Monday, December 15, 2003
Tuesday I had the honor of serving on the Wisconsin Presidential Primary Commission, a body which places Candidates on the Feb. 17th ballot. I finagled an appointment representing the Libertarian Party, which achieved "major party" status, and thus 3 seats, as a result of Ed Thompson's exceeding 10% in his race for Governor in 2002.
Candidates not cleared by the Commission may make the ballot by collecting 1,000 signatures from each of the State's 8 Congressional Districts by Jan. 6, easy enough in say April, but a serious burden in the Wisconsin winter.
I therefore moved to place all Candidates registered with the Federal Elections Commissionon the ballot. The Republicans didn't want any challengers to their maximum leader to appear, and the Democrats dreaded giving ballot status to Lyndon Larouche. Alas, even my fellow Libertarian representatives, happy there had been no objection to the two declared Libertarians being placed, voted to exclude.
Candidates not cleared by the Commission may make the ballot by collecting 1,000 signatures from each of the State's 8 Congressional Districts by Jan. 6, easy enough in say April, but a serious burden in the Wisconsin winter.
I therefore moved to place all Candidates registered with the Federal Elections Commissionon the ballot. The Republicans didn't want any challengers to their maximum leader to appear, and the Democrats dreaded giving ballot status to Lyndon Larouche. Alas, even my fellow Libertarian representatives, happy there had been no objection to the two declared Libertarians being placed, voted to exclude.
