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AuthorEric S. Peterson
News DateWednesday, September 26, 2012 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionLocal firebrand and former Democratic Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson threw down the gauntlet against the political establishment by helping found the Justice Party in late 2011, and agreeing to run as its 2012 candidate for president. Now, with the election a month away, Anderson has spent more time fighting to get his party on state ballots than actually stumping on the issues. He’s won a lawsuit in Vermont, been priced completely out of Oklahoma and discovered the hard way that in Mississippi, your entire party can be deregistered if your party’s designated vote caster for the Electoral College is caught having sex with a minor.

“A 17-year-old girl got into a bar with a fake I.D., had sex with somebody and now we’re not on the ballot in Mississippi,” Anderson says with a sigh.

Like the punch line of a bad joke, the Mississippi incident is the latest ballot-law stumble to keep Anderson’s party off a state ballot. While the difficulty of getting a third party on all 50 states’ ballots might seem absurd, Anderson’s not amused by the rules and regulations that have so far kept the Justice Party from making it onto all but 15 states’ ballots for the upcoming election.

Lacking big-money resources and sharing a progressive campaign agenda that’s similar to the Green Party’s, the Justice Party faces an uphill battle. It also doesn’t help that the Justice Party’s attempts at courting the Occupier-esque vote are hindered by the fact that many in that demographic don’t trust the electoral system.

Anderson’s party is fighting among even third parties to gain a lasting toehold in the political landscape.
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