Boston Herald Story on Independent Candidate for U.S. Senate Special Election

The Boston Herald has this story about Joseph L. Kennedy, independent candidate for U.S. Senate in the January 2010 special election. The story points out that he is a dues-paying member of the national Libertarian Party, but that he is petitioning as an independent candidate. This is somewhat odd, because the Massachusetts Libertarian Party is ballot-qualified. However, Massachusetts is one of two states in which it is easier to get on the ballot as an independent, than to get on the primary ballot of a small qualified party (the other such state is Maine, although this characteristic also applies to some offices in New York).


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