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Libertarians lose party status (in NC)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Edited | U Ole Polecat Aug 29, 2005 02:19pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Monday, August 22, 2005 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | from the article:
Libertarians lost their status as an official political party in North Carolina on Monday because they failed to get at least 10 percent of the votes cast in last year's gubernatorial and presidential races.
The State Board of Elections removed the status also because Libertarians only gathered 25,000 of the nearly 70,000 signatures they needed.
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Registered Libertarians will become unaffiliated voters.
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Libertarians also are hopeful the Legislature will help future efforts to remain a political party.
A bill with bipartisan sponsorship aims to reduce the election and signature thresholds for remaining on the ballot in North Carolina, which is considered one of the most stringent in the nation.
The Electoral Fairness Act would reduce the number of signatures needed to keep a party on the ballot by 75 percent. It would also reduce the vote total needed to stay on the ballot from 10 percent in the gubernatorial or presidential race to 2 percent. |
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