The Constitution Party petition for ballot access in Wyoming was due June 1, and it needed 4,988 valid signatures. The Secretary of State has checked the petition and says the party only submitted 4,600 valid signatures. The raw number of signatures submitted was 6,276.
If the petition had succeeded, this would have been the first time the Constitution Party had been on the ballot as a party in Wyoming. The Green Party has never been on in Wyoming. The law requires a number of signatures equal to 2% of the last U.S. House vote.
The only ballot-qualified party in Wyoming now, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, is the Libertarian Party, which has been on continuously starting in 1994 because the Libertarian Party always meets the 2% vote test to remain on.
Well shucks!
4600 out of 6276 is 73% validity which is pretty good. Still, unless the SOS staff is certified in handwriting analysis, I would initiate a challenge.
Hell yeah!
Yes, by all means challenge this ruling! Make them accountable by exposing their petition verification process. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the results were reversed.
Sounds like it may be a waste of time and money. I heard of one state Reform party that died because of somebody by the name of JR .