LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES FOR THREE IOWA CONGRESSIONAL SEATS WHO’VE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT VOW TO RUN WRITE-IN CAMPAIGNS IF THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT RULES AGAINST THEM.
A STATE PANEL RULED THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY DID NOT FOLLOW STATE LAW WHEN IT HELD COUNTY CONVENTIONS ON JANUARY 15TH, THE SAME DAY AS THE PARTY’S CAUCUSES.
THE IOWA SUPREME COURT’S JUSTICES HEARD LEGAL ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING. MARCO BATTAGLIA OF DES MOINES, THE CANDIDATE LIBERTARIANS NOMINATED TO RUN IN IOWA’S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SAYS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S CHALLENGE IS INAPPROPRIATE.
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CHARLES ALDRICH OF CLARION, THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE IN THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, IS STRIKING A HOPEFUL TONE ABOUT THE LEGAL ARGUMENTS:
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ALAN OSTERGREN IS THE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED THE REPUBLICANS WHO CHALLENGED THE LIBERTARIAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.
OSTERGREN TOLD THE JUSTICES THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY FAILED TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURAL STEPS FOR ITS COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
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THE IOWA SUPREME COURT’S CHIEF JUSTICE INDICATED THE COURT WILL ISSUE ITS DECISION BEFORE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT 11:59 P.M.
THAT IS THE DEADLINE IOWA’S SECRETARY OF STATE HAS ESTABLISHED FOR CERTIFYING THE BALLOTS IN THE FIRST, THIRD AND FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS — AND GETTING THOSE BALLOTS PRINTED ON TIME.
