On October 8, Adrian Wyllie, Libertarian nominee for Governor of Florida, filed a federal lawsuit to gain admittance into the October 15 debate, which is being sponsored by many news organization. Wyllie for Governor Campaign v Leadership Florida Statewide Community Foundation, sou. dist., 14cv-62322.
The Complaint charges that some of the organizations sponsoring the debate set a requirement that candidates must be at 12% in the polls. When that percentage was set, Wyllie was below 12%. But since then, several neutral polls have showed him above 12%, and some have shown him at 14%. The Complaint argues that after Wyllie met the 12% standard, the standard was raised to 15%.
The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge James I. Cohn, an appointee of George W. Bush. He sits in Fourt Lauderdale. Here is the 25-page Complaint.
GOOD. I hope Wylie wins his lawsuit, this ridiculous debate exclusion needs to be stopped.
I meant Wyllie, I forgot to add the second l in his name.
Floridians should be fuming over this, like him or not, he is running for office and we deserve to hear from him in the debates. LET HIM SPEAK!!
He absolutely has my vote. It is very clear that he is the best choice.
The question nobody is asking is, “what are they so afraid of that they would work so hard to make sure he isn’t in the debates”?
I would NEVER vote for Scott or Crist, period.
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Wyllie should be included in the debates. There should be no question about this. But the real question, is will Wyllie siphon all more “conservative” votes to give Crist the gubernatorial win with a plurality of about 49%
Thank god Adrian Wyllie is running for governor, we now have a good man to vote for that isn’t one of the corrupt republican governors.
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