[Lnc-business] Letter from member on AZ ballot issues

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I present this letter sent to me with concerns about the difficulties in AZ

Dear Folks,

I’ve written to some of you before but feel the need to present this one
last summary concerning
the crippling of all Libertarian candidates in Arizona, due to new election
laws having now taken effect for the first time.

*THE PROBLEM FOR LIBERTARIANS IN ARIZONA: *

The Republicans successfully crippled the Libertarian Party in Arizona,
with the passage of HB 2608 last year.

 Libertarian write-in candidates now, this year for the first time,* now
needing 10x’s to 20x’s more votes in the primaries to try to stay on the
ballot for the general elections*;
(and if collecting signatures to become a candidate, the same increase
applies).

*This is due to Libertarians now needing to consider all registered
Independents as part of their voter base.*

*IN THE RECENT ELECTIONS, LAST WEEK, NO LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES IN ARIZONA
GOT PAST THIS NEW PRIMARY HURDLE, now needing 10x’s to 20x’s more votes.
(Because Independents now counted as part of their voter base)*

*Less than a week before our Primary on August 30th the Arizona Supreme
Court upheld this new law, in a case similar to the court case filed by the
Arizona Libertarian Party*
See, information at: ballot-access.org/2016/08/28/
arizona-supreme-court-upholds-2015-law-that-excludes-all-
but-one-libertarian-from-2016-primary-ballot/

*People get upset about voter suppression. This is even worse, this is
suppression of what candidates can get on the ballot.*

I don’t see how any Libertarian candidate can get elected if this court
case, Arizona Libertarian Party et al v. Reagan
Federal Civil Lawsuit Arizona District Court, Case No. 2:16-cv-01019 is not
successful, or appealed even to the Supreme Court if necessary.

*I hope you could offer real support to this. **After our recent Primary
Election, there were no Libertarian candidates left.*

*If this new election law requirement stands, it’s a death knell, not just
for our State party, but for all 3rd parties when it is copied and done in
other states as well.*

*So I make this last effort to raise the alarm: Defeat this new election
law requirements now, before it spreads.*

*More information is available from our Party Chairman.*

*Something needs to be done.*


Our Party Chairman is:
*Michael Kielsky*
Attorney At Law
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Sincerely,

Barry F. Keaveney (citizenbfk)
150 N. 5th St., #21
Show Low, AZ 85901
(928) 207-3026

https://www.facebook.com/citizenbfk
https://citizenbfkblog.wordpress.com

Note:* I, personally, just lost my primary bid last week. But in previous
years I would have had enough votes. *
The new election law, requiring 10x’s to 20x’s more votes in the Primary
 crushed my primary bid, crushed the primary bid of all our candidates last
week.

-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
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