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Gary Johnson Might Not Be On Michigan Ballot? What About The Other 49 States?
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jul 17, 2012 03:59pm |
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| Author | myajace |
| News Date | Sunday, July 15, 2012 09:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Due to a rule in Michigan that puts a timed deadline on when a candidate for office can change political parties, Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gov. Gary Johnson will likely not appear on the November ballot. His sin: missing the deadline by three minutes.
Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson (R) told the Libertarian Party last month that Johnson filed his paperwork withdrawing from the GOP presidential primary back in November 2011 three minutes too late (4:03 instead of 4 p.m., according to a letter from Johnson’s office to the Libertarian Party), and thus fell prey to the state’s “sore-loser law,” which bars candidates who lose in a party primary from switching to another party to run in the general election. Most other states have similar laws; but rarely are they used to keep presidential candidates off the ballot, according to experts: [Link] |
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