Wisconsin elects its Governor and Lieutenant Governor as a team in November, but they run separately in the September primary. This year, no Libertarian submitted enough signatures to be on the Libertarian primary ballot for Governor, but a Libertarian did submit enough signatures to be on the primary ballot for Lieutenant Governor. The Wisconsin Elections Division is now leaning toward listing the Lieutenant Governor candidate on the November ballot.
Therefore, the Libertarian Party would have a chance to poll 1% of the November vote for its ticket of no one for Governor, and someone for Lieutenant Governor. In theory, if that ticket won, the Lieutenant Governor candidate could step in to fill the vacancy in the Governor’s office, and would become Governor. If the ticket gets 1%, the Libertarian Party will continue to be a ballot-qualified party.
Other states that have allowed a joint ticket of no one for Governor and someone for Lieutenant Governor to be on the November ballot are Illinois and Pennsylvania. Thanks to Ben Olson for this news.
The solution is to run one Lp OR one GP for each ballot.
Or a libertarian or green Independent to fill in the empty ballot slot.
Voters would have to be educated.
PLAS.
As an LPWI member, I’m ticked off that we didn’t at least get a candidate for treasurer on the ballot. Terry Virgil is an excellent candidate for lt. guv, and if the GOP nominates RINO state rep. Brett Davis, Virgil could get a LOT more than 1%. Lots of Tea Party folks and hard-right GOPers will flock to Virgil, especially with his military background and evangelical Christian faith (he’s a bible scholar, a rarity among LPers).