Kansas Libertarians May Replace U.S. House Nominee with Prominent Republican

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The Kansas Libertarian Party is ballot-qualified and nominates by convention.  Its original nominee for U.S. House, 4th district, David Moffett, recently dropped out of the race because of ill health.  The party has the right to choose a replacement nominee, up until September 20.

According to this story, the Kansas Libertarian Party is considering replacing Moffett with Wink Hartman, and Hartman is considering whether to accept.  Hartman ran in the Republican primary on August 4 for the same seat, and polled 22.8% in a five-person race.  The winner of the Republican primary is Mike Pompeo.  The seat is open because the Republican incumbent, Todd Tiahrt, did not run for re-election; instead he ran for U.S. Senate, but lost the Republican primary.

The 4th district is centered on Wichita.  Hartman is a successful businessman who already spent $1,000,000 on his primary campaign.

Michigan Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal from The Tea Party that Tried to Get on Ballot

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On September 3, the Michigan Supreme Court voted 5-2 not to hear the appeal of the group that tried to get on the ballot as “The Tea Party”.  The State Court of Appeals had earlier kept that party off the ballot because most of its paperwork said the name of the party is “The Tea Party”, but the petitions say the party is “Tea Party.”  Thanks to Brad Smith for this news.

Florida Secretary of State Removes Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate from Ballot

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The Florida Secretary of State’s office has removed John Wayne Smith from the November ballot.  He is the Libertarian Party’s candidate for Governor.  The Secretary of State’s office says he didn’t submit all the necessary forms.  However, Smith says he submitted all forms in person on June 17, and he has witnesses and photos of himself submitting the paperwork.  The Secretary of State now says he did submit a form that shows that his Lieutenant Governor running mate, J. J. McCurry, is a registered Libertarian, but says he did not submit another form designating McCurry as Smith’s running mate.  Smith says he has copies of that form, which had been notarized.  Unfortunately he did not get a receipt for each document from the Secretary of State’s office.

Smith was notified about the missing paperwork only one hour before the deadline to have replaced it, and he was unable to do so.  He and McCurry would have been the first gubernatorial ticket on the Florida ballot with the Libertarian party name.

Alaskan Independence Party Chooses New Lieutenant Governor Nominee, Keeps Everyone Guessing About Possible New Gubernatorial Nominee

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On the evening of August 3, the Alaskan Independence Party nominated Norm Olson for Lieutenant Governor, at a party committee meeting.  However, the meeting did not choose a new gubernatorial nominee.  Don Wright, a party stalwart for decades, had won the party’s gubernatorial primary and he is still the gubernatorial nominee.

However, the press has speculated that the party will replace Wright with someone more prominent, such as Bill Walker, who had lost the Republican gubernatorial primary earlier to the incumbent Republican Governor, Sean Parnell.  Walker favors a natural gas pipeline that is entirely within Alaska, whereas Governor Parnell favors one that runs through Canada to the lower 48 states.  See this story.

August Ballot Access News Print Edition

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August 1, 2010 – Volume 26, Number 3

This issue was originally printed on gray paper.

Table of Contents

  1. SECOND CIRCUIT SAYS STATES MAY HEAVILY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES IN PUBLIC FUNDING
  2. TEXAS GREENS WIN BALLOT ACCESS CASE
  3. GREEN PARTY LOSES SOUTH CAROLINA FUSION CASE
  4. LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  5. KANSAS VICTORY
  6. MORE LAWSUIT NEWS
  7. 2010 PARTY REVENUE FROM STATE INCOME TAX “CHECK-OFF”
  8. TOTALS FOR THE ENTIRE NATION THROUGH HISTORY, 2000-2010
  9. 2010 PETITIONING FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE
  10. TOM TANCREDO LIKELY TO BE CONSTITUTION PARTY CANDIDATE FOR COLORADO GOVERNOR
  11. THREE OFFICE-HOLDERS BECOME INDEPENDENTS
  12. GEORGIA BALLOT ACCESS LAWS DEFEAT MAINSTREAM INDEPENDENTS
  13. “ANTI-PROHIBITION PARTY” HOPES TO GET ON NEW YORK BALLOT
  14. WISCONSIN GREENS HOPE TO ELECT A STATE LEGISLATOR IN MADISON
  15. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL