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WA Libertarian Party tries to kick Romney off ballot
« on: August 16, 2012, 10:49:28 PM »
Wondered what the next move in the Paulistinians "Nationwide Butthurt Tour" was going to be?

Now we know. And the irony of the Libertarian Party calling another party "not major" is hilarious.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Libertarian Party has filed a lawsuit to block Mitt Romney from the November ballot in Washington state, arguing that the GOP no longer qualifies as a major political party, officials said Thursday.

The filing in Thurston County contends that Republicans do not get an automatic slot on the ballot because state law defines major parties as those that receive 5 percent of the vote in a statewide race during a November general election in even years. Republican Dino Rossi did get 48 percent of the vote in the U.S. Senate race two years ago but wasn't officially nominated by the party at its convention, and Washington's top-two primary system is not considered a nominating process.

State election officials, led by Republican Sam Reed, said that law was essentially repealed by a voter-approved initiative in 2004 that scrapped the party primaries in favor of the top-two system. Since then, the state has adopted an administrative code allowing parties to qualify as major political parties if their presidential tickets get more than 5 percent of the vote in the last White House vote.

Looking at the results of the last presidential election in 2008, the state believes both Republicans and Democrats automatically qualify to have their candidates on the November ballot.

John Mills, an attorney handling the case for the Libertarian Party, said the statutes cannot be repealed or changed by an agency — only the Legislature.

"As a legal matter, that's kind of a frivolous argument," Mills said. The Legislature hasn't repealed the old laws, and an effort to make those changes a few years ago failed.

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Re: WA Libertarian Party tries to kick Romney off ballot
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 10:51:37 PM »
That is so funny. Those morons have totally lost it. They must be upset that Ron Paul won't get the nomination.
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Re: WA Libertarian Party tries to kick Romney off ballot
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2012, 10:52:51 PM »
They do have an unreasonably high opinion of themselves.
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Re: WA Libertarian Party tries to kick Romney off ballot
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2012, 10:54:46 PM »
Classic liberaltarian tactics
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Re: WA Libertarian Party tries to kick Romney off ballot
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2012, 12:36:02 PM »
Piece of shit liberals, all of them.
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Re: WA Libertarian Party tries to kick Romney off ballot
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2012, 01:40:52 PM »
Filed under "Did They Expect Any Different..."

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A Washington state judge is rejecting a Libertarian Party lawsuit that sought to block Mitt Romney from the November ballot.

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee determined Thursday that Republicans took the necessary steps to retain their status as a major party.

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Re: WA Libertarian Party tries to kick Romney off ballot
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2012, 01:42:19 PM »
The technique wasn't invented by owebuma, but it was perfected by him.
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Re: WA Libertarian Party tries to kick Romney off ballot
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2012, 02:31:34 PM »
Libertarians: liberals who think they know how to shoot
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