PRESS
RELEASE from Libertarian Party of Michigan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Libertarian
Party
of Michigan to
file lawsuit over Gary Johnson’s denial of ballot access in November
election
Jun. 9, 2012 -
-Troy, MI
The
Libertarian Party of Michigan has retained legal counsel since they
have been informed they will be denied ballot access in this year’s
presidential election. The Libertarians have made several
attempts to
contact the office of Ruth Johnson (Secretary of State) and Christopher
M. Thomas (Director of Elections) only to be denied ballot access for
former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson.
Gary Johnson ran in
the Republican primary and withdrew his pursuit of the Republican
nomination in December of 2011. Gary Johnson was excluded from
most
Republican presidential debates and decided to seek the Libertarian
nomination because all of the Republican Party presidential candidates
-- except for Ron Paul -- have a track record of voting for higher
levels of government spending.
Gary Johnson, the national
Libertarian Party presidential nominee, was on the ballot in the
February 2012 Republican presidential primary ballot in Michigan. The
Secretary of State is interpreting Michigan law to mean that,
therefore, the Libertarian Party is forbidden to nominate Johnson.
The
Libertarian Party of Michigan hand-delivered the nomination to the
Secretary of State office on Monday, June 4th. The party’s
documents
certify that the presidential elector candidates are pledged to Gary
Johnson who lives in New Mexico and is our candidate pending a legal
challenge. But the party’s documents also say that if the Secretary of
State sticks to her position of refusing to allow that, and if no court
intervenes, then in that case the party’s presidential elector
candidates are pledged to Gary E. Johnson of Austin, Texas.
Denee
Rockman-Moon (Libertarian State Chair) stated “The Libertarian
party
of Michigan legally elected Gary Johnson as our candidate. Governor
Gary Johnson is our candidate pending a legal challenge. The
Libertarians are the party of principle and we are starting to wonder
what happened to Ruth Johnson’s principles.”
- Contact Information
- media@ michiganlp.org
Michael Moon / Media Director
- 810-241-5801
Sources – Ballot Access News (Richard Winger)