The West Virginia Secretary of State has determined that the Constitution Party’s gubernatorial petition has enough valid signatures. S. Marshall Wilson, a former Republican state legislator, is the Constitution Party’s nominee for Governor. He is well-known and considered likely to poll more than 1% of the vote. If he does, the Constitution Party will be a ballot-qualified party in West Virginia for the first time ever.
The party circulated its gubernatorial petition before it knew who it was running for president, so the petition named no one for president, and the party’s presidential nominee, Randall Terry, won’t be on the ballot this year. Back in 1995, the West Virginia Secretary of State ruled that praties can use stand-in presidential candidates on their statewide petitions, but the Constitution Party didn’t take advantage of that idea this year. Thanks to Jeff Becker for the news about the Wilson petition acceptance.
Actually, the party DID USE stand-in presidential candidates when it began petitioning last September. But at some point, Mr. Wilson removed them from his petitions and only circulated forms with just his own name on them. Thus, there were only about 4,000 signatures, half the requirement, which counted for both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Terry. Mr. Wilson was a delegate to the CP presidential nominating convention in Salt Lake City this year and cast his vote for Joel Skousen. In 2020, Wilson got 15,120 votes (1.9%) as a write-in for governor: https://sos.wv.gov/elections/Documents/HistElecDocs/2020/2020%20General%20Write-in%20Results.pdf
Wilson was so salty that Skousen lost the nomination in spite of all the cheating to ensure he wouldn’t, that he decided to screw over his party by ensuring the CPWV’s board didn’t even have the option of putting Terry to the ballot.
Wilson and Harlos should be given what the French called a “republican marriage”.
Mr. Becker’s assertion “at some point, Mr. Wilson removed them from his petitions and only circulated forms with just his own name on them” is false. I continued to use the form upon which we agreed, but after a large number of WV voters stated specifically that they wanted nothing to do with the CPWV candidate for Secretary of State and so refused to sign the petition thereby costing our campaign signatures, some volunteers working on my campaign chose to use signature sheets which listed me as the only candidate.
Mr. Becker’s assertion “Mr. Wilson was a delegate to the CP presidential nominating convention in Salt Lake City this year and cast his vote for Joel Skousen” is also false. As a delegate to the convention from West Virginia, I had no vote to cast but was instructed by the CPWV State Executive Committee to cast the state’s five votes for Mr. Skousen during each of the rounds of voting.
Nuña,
Below you will find my actual name, email, and website.
If you request it, I will provide you my home address where you may assess my saltiness in person and attempt your proposed operation.
Very sincerely,
S. Marshall Wilson
“a large number of WV voters stated specifically that they wanted nothing to do with the CPWV candidate for Secretary of State”
And so you – or, if you insist, your goons – decided to also remove everyone else from the petition too, in particular the stand-in presidential candidate… Why exactly? Did your “large number of WV voters” already know that they would not want to see whoever ended up getting nominated on the ballot either?
“some volunteers working on my campaign chose to use signature sheets which listed me as the only candidate.”
Ah yes, classic pass the parcel. Since you are so dedicated to doubling down on your – sorry, I mean, on their – mischief, I’m sure you will be happy to provide their names, emails and home addresses also?
“As a delegate to the convention from West Virginia, I had no vote to cast but was instructed by the CPWV State Executive Committee to cast the state’s five votes for Mr. Skousen during each of the rounds of voting.”
Again with the attempt to dodge all responsibility… *sigh* OK fine, if that’s what you want, we’ll do this the hard way. Let’s get this unambiguously and explicitly in writing then:
1a) Were you or were you not a delegate representing the Constitution Party of West Virginia at the Constitution Party’s nominating convention in Salt Lake City this year?
1b) And if so, did you to the best of your abilities try to honestly represent all members of the Constitution Party of West Virginia at that convention?
2a) Did you or did you not vote for the banderite warmonger and “nuclear survival” snake-oil salesman known as Joel M. Skousen?
2b) And if so, how many votes did you cast for Skousen?
3a) Did you at any point cast any vote for anyone besides Skousen?
3b) And if so, for whom?
“If you request it, I will provide you my home address where you may assess my saltiness in person and attempt your proposed operation.”
If you are as cocky as all that, then I’m sure you will be more than happy to post your home address right here in this thread. When you inevitably try to blame me for all the weirdos dropping by your house, I’m sure your “very sincere” explicit invitation will be of great use to my defense counsel. 😏
Mr. Wilson, you have nothing to fear, as I’m sure you know. I’m sure you also know no weirdos will drop by your home, as the imagined audience here doesn’t exist.
For example, mine:
500 Wildwood Cir N. #124
Homewood, Alabama
No one will do anything whatsoever with that. The great bloviator commands no troops , and bloviates far too much to be a woman of action herself.