Thursday, June 11, 2015

15,000 sign Arkansas LP ballot access petition

Libertarian Party Aims For Ballot Recognition, Greens To Forgo 2016 State Races | KUAR - Jacob Kauffman:

June 2, 2015 - "The Libertarian Party of Arkansas stopped by the state Capitol Tuesday to deliver 15,000-plus signatures to be recognized an official party, allowing its candidates to be placed on the 2016 ballot. State party chairman Michael Pakko said this year Libertarians began the petition process early to mitigate what third-party supporters often characterize as an unfair initial requirement for recognition.

"'These are petitions requesting that we become a new political party in Arkansas, once again, for the third time,' said Pakko.

"The $34,000 petition effort finished two weeks in advance of a 90 day deadline, with 5,000 signatures above the required 10,000, to help ensure a sufficient number will be verified as valid.

"'It’s a huge chunk of our effort. We’re already behind the game by the time we get on the ballot. Of course it requires fundraising and volunteer hours to accomplish this task and that really does take a lot of the resources that could otherwise go toward candidates and campaigns,' said Pakko.

"That’s an effort the state’s other minor party, the Green Party, won’t be able to match this year. The Green Party of Arkansas has succeeded in ballot recognition drives for 10 years but state coordinator Mark Jenkins said in 2016 it won’t be able to field any state-level candidates."

Read more: http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/libertarian-party-aims-ballot-recognition-greens-forgo-2016-state-races
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