Libertarian U.S. House Nominee Removed from New Jersey Ballot

Posted on by August 1, 2026

on July 31, a New Jersey state appeals court removed Lana Leguia from the ballot.  She is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. House, 7th district.  She only has enough valid signatures of the ones collected by out-of-state circulators are included.  Although the New Jersey law banning out-of-state circulators was struck down in 2021, that case concerned petitions for primary candidates, not general election candidates.  The Secretary of State had put Leguia on the ballot but the State Court of Appeals ruling says the Secretary of State didn’t have the authority to set aside the circulator ban for general election petitions.  See this story.  The decision is stayed so that Leguia has time to appeal to the State Supreme Court.

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Libertarian U.S. House Nominee Removed from New Jersey Ballot — 17 Comments

  1. A constitution can only be enforced by the people by balloting. If the balloting is corrupted by censorship and other devices, the courts cannot be relied on to enforce a constitution.
    Libertarians can be constitutionalists IF people are able to enforce it. Otherwise a constitution becomes a farce. Banning candidates from voters is evidence of farcical constitution.
    A constitution is possible that so limiting on the initiation of force that even most anarchists could tolerate it.
    Libertarians can debate how such a minimalist constitution that bans taxation in any form could be structured.

  5. The out of state petition circulator ban, which is blatantly unconstitutional, has already been thrown out in New Jersey for major party primary petitions. It should be thrown out for all petitions.

    I know for sure that the ban on out of state petition circulators on minor party and independent candidate petitions was not enforced in New Jersey last year.

  12. American citizens do not give up their free speech rights when they travel around the USA. Ask a person to sign a petition to place a candidate or a political party or an issue on a ballot is free speech.

  14. Bussing hobos and commies in from other states is not free speech, it’s election interference.

  15. Kleim, would you outlaw a candidate hiring an attorney from another state, or an accountant from another state, or a campaign manager from another state?

    Especially when “another state” might be a city outside Iowa that is less than five miles from the Iowa state border?

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