On December 15, the Arkansas Libertarian Party was told that its petition for ballot status in 2026 is valid.
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Arkansas Libertarian Party Petition for 2026 is Valid — 12 Comments
Great job, Arkansas Libertarians!
Good for you, Arkansas. LP Do you have funds left to campaign for your candidates?
When an LP has meets the state censorship quota for ballot access, I wish the would also report the cost of obtaining their license to receive votes.
Abolish all ballot access censorship laws.
What if it was required to list the tax paid by each candidate to appear on the ballot next to their name?
Congratulations to the Arkansas Libertarian Party and the citizens of Arkansas! Great idea D. Frank!
You know what happens when ballot access is really easy? Libertarian Party candidates get lost in the shuffle with lots of other minorparty and independent candidates on the ballot and get even less votes than they get now.
You know what happens when the Libertarian Party has no control over who runs as a Libertarian Party candidate and when a state allows multiple candidates for a single office appear on the ballot using the same party label? It further dilutes the Libertarian Party’s votes.
Democrats and Republicans spend more money on ballot access than the Libertarian Party does. A lot of states have petition requirements to get on primary ballots. Some of the primary petition requirements are difficult. Some states also have filing fees. Democrat and Republican candidates often hire paid petition signature gatherers for primary elections. Also, in a lot of state some or all of the county and city/town offices are officially non-partisan, and candidates who run for these offices have to petition their way onto the ballot.
There are some states where it is actually easier to get on the ballot as a Libertarian than it is as a Democrat or a Republican because in some states the Libertarian Party has recognized minor party status, which means they do not get a primary and get to nominate candidates via convention. Major parties in these states get a primary and candidates must petition their way onto primary ballots. In some of these states major party candidates for presidential primaries can be granted expemptions to having to petition their way onto primary ballots, but some states have mandatory petitions to get on primary ballots for all presudential candidates, and in all of these states every other office has mandatory petitions to get on primary ballots for all other offices.
Also, it should be mentioned that if one conducts a ballot access petition drive properly, it is a form of campaigning and it is one of the best forms of outreach to the public that there is. It give a campaign or a,political party the opportunity to engage in real space, not on the internet of TV or radio, but in person with thousands of people. It is a great opportunity to tell people about the party and/or its candidate(s), hand out pamphlets or fliers or bumoer stickers or whatever else, answer questions and gather contact information (on paper seperate from the petition) from interested members of the public.
Andy, could you give us data on how too many other candidates take votes away from Libertarians? Especially when there is only one other candidate allowed on the ballot, typically a duopoly incumbent.
No, petitioning for ballot access petition signatures is NOT campaigning, it is forced labor and no petition signature gatherers wants to waste time talking issues even if they are well-informed Libertarians. It is strictly a quantitative exercise not a qualitative issue one. Besides it ore-empts the candidates speaking for themselves.
There are few exceptional situations such as when several people are manning a booth at an event. One can be a spokesperson while others are getting signatures.
Been there, done that.
1/3 of all legislative races, have only one candidate on the ballot
Burma is not in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is not in Burma.
Wikipedia is a woke joke run by pedo leftards. Anyone can edit it, but when anyone who isn’t a leftard tries, they gang up and shut that person down, revert the edit, ban the person etc. Meanwhile they twist what sources say, selectively nitpick and mischaracterize information to make their points, and just plain make things up all the time. The commie mob that controls debate there is well funded by the usual leftist funding source’s.
Kind of like what was happening on twatter before Elon Musk bought it, turned it into X, and made it great again.
Great job, Arkansas Libertarians!
Good for you, Arkansas. LP Do you have funds left to campaign for your candidates?
When an LP has meets the state censorship quota for ballot access, I wish the would also report the cost of obtaining their license to receive votes.
Abolish all ballot access censorship laws.
What if it was required to list the tax paid by each candidate to appear on the ballot next to their name?
Congratulations to the Arkansas Libertarian Party and the citizens of Arkansas! Great idea D. Frank!
You know what happens when ballot access is really easy? Libertarian Party candidates get lost in the shuffle with lots of other minorparty and independent candidates on the ballot and get even less votes than they get now.
You know what happens when the Libertarian Party has no control over who runs as a Libertarian Party candidate and when a state allows multiple candidates for a single office appear on the ballot using the same party label? It further dilutes the Libertarian Party’s votes.
Democrats and Republicans spend more money on ballot access than the Libertarian Party does. A lot of states have petition requirements to get on primary ballots. Some of the primary petition requirements are difficult. Some states also have filing fees. Democrat and Republican candidates often hire paid petition signature gatherers for primary elections. Also, in a lot of state some or all of the county and city/town offices are officially non-partisan, and candidates who run for these offices have to petition their way onto the ballot.
There are some states where it is actually easier to get on the ballot as a Libertarian than it is as a Democrat or a Republican because in some states the Libertarian Party has recognized minor party status, which means they do not get a primary and get to nominate candidates via convention. Major parties in these states get a primary and candidates must petition their way onto primary ballots. In some of these states major party candidates for presidential primaries can be granted expemptions to having to petition their way onto primary ballots, but some states have mandatory petitions to get on primary ballots for all presudential candidates, and in all of these states every other office has mandatory petitions to get on primary ballots for all other offices.
Also, it should be mentioned that if one conducts a ballot access petition drive properly, it is a form of campaigning and it is one of the best forms of outreach to the public that there is. It give a campaign or a,political party the opportunity to engage in real space, not on the internet of TV or radio, but in person with thousands of people. It is a great opportunity to tell people about the party and/or its candidate(s), hand out pamphlets or fliers or bumoer stickers or whatever else, answer questions and gather contact information (on paper seperate from the petition) from interested members of the public.
Andy, could you give us data on how too many other candidates take votes away from Libertarians? Especially when there is only one other candidate allowed on the ballot, typically a duopoly incumbent.
No, petitioning for ballot access petition signatures is NOT campaigning, it is forced labor and no petition signature gatherers wants to waste time talking issues even if they are well-informed Libertarians. It is strictly a quantitative exercise not a qualitative issue one. Besides it ore-empts the candidates speaking for themselves.
There are few exceptional situations such as when several people are manning a booth at an event. One can be a spokesperson while others are getting signatures.
Been there, done that.
1/3 of all legislative races, have only one candidate on the ballot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Myanmar_general_election
PR election allegedly
Burma is not in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is not in Burma.
Wikipedia is a woke joke run by pedo leftards. Anyone can edit it, but when anyone who isn’t a leftard tries, they gang up and shut that person down, revert the edit, ban the person etc. Meanwhile they twist what sources say, selectively nitpick and mischaracterize information to make their points, and just plain make things up all the time. The commie mob that controls debate there is well funded by the usual leftist funding source’s.
Kind of like what was happening on twatter before Elon Musk bought it, turned it into X, and made it great again.