On August 28, an Iowa panel of executive officers with jurisdiction over elections removed all three Iowa Libertarian nominees from the ballot. They said the party improperly held its county conventions on the same day it held its state convention. The party expects to sue to overturn the decision.
I hope they win their lawsuit. But why put yourself in this position? This seems to be an especially hostile year for minor parties.
Richard,
Was this a bylaw issue of the LP or a violation of Iowa State Law?
HOW MANY D/R LEGIS/EXEC/JUDIC ATTACKS ON BALLOT ACCESS FOR 3RDS/INDEES IN 2024 ???
ESP IN TOP 7 MARGINAL 2020 PREZ STATES ???
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So, if you hold county caucuses after breakfast, and the state convention after lunch, then you are in violation of Iowa election law?
“This seems to be an especially hostile year for minor parties.”
The hostility toward minor party and independent candidates in this year’s election proves very clearly what I have said many times before: Voter suppression takes place even before the ballots are printed.
“the party improperly held its county conventions on the same day it held its state convention”
Oh the humanity! How will we ever recover from this?
Walter Ziobra,
This website is unclear. What is the law of Iowa and the bylaws of party.
In CA county central committee cam not meet on the same date as state conventions or state central committee in AIP. The purpose is because one can not be two places at the same time for AIP.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/08/30/harris-communist-party-card-fact-check/75013070007/
FAKE COMMIE CARD ???
ANY REAL CARD FOR KH DADA — PROF MARXIST ECONOMICS ???
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/30/cornel-west-eligible-michigan-presidential-ballot/75017522007/
Michigan Appeals Court agrees with lower judge: Cornel West belongs on presidential ballot
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DOOM FOR HARRIS ??? STAY TUNED.
@MS,
Iowa requires a qualified party to hold precinct caucuses that choose delegates to the county convention and the county central commission. You have likely seen the Iowa Democratic and Republican caucuses where the caucus voters express a preference for a presidential candidate. In effect, the delegations to the county convention are based on who voters prefer for president.
If precinct caucus attendees were simply choosing county central committees, few people would turn out in early February, particularly since there is a conflict with girls basketball. But with the early presidential contest voters show up in the thousands, TV covers the precinct caucuses, and presidential candidates spend the previous year campaigning in Iowa. Iowa caucuses are big business for Iowa and give notoriety to the State.
The county conventions are not newsworthy since they don’t really perform a public function.
Party nominees in Iowa are chosen in a primary held in the summer. But if a party does not nominate someone in the primary they may nominate someone to fill the vacancy.
Libertarians qualified as a major party in 2024. They held precinct caucuses, but then held county conventions immediately thereafter. Whether they formally held precinct caucuses I do not know. It is claimed that they did not notify Iowa election authorities of attendees to the precinct caucuses a requirement under law.
Iowa Libertarians did nominate a few legislative candidates in the June 4, 2024 primary, but did not nominate any congressional candidates. They made nominations after the primary. What the Objections Board determined was that Libertarian county conventions were not properly constituted since they were held the same night as the precinct caucuses, and therefore were improperly constituted for purposes of filling nomination vacancies.