Constitution Party Has a Different Vice-Presidential Candidate in Kentucky
October 28th, 2008The Constitution Party national ticket is Chuck Baldwin for president and Darrell Castle for vice-president. In Kentucky, however, the ballot lists someone else for vice-president, Robert E. Thornsberry. The reason for this is that when the Constitution Party filed its petition in Kentucky, it realized that it needed a signed declaration of candidacy from whomever it wanted on the ballot for vice-president. Since the papers were being filed on the deadline, and it was too late for Castle to sign such a document, the party made a quick pragmatic decision to have Thornsberry (a party activist) sign up for vice-president instead, since he was present at the filing. Kentucky petitions don’t list vice-presidential candidates, so at that moment the party was free to choose anyone.

October 28th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
A fine example of Kentucky ingenuity.
October 28th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
This has happened before in states like Kansas where Jim Clymer was listed for VP not Baldwin 2004. This is usually due to petitioning before the candidate is choosen and not being allowed to substitute.
October 29th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
According to the BTP Website at:
http://bostontea.us/voterguide
They also have a different VP in Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah — Marilyn Chambers.
October 29th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
OOOps,
That should have been for the Boston Tea Party — Sorry!
Joe