On January 4, the Maine Secretary of State refused to let members of the Green Party collect primary petition signatures from independent voters, even though the federal court ordered the Secretary of State to let Libertarian Party candidates get primary signatures from independent voters. The law requiring a large number of signatures to get on a primary ballot, as applied to small qualified parties, has already been held unconstitutional.
It is likely that the Maine Green Party will now intervene in the Libertarian Party lawsuit, which is still an open case, and ask for the same relief for primary petitions.
Petty obstructionism.
Interestingly, in Maine, the Green Party is called the Green Independent Party.
Green Party ballot access lawyers ANY better than LP loser lawyers ???
The Libertarian Party basically won this case, so your comment above is inaccurate.
Has the Libertarian Party become conditioned to believe that partisan nomination is a necessary element of elections?
Why should the state maintain records of the political activities of citizens, and condition participation in elections based on expression of political beliefs?
Q. Do I have to pay a poll tax or be vaccinated?
A. Of course not, just fill out this card with your political beliefs.
These greens are more like reds.
@RW,
There may be a fact difference between the two parties. The Greens have about 7 times the number of registrants as the Libertarians.
It is easy to enroll with a new party at the time one signs a candidate petition.
Of course Maine would be better off eliminating partisan nominations entirely.