Comments on: North Carolina Senate Deletes Modest Ballot Access Improvement http://www.ballot-access.org/2005/08/15/north-carolina-senate-deletes-modest-ballot-access-improvement/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:46:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joel Long http://www.ballot-access.org/2005/08/15/north-carolina-senate-deletes-modest-ballot-access-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Joel Long Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:04:43 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2005/08/15/north-carolina-senate-deletes-modest-ballot-access-improvement/#comment-941 It is now a dead issue. Monday, August 22 2005, The voters of North Carolina lost a right to representation other than by the duoply in Raleigh.There was probably no real intent to allow the people to have a real choice, it was just a matter of going through the process to make it look legitimate. With this one move, the entrenched bueracrats have solidified their corrupt regimes. We all have lost, unfortunately few will even bother to notice. It is now a dead issue. Monday, August 22 2005, The voters of North Carolina lost a right to representation other than by the duoply in Raleigh.There was probably no real intent to allow the people to have a real choice, it was just a matter of going through the process to make it look legitimate. With this one move, the entrenched bueracrats have solidified their corrupt regimes. We all have lost, unfortunately few will even bother to notice.

]]> By: Sean Haugh http://www.ballot-access.org/2005/08/15/north-carolina-senate-deletes-modest-ballot-access-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Sean Haugh Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:20:28 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2005/08/15/north-carolina-senate-deletes-modest-ballot-access-improvement/#comment-924 I spoke with Gary Bartlett, Executive Director of the NC State Board of Elections, yesterday and he did not have a theory as to why the Senate chose that part of the bill to mess with beyond just more legislative games between the two chambers. It certainly adds a piece of evidence for our impending lawsuit, one more example of the General Assembly acting in bad faith when it comes to NC ballot access. Sean Haugh Executive Director, LPNC I spoke with Gary Bartlett, Executive Director of the NC State Board of Elections, yesterday and he did not have a theory as to why the Senate chose that part of the bill to mess with beyond just more legislative games between the two chambers. It certainly adds a piece of evidence for our impending lawsuit, one more example of the General Assembly acting in bad faith when it comes to NC ballot access.

Sean Haugh
Executive Director, LPNC

]]> By: Seth Dilday http://www.ballot-access.org/2005/08/15/north-carolina-senate-deletes-modest-ballot-access-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Seth Dilday Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:08:43 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2005/08/15/north-carolina-senate-deletes-modest-ballot-access-improvement/#comment-923 North Carolina has, depending on how you look at it, the second or third most difficult ballot access laws in the country; yet the North Carolina Libertarian Party has managed to maintain continuous ballot access since the early 1990’s. Presently, though, the state party faces potential decertification and the removal of its candidates from this November’s ballot if the North Carolina Board of Elections so rules. It’s a draining process, trying to acquire over 100,000 petition signatures, and the LPNC could use all the help it can get, both from within North Carolina and without. Information on the LPNC’s ballot access drive (including how to contribute) is online at http://www.lpnc.org/get_involved/ballot_access.html . North Carolina has, depending on how you look at it, the second or third most difficult ballot access laws in the country; yet the North Carolina Libertarian Party has managed to maintain continuous ballot access since the early 1990’s. Presently, though, the state party faces potential decertification and the removal of its candidates from this November’s ballot if the North Carolina Board of Elections so rules.

It’s a draining process, trying to acquire over 100,000 petition signatures, and the LPNC could use all the help it can get, both from within North Carolina and without. Information on the LPNC’s ballot access drive (including how to contribute) is online at http://www.lpnc.org/get_involved/ballot_access.html .

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