[EL] Montana won't let Libertarian Party, a qualified Party, nominate for US Senate

[Richard Winger]

http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/03/21/montana-secretary-of-state-wont-let-libertarians-choose-a-u-s-senate-nominee/
 
I believe it is unconstitutional for Montana to refuse to allow any method for the Libertarian Party (which is ballot-qualified because it met the vote test in 2010) to nominate a candidate for U.S. Senate.  The law entitles the Libertarian Party to nominate, but only if only a single Libertarian files for any particular office.  Once two Libertarians file, the party can not nominate, neither by primary, nor by convention.  If anyone would consider representing the party pro bono, please e-mail me.
 
The US Supreme Court said in Calif. Dem. Party v Jones, 530 US 567 (2000), "Our cases vigorously affirm the special place the First Amendment reserves for, and the special protection it accords, the process by which a political party selects a standard bearer who best represents the party's ideologies and preferences...The members of a recognized political party unquestionably have a constitutional right to select their nominees for public office."

Richard Winger
415-922-9779
PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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