"Among the more prominent names is Libertarian Charlie Earl, who said he filed more than 12,000 signatures to hold a spot for Gary Johnson, the national Libertarian Party candidate.
Johnson ran in 2012, earning nearly 50,000 Ohio votes, or less than 1 percent of the total vote. He needed twice as many votes to guarantee his party a spot on the 2016 ballot.
Earl attempted to run for governor in 2014, seeking enough votes to keep the party’s state-recognized status and a spot in 2016.
Before the 2014 election, though, Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, squashed Earl’s
candidacy, citing a technicality in state law that requires paid petitioners to disclose who they work for when collecting signatures.
In a bill that Libertarians decried as the “[Gov. John] Kasich Re-election Protection Act,” Ohio Republicans upped the threshold for ongoing ballot access to 3 percent of the vote.
Libertarians are suing Husted and the state for changing the rules, which makes it more difficult for minor parties to run candidates in Ohio, and for throwing Earl off the ballot in 2014.
With the lawsuit meandering through federal court, Ohio Libertarians began gathering signatures in March to get Earl, not Johnson, on the ballot." BAN
Johnson ran in 2012, earning nearly 50,000 Ohio votes, or less than 1 percent of the total vote. He needed twice as many votes to guarantee his party a spot on the 2016 ballot.
Earl attempted to run for governor in 2014, seeking enough votes to keep the party’s state-recognized status and a spot in 2016.
Before the 2014 election, though, Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, squashed Earl’s
In a bill that Libertarians decried as the “[Gov. John] Kasich Re-election Protection Act,” Ohio Republicans upped the threshold for ongoing ballot access to 3 percent of the vote.
Libertarians are suing Husted and the state for changing the rules, which makes it more difficult for minor parties to run candidates in Ohio, and for throwing Earl off the ballot in 2014.
With the lawsuit meandering through federal court, Ohio Libertarians began gathering signatures in March to get Earl, not Johnson, on the ballot." BAN
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