Arizona Republicans lose court challenge to keep Libertarian off ballot - West Palm Beach Libertarian | Examiner.com - Karl Dickey:
June 20, 2014 - "Yesterday, June 19, 2014, Arizona Republican Kevin McNeill lost his court case against Libertarian Party Gubernatorial candidate Barry Hess to keep Hess off the November, 2014 ballot. Hess said yesterday of the lawsuit, 'it's just another Republican attempt to try to win by exclusion'....
"The lawsuit centered around McNeill's allegation that Hess did not have enough valid petitions signatures to qualify him to be on the ballot. Yesterday, the court dismissed McNeill's case because it found the signatures in dispute were valid. Had McNeill been victorious in his anti-free market of ideas effort, Hess would have been short by five signatures to qualify for the ballot.
"This is not the first attempt by Republicans to show their true anti-free market colors. Last year, the Republican-led Arizona legislature passed HB 2305 which would have made it a near impossibility for the Libertarian Party candidate to get on the state's ballot.
"In September of last year, Hess led the largest and most diverse coalition in Arizona history to send HB2305 to the ballot, instead–by Citizen’s Referendum. It was the first successful such effort in almost 30 years, with almost as many attempts.
"Republicans were set back on their heels and scrambled to repeal their own legislation in an effort to hide the issue from the Voters in November."
Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/arizona-republicans-lose-court-challenge-to-keep-libertarian-off-ballot
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June 20, 2014 - "Yesterday, June 19, 2014, Arizona Republican Kevin McNeill lost his court case against Libertarian Party Gubernatorial candidate Barry Hess to keep Hess off the November, 2014 ballot. Hess said yesterday of the lawsuit, 'it's just another Republican attempt to try to win by exclusion'....
"The lawsuit centered around McNeill's allegation that Hess did not have enough valid petitions signatures to qualify him to be on the ballot. Yesterday, the court dismissed McNeill's case because it found the signatures in dispute were valid. Had McNeill been victorious in his anti-free market of ideas effort, Hess would have been short by five signatures to qualify for the ballot.
"This is not the first attempt by Republicans to show their true anti-free market colors. Last year, the Republican-led Arizona legislature passed HB 2305 which would have made it a near impossibility for the Libertarian Party candidate to get on the state's ballot.
"In September of last year, Hess led the largest and most diverse coalition in Arizona history to send HB2305 to the ballot, instead–by Citizen’s Referendum. It was the first successful such effort in almost 30 years, with almost as many attempts.
"Republicans were set back on their heels and scrambled to repeal their own legislation in an effort to hide the issue from the Voters in November."
Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/arizona-republicans-lose-court-challenge-to-keep-libertarian-off-ballot
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