Yeah Tom, you should link up with the American Libertarian Party of Florida. John Wayne Smith would be right up your ally; strident, anarchistic, and take no prisoners sort of guy.
--- In [email protected], "Thomas L. Knapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoth Doug: > > > Because of ballot access,In Ga we would lose ballot > > access.It would take some number like 150000 > > signatures to get a new Libertarian candidate on the > > ballot for the first time.The state would look at the > > new libertarian as a new party > > Disclaimer: I am NOT asking any state LP to withdraw from its > affiliation with the Libertarian National Committee, or to affiliate > with the Boston Tea Party's national committee. Not saying that will > never happen, but it's not happening now. > > That said, I doubt the situation is as you think it is. For the most > part, political parties have their legal existence at the state level, > and if the Georgia LP decided to disaffiliate itself from the LNC, it > would likely have no legal effect on the state party's status under > Georgia law. The LPGA might choose to nominate its own presidential > slate, or to affiliate with another national organization within which > a number of state parties choose the same presidential slate. > > If you look at other parties, it is often the case that their state > affiliate was formerly the affiliate of a different national > committee. A number of state Constitution Party affiliates appear on > the ballot as the "American Independence Party," because they have > organizational continuity in their state from George Wallace's old > organization. Jesse Ventura was the candidate of the "Independence > Party" -- which, at the time, was affiliated nationally with the > Reform Party -- in Minnesota. The national Democratic Party's > affiliate in that state is the "Democratic Farmer-Labor Party." > > The obvious go-to guy on such questions is Richard Winger of Ballot > Access News. > > There are, of course, other factors besides state ballot access status > to consider. > > Regards, > Tom Knapp > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
