballot qualified candidates and more than 35 write in candidates, elected their names, Unity Platform and we are thinking and voting as one.
We’re using parliamentary procedures under pure proportional representation (PPR) and supporting multiple geo-levels simultaneously.
http://www.usparliament.org/ss11.php
Typo, meant California, not Mexico.
The national unity phenema is needed and being brought now by the United Coalition USA:
http://www.usparliament.org
NMS 1-7-7 can be read both ways. Does “last preceding election” mean 2014 for governor and 2016 for president, or does it mean 2016 for governor or president? The addition of “as the case may be” could mean that the intent is to mean the last general election, using the top of the ballot office.
Top 2 eliminates the need for party qualification.
Right Demo Rep… nominating petitions that would cost $100,000 to complete instead right? So only rich oligarchs can get on the ballot.
Andrew —
Percentage limits on nominating petitions – based on prior voters in area in prior election.
Filing fees based on nom pets sigs.
Sorry – A State Gov is a bit important office.
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PR and NONPARTISAN AppV