The Arkansas Libertarian Party will launch a petition drive in April to qualify for the 2012 ballot as a full-fledged party. The party has virtually met its goal of raising $30,000 to pay for the petition drive, which needs 10,000 valid signatures, to be collected in any three months of the party’s own choosing.
Arkansas is the only state in which the Libertarian Party has never placed any nominees on the ballot for partisan office other than President. Arkansas has far easier procedures for parties to get on the ballot for President only, and the party has always used the president-only procedures in the past.
The Green Party of Arkansas is currently in court against Arkansas, over the law on how a party retains its place on the ballot. The law requires all parties to poll 3% for the office at the top of the ballot (President in presidential years, Governor in gubernatorial years). The case is in the 8th circuit.
Hopefully they’ll get on the ballot.
Good work Arkansas Libertarians!
Bravo AR-LP!
Sad. sad the hoops they make us jump through for BALLOT ACCESS of all things. In the land of the “FREE” and LIBERTY FOR ALL, FREE and EQUAL and all that, what a bunch of hoooey! Thirty thousand the Party could of used elsewhere to advertise the product. The LP message. Someday, someday friends.
“The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn’t wrong if it’s called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn’t wrong if it’s called arrest, that mass murder isn’t wrong if it’s called war.” — Bill St. Clair
“What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty. Government represents power in the hands of some men to control and regulate the lives of other men.”
–Barry Goldwater (or should that be Karl Hess ghostwriting for BG?)
Rodger, I wish you well and good luck !
I see much change coming from Arkansas.
Go Arkansas, Go Rodger Paxton!
So glad I got to meet you guys at the convention.