Here is a news story about the July 28 decision that gave ballot access relief to New Hampshire minor party and independent candidates. The news story does not mention that New Hampshire does not allow stand-ins on presidential petitions. This is relevant because the Libertarian Party could not have been petitioning for president in New Hampshire until after its national convention in late May.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
On the ballot automatically for many years and only lost status in 2018? That’s not true either.
The Libertarian Party has been on the New Hampshire ballot for statewide office in all elections 1976 through 2018, except for only 2004 and 2006. And even in those years, it was on for US House and legislature.
But it had to petition many of those times unlike what the newspaper implies.
The Libertarian Party polled enough votes in New Hampshire to be a ballot-qualified party in 1990, 1992, 1994, and 2016.
It did the party petition in 2000 and 2012.
We missed ballot access in NH for our presidential candidate 1n 2008. Very embarrassing.
The LP also missed ballot access for its presidential ticket in 2004 as well, which was also an embarrassing screw up.
LPNH had TWO POTUS candidates on the ballot in 2008: Phillies & Barr
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The Libertarian Party polled enough votes in New Hampshire to be a ballot-qualified party in 1990, 1992, 1994, and 2016.
It did the party petition in 2000 and 2012.
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What happened in all the other years?
In 2008 did the line actually have two different candidates or did one use a different line with a slightly different party name?
Yeah, George Phillies petitioned his way onto the NH ballot as a Libertarian Party presidential nominee prior to the National Convention, but Bob Barr ended up winning at the National Convention, and I believe Phillies did try to withdraw his name from the NH ballot, but the NH election officials would not let him do it, so Barr ended up petitioning his way onto the NH ballot, so there ended up being two LP presidential candidates on the ballot in NH that year.
Does this help Howie Hawkins?
You said the party had statewide candidates on each time from 1976 to 2018 except 2004 and 2006, retained for 1990, 1992, 1994 and 2016, and did the party petition in 2000 and 2012. What happened to get it in the ballot in
1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018?
From other comments above it appears they did petition in 2008. Anecdotally I remember they petitioned in 2018, but not whether they got enough or not. What happened the other years?
My bad. Yes it was 2004 (not 2008) when we missed ballot access in NH for president.
So … what happened all those other years?