Lucas Overby, a Libertarian who hoped to run in the upcoming Florida special election, U.S. House district 13, submitted 1,386 signatures in lieu of the filing fee, to meet a requirement of 1,172 valid signatures. His petition has now been checked and he is nineteen signatures short of the requirement. Therefore, he won’t be on the ballot unless he pays the $10,400 filing fee. See this story.
Can he challenge any of the throw out signatures?
Ouch. Ya gotta have more than a 214 signature cushion though.
Jim Torrance
November 20, 2013 at 10:49 am
Most Libertarians in Pinellas are supporting Kathleen Peters at this time. She needs some work, but is better than the tax-raising nutcase Overby.
Sadly since expelling the Libertarians in 2009, the LP Florida is being run by GOP extremists out to destroy the party brand. They’re spending money the members designated for infrastructure and ignoring the party prohibition on spending funds for candidates who can raise funds themselves and are supposed to run by ‘petition only’ to build contacts. Instead of following the party standard of getting double the petitions he supposedly lacked 19. Most libertarians in Florida won’t go near the LP Florida.
Go to Overby’s site to read about how he wants a special tax on oil, a big government energy program, and a ‘fair tax’ of nearly 30% of your income with 0% corporate taxes. Some Libertarian.
Worse, the national LP has sent a letter asking people to send money to this guy. Wes Benedict the director seems intent on destroying state parties