After failing to convince Oregon election officials to bar Libertarian candidates from running for office, the state Republican Party is turning to Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum for help in its attempts to disqualify several minor party candidates.
  • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ll be the first person to explain how the math on third party candidates doesn’t work out, but I’m really not into this “blocking them from the ballot” thing. Whether it’s the Dems with Cornell West and the Green Party or the Republicans with the Libertarians and RFK Jr.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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      2 months ago

      The only time someone should be blocked from the ballot are situations where you have to do signature gathering and either don’t submit enough valid signatures or submit fraudulent signatures.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      RFK Jr. is an independent, iirc he was considering running as a Dem before that. The Libertarian candidate this go-'round is Chase Oliver.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    2 months ago

    LOL:

    “An investigator with the Elections Division told Smith he didn’t provide evidence that the party violated state election law, and that state election officials don’t regulate internal party disputes.”

    But the killer bit:

    "Under the Libertarian Party’s current constitution and bylaws posted online, candidates are supposed to be nominated by a mail or electronic election, unless the party’s board of directors lacks the money to run a mail election and votes to hold a convention instead. This year, the party scheduled a convention in Moro, but it didn’t have enough members show up to make a quorum.

    The constitution also says that the board can elect a member of the Libertarian Party as its nominee for an office if the primary election does not yield a nominee or if the winner and all runners-up are ineligible, unable or unwilling to be the nominee."