It is likely that Gary Johnson, Lee Wrights, Carl Person, and Jim Burns will qualify to be nominated for President at the Libertarian Party national convention now being held in Las Vegas. Each delegate to the convention, upon registration, receives one token relating to presidential candidates. A delegate may use the token to indicate support for a particular presidential candidate. The delegate chooses a presidential candidate, lists that candidate on the token, and drops it in a ballot box.
Only candidates who receive at least 30 tokens may then be placed in nomination. According to Independent Political Report, so far Gary Johnson has 263 tokens, Lee Wrights has 127, Carl Person has 28, Jim Burns has 27, Sam Sloan has 12, Rita Neumann has 3, and James Ogle has 2. Not all tokens have yet been cast. Saturday is the day for presidential nominating speeches and voting for President.
Is Bill Still still running, or has he thrown his support to another candidate? With Jim Burns as his running mate, it would have made for a catchy LP ticket “Still Burns.” Ouch.
I think the LP is a joke. I am working with Scott Keller’s campaign and it is just a shame. From what he tells me everybody is going the Gary Johnson route even though he can’t win and has said he can’t win. Why would I vote for someone who has already admitted defeat? Bill Still is still running but like so many others his voice has been silenced by the Johnson campaign. This year the LP has messed up. I am beginning to think they are no better than the two parties we already have running.
“This year the LP has messed up”
Nope, that was four years ago. Which LP candidate would win?