On May 14, the Libertarian Party of Indianapolis (which is co-terminous with Marion County) held its nominating convention. Ed Coleman was nominated for city council, 24th district. He is an incumbent who was elected in 2007 as a Republican. Then, in 2008, he had announced that he had joined the Libertarian Party. There had been an expectation, but not a certainty, that when his term was up in 2011, he would run for re-election as a Libertarian.
It will not be easy for Coleman to be re-elected as a Libertarian, because Indiana has a straight-ticket device. See this story about the nominating convention.
Even though I am not a Libertarian, I still wish Mr. Coleman the best. Anything that will eventually destroy the Democratic/Republican parties’ domination of the American electoral process, I am all for it.
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Go Coleman go! Thank you for stopping drinking the kool-aid and actually STANDING UP FOR FREEDOM!
He should campaign against the straight-ticket device. They don’t have one in Ohio, but I was proud to vote for Greens, Libertarians, and Socialists, and one Democrat (I don’t vote major party candidates above the county level). Getting out there and saying that it is good practice to ‘spread the vote around’ is good. I’m glad there is a Libertarian running but going against a straight-party device is hard (see SC Senate in 2010, for example).
Are there higher offices than local offices when he’ll be on the ballot?
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“He should campaign against the straight-ticket device.”
I agree. Straight ticket devices should all be removed.