A report came in through Independent Political Report last night that the Georgia Republican Party may want to look at.
Apparently, the Libertarian Party of North Carolina has full ballot access, and therefore is under the exact same laws as the NCGOP – and GAGOP is under what appear to be similar laws here.
There, LP-NC had a situation where a guy was running for County Commission for apparently personal reasons (something to do with getting his kids back from the NC equivalent of DFACS), and has violated core Libertarian principles, such as non-aggression. From the IPR report: [The LP-NC] “charges that Stratton has a history of responding to criticism with “unfounded legal threats and intimidation.””
The LP there can’t keep him off the ballot, due to those laws there that are very similar to what the GAGOP is under here – but they did publicly repudiate him, including striking his name from their endorsement list and denying him “any financial, logistical, or electoral support”.
Like I said, just something the GAGOP may want to take into consideration. I’m posting the full resolution from the LP-NC Executive Committee after the jump.
Whereas Mr. Jack Stratton is registered with the state of North Carolina as a Libertarian, and;
Whereas Mr. Stratton has filed to run for Mecklenburg County Commissioner in the 2010 elections, and;
Whereas Mr. Stratton is using his campaign to pursue personal goals rather than a bona-fide run for public office, and;
Whereas Mr. Stratton has displayed a historical pattern of responding to criticism and discussion with unfounded legal threats and intimidation, and;
Whereas the Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party believes that Mr. Stratton’s behavior goes well beyond self-defense, violates the Libertarian non-aggression principle, and runs counter to the spirit of freedom, liberty, and responsibility that the Libertarian Party strives to promote,
Therefore, be it resolved that the Libertarian Party of North Carolina repudiates Mr. Stratton as a candidate for public office and neither supports nor endorses his candidacy. This shall include, but is not limited to, striking his name from the list of candidates endorsed by the Libertarian Party of North Carolina and the refusal of any financial, logistical, or electoral support.
