Sometime in 2010, at an event in St. Louis, the Objectivist Party nominated Thomas Stevens for President for the 2012 election. The 2012 vice-presidential nominee is Alden Link. The same pair ran in 2008, and received 755 votes in the entire nation. For the 2012 election, the ticket is already on the ballot in Colorado, and expects to be on in Florida.
Never heard of this party. I wonder what they stand for and where they stand on the issues.
They support the political views of Ayn Rand. In 2008 they achieved ballot access only in Florida and Colorado. the might be able to achieve access in Louisiana if they can pay the $1000 fee to get on the ballot there.
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#2, I think the Louisiana presidential candidate fee is $500.
Yup, your right the states website says $500. The $1000 is for newly registered parties that also meet the requirement of 1000 registered members.
Hmmm. Tom Stevens was just elected Chair of the LIBERTARIAN Party of Pennsylvania. Where do his loyalties lie?
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#6, good observation. Tom Stevens told me on the phone if he had known in 2010 that he would be the Libertarian Party state chair in Pennsylvania in 2012, he would not have accepted the presidential nomination of the Objectivist Party. But he says since he accepted, he doesn’t want to disrupt the Objectivist Party by now withdrawing.