The Georgia Libertarian Party, which has been ballot-qualified for all statewide office starting in 1988, is no longer qualified. The only statewide office on the ballot this year was president, and the party didn’t poll enough votes. The requirement is 1% of the total number of registered voters, which would have been about 80,000 votes.
Normally the party always stays on the ballot because it always gets enough votes for Public Service Commissioner, which is up every two years. But this year, because a U.S. District Court ruled that statewide elections for that office violate the federal Voting Rights Act, the state cancelled the election for that office. The Eleventh Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court and said statewide elections are legal, but by then it was too late for primaries for that office, and the terms of the two expiring members were extended. It is not clear when the next election for that office will be.
I was under the impression that their will be Special elections for all 4 PSC races in Nov 2025. I wonder if the LP nominated someone and got the 1% would they retain statewide access for 2026
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1710587
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/research/ga-bill-would-postpone-election-of-utility-regulators-until-2025
Thank you, Don. I didn’t know about the special election in November 2025.
Wouldn’t they have to collect signatures to qualify for the ballot again before they could run for those?
I suspect this is part of a larger LP meltdown, given the presidential and RRC numbers here in Tex-ass, where Greens outperformed Libertarians in the two statewide races where both parties had candidates. https://socraticgadfly.substack.com/p/some-non-twosider-election-wrap-thoughts
Just Me is just retard troll Robert K Stock. He never gives up.
If the LP didn’t run a child abuse covid mandate supporting freak, they would have polled 1%
Q– there’s no petition requirements for special elections.
Well, they ought to be able to requalify then, at least in theory.