Libertarians in a Quandry Does the State, or the National Organization get to Name their Presidential Pick on the Colorado Ballot? – The Ark Valley…

Well, now its getting interesting. First, there was a mad scramble to collect signatures to place Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who had been running as an independent candidate, on the states Libertarian ballot. State Libertarians accomplished that.

But now the national Libertarian party has filed paperwork that counters that effort. Turns out that the official paperwork has designated the Libertarian national candidate Chase Oliver as their Colorado general election ballot name.

A month ago, the state LIbertarian party held a vote and rejected the national nominee; which is what led to the wild petition process to select Kennedy. The agreement with the Kennedy campaign included getting him to agree to a set of state party principles and a fundraising collaboration.

With the petition process complete, the Colorado Libertarians got set to file documents making Kennedy and his VP pick California lawyer Nicole Shanahan, the partys official nominees in the state. At that moment the national partys secretary, Caryn Ann Harlos who happens to live in Castle Rock, filed ahead of them. Her forms nominated Oliver and his running mate, Michael ter Maat.

Colorado law is silent on intra-party conflicts regarding candidate nominations, according to the spokesman for the Colorado Secretary of States Office Jack Todd, in an email to Colorado Politics. But he added that parties can not place multiple candidates on the ballot for president and vice president.

What to do?

According to Colorado Politics, both sides accusing the other of going rogue and suggesting the dispute could land in court.

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Libertarians in a Quandry Does the State, or the National Organization get to Name their Presidential Pick on the Colorado Ballot? - The Ark Valley...