Vermont Libertarian Party

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Ballot Access Update: Secretary of State, Dale Caldwell modified ALJ Courtney's ruling and accepted my nominating petition to be on the ballot in 2026. Thank you @DaleCaldwell for protecting equal access to the ballot. The Republican State Committee tried to kick me off the ballot. They thought I'd be ill prepared, unsupported and back down. They thought wrong 💋 Today was a win for the first amendment. A win for political speech. Congratulations to all the voters in District 7. You now have another choice on your ballot. Thank you to Joseph Fortunado Esq, all the Libertarians, Greens, Independents and others who helped connect me to the right people and to the right information to achieve ballot access. This affects us all. While today was a win, the question still remains, why is there a statute on the books that judges are compelled to enforce despite it being ruled unconstitutional over and over again? A statute that results in frequent modification, reversals and rejection by the Secretary of State. Does the State of New Jersey prefer to keep wasting the courts time? Do they want to continue burdening candidate campaigns that are already at a disadvantage? Why hasn't statute R.S.19:13-7 been amended to reflect accepting out of state circulators? I will be reaching out to our legislatures to rectify this. Your choices were almost limited this year. I was almost kicked off the ballot not because my petition was fraudulent, misleading or deficient but because they wanted to play games with technicalities to guarantee maintaining power. How many other candidates in the past had similar experiences but with a different outcome? Remember that when you fill out your ballot in 5 months. To paraphrase Mr. Fortunado in court on Tuesday "The two parties spend more of their budget kicking third parties off the ballot than third party candidates spend on their entire campaign." Think about what that actually means.

Integrity did not prevail today. Administrative Law Judge William Courtney ruled in favor of a position that has been consistently deemed unconstititonal. The first amendment is clear on political speech. Our freedom of speech has been violated. Having out of state circulators, paid or volunteer, is common practice in New Jersey and throughout the country by Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens and Independents alike. There is an entire industry built around this one task of achieving ballot access. Circulators are the ones holding the clipboard and witnessing the signatures. Those who sign still have to be registered voters in the district. I hope Secretary of State Dale Caldwell will reject the judgment recommendation as he did with CD12 candidate Sue Altman's challenge, two months ago for the same reason. I encourage everyone to contact the Department of State 609-292-6260 | Feedback@sos.nj.gov and tag @DaleCaldwell on social media with your opinions. My petition was not otherwise fraudulent, misleading or invalid. Hundreds of registered voters in District 7 signed my nominating petition. Those voters are now disenfranchised. The Republican State Committee has not challenged candidates in previous years who have had out a state circulators, why now? They see me as a threat. Tom Kean Jr. has been missing from congress for over three months. They are afraid to compete with a candidate who is not beholdent to corporations, lobbys, or billionaires. They are afraid to compete will someone who will fight to end war, end state surveillance and who will actually show up to her job. You see, this is not about election integrity. This is not about what's right for the voters. It's about eliminating competition. They hate competition. The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the country and deserves to have permanent ballot access in New Jersey. For too long, third parties have been systemically disempowered. Enough is enough. It's time for third parties to put our ideological differences aside and come together on this. I cannot do this without you. Do you want political change? Do you want your future to look different? Then it starts with ballot access. It starts here. I'm not giving up. Be well. Be free.