After more than a day of campaigns trying to round up tokens in order to appear in the debate and be considered for the nomination, the count is in for the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidates.
To participate in the debate, a candidate must receive 53 tokens. However, only 30 are required to have their name placed into nomination.
President
- Gary Johnson: 263
- Lee Wrights: 127
- Carl Person: 28
- Jim Burns: 27
- Sam Sloan: 12
- Rita Neumann: 3
- James Ogle: 2
- Jim Gray: 1
- Lori Sunthonchart: 1
Candidates may still receive tokens to have their name place into nomination tomorrow. I’ll have the VP numbers as soon as they are available.
16 responses so far ↓
1 NewFederalist // May 4, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Does the token differential between Johnson and Wrights mean that Wrights is basically farting in the wind?
2 LNC Chair Candidate Debate // May 4, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Person made 30 to be nominated.
3 Nicholas Sarwark // May 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm
@1 not quite, but it won’t go more than 2 ballots.
4 Nicholas Sarwark // May 4, 2012 at 7:04 pm
VP token count: Jim Gray 238, Lee Wrights 118. Next closest to nomination is Jim Burns with 22.
5 Trent Hill // May 4, 2012 at 7:14 pm
NewFed–I think it’s over on the first ballot with 60% to Johnson.
6 Libertarian Presidential Debate | Independent Political Report // May 4, 2012 at 8:36 pm
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7 Thane Eichenauer // May 4, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Dang. I was looking forward to hearing more about Sam Sloan.
8 paulie // May 4, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Jim Burns at least should have been here.
9 David Colborne // May 5, 2012 at 1:21 am
Jim Burns is, at least in LP circles, the very definition of a “grandfather clause”. It’s a shame he didn’t quite squeak in.
10 LibertarianGirl // May 5, 2012 at 1:25 am
missed it by 1
11 PeterO // May 5, 2012 at 6:54 am
So will just Johnson and Wrights be placed into nomination, or Person as well?
12 paulie // May 5, 2012 at 11:34 am
Burns was 2 short for VP when I gave him mine at 9:19 with a 9:30 cutoff
13 paulie // May 5, 2012 at 11:51 am
Johnson, Wrights, Person, Burns and possibly Sloan are being nominated. It was a lower threshold than the debate. 30 tokens vs 53
14 Trent Hill // May 5, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Who nominated and seconded everyone?
Love to see a post on that, Paulie. If not, could you post that info here?
15 paulie // May 5, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Antman and Ruwart nominated Wrights
Redpath…Johnson
That’s all I remember
16 Token count for LP presidential candidates | ThirdPartyPolitics.us // May 8, 2012 at 4:13 pm
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