On May 24, 1819 News, a multi-media news source for Alabama, reported that the Secretary of State has accepted the validity of the Libertarian Party’s statewide petition. It required 51,588 valid signatures. The party has been working on it for almost two years. It is the largest election-administration petition ever completed in the state. Alabama has never had the initiative procedure, nor recall, nor referendum, for statewide measures. Also candidates get on primary ballots with filing fees, not petitions.
The 2022 election will be the first election in Alabama with a minor party since 2002, the last time the Libertarians were on statewide.
This is the most difficult petition drive completed by any minor party since 2018, when the Libertarians overcame Ohio’s requirement of 54,965. That Ohio drive gained the party ballot status for both 2018 and 2020. No minor parties are on the Ohio 2022 ballot.
Congratulations to the Alabama LP.
Do they have any statewide candidates who are not running against both a Republican and a Democrat? How many and in which races if any?
Five statewide Libertarian candidates have no Democratic opponent: for Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, Treasurer, Agriculture Commissioner, and Public Service Commissioner place one. Then there are two statewide offices with neither a Democrat nor a Libertarian: State Supreme Court Justice and Public Service Commission place two.
Great work.
Superb achievement for the LP. Congratulations!
Hopefully they will help move the GOP to the right and not spoil any elections.