Georgia held a partisan statewide election for Public Service Commissioner last month. Only two candidates were on the ballot, a Republican and a Libertarian. The Libertarian, Eric Hoskins, polled 1,200,076 votes, 33.42%. He carried Clayton County with 69.3% of the vote, and DeKalb County with 59.8% of the vote. Here is a link to the election returns for that office.
It is absurd that a party that polls that many votes is still not considered a qualified party for U.S. House, state legislative, and county partisan offices.
Absurd, undemocratic, and authoritarian. But that’s what any decently well informed individual should expect from the Democrat and Republican Establishment. After this election and the return of the 1950’s style McCarthyist Red/Russia Scare, there’s a real possibility that, in the name of “national security” and stopping “Russian influence/espionage”, the D’s and R’s would even try to outright ban third parties. I am particularly watching what becomes of HR 6393 in the Senate. I’m hoping Rand Paul and Ron Wyden, the two most noted civil libertarians in the Senate, try to put a stop to it. One can hope at least. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6393/text#toc-H1F34F7843955494592B6F04108572B27
By the way, I think that ‘is’ in your post’s title is a typo. Just helping out.
Thanks, you’re right; I just now fixed it.
How many States in which Clinton or Trump did NOT get a majority of the Prez popular votes ???
PURGES first in those States (of 3rd parties and independents) and the big PURGE a bit later of the remaining minority D or R gangs ???
The top gerrymander oligarchs in Devil City do NOT like each other —
See the final rot of the Roman Republic in 120 BC to 27 BC.
Is Trump the New Age Augustus Caesar ???
— quite ready to have an absolute computerized TYRANNY using his ROBOT STOOGE MORON gangsters ???
Nothing new in history.
Why should association with a political party be a criteria for running for office?
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