On January 25, the Alabama Libertarian Party asked Ed Packard (an official in the Alabama Secretary of State’s office) whether the party can list a stand-in presidential candidate on its petition. According to Packard, as of March 6, he is still waiting for the office’s legal counsel to answer the question.

Most states agreed to such substitution, back in the years 1993-1996. But since the Alabama Libertarian Party was a ballot-qualified party in all presidential years prior to 2004, the party had not asked Alabama that question previously.