Iowa makes Libertarianism official – Death and Taxes

There are three duties two-time Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate swore to uphold upon retaking office in 2014: compliment Senator Joni Ernst on her timeless hairdo, consume plenty of local cold brew coffee, and legitimize any third party that met established criteria. And earlier this week, Patewho we assume ran for secretary 20 years removed from his first tenure because Cedar Rapids Mayordidnt flow so seamlessly with his surnamegot to execute that latter privilege.

Upon releasing an inscrutable document detailing Iowas final voter-registration totals from the 2016 general election, Pate took to social media and declared that the Libertarian Party now had an official place on state voter-registration forms as of 2018s primaries.

Credit is due to Gary Johnson (not an oft-used phrase in 2017), who secured just under four percent of Iowans presidential votes. And sincea candidate need only exceed two percent of the in-state vote to have their party officially recognized, Johnson and his followers in the Hawkeye State can take a bow and bask in their authenticity.

According to local publication Daily Nonpareil, there are close to 10,000 registered Iowa Libertarians, a roughly five-fold increase since Barack Obamas 2012 re-election. Now if only one of those nearly 10K citizens knew how to update the state-party website.

[Daily NonPareil | photo: Getty]

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Iowa makes Libertarianism official - Death and Taxes