GA: Libertarian Party Supports Ballot Access Reform Measure

The Weekly Reports:

Legislation has been introduced in the Georgia General Assembly to give voters more choice at the ballot box by expanding ballot access to political bodies.  Georgia law states that in order for a candidate to get on the ballot he must turn in petitions equaling 5 percent of the registered voters from the district he plans to run in. If a candidate plans to run statewide, he or she must get signatures from 1 percent of registered voters in the state. . . . According to Richard Winger at Ballot Access News, Georgia has the worst ballot access laws in the nation. “There is no other state with a law that has kept all minor party or independent candidates off the ballot for such an important office as US House for decades." . . .  Former US Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA), the 2008 Libertarian Party presidential nominee, has endorsed SB 359. “The citizens of Georgia deserve more than just the status-quo on their ballot each election cycle,” said Barr. “This legislation is a step in the right direction towards meaningful ballot access reform.”