GOP gets its way, LP and third-parties get ignored

I’m not as ticked off are are Jeff Trigg and the Libertarian Party
about the
imminent change to state election law that would move the filing
deadline back to allow George Bush to get on the ballot in Illinois.

It would be one thing if the State Election Commission let Bush on the
ballot despite the deadline mandated by state law. But they will change
the deadline until after Bush if officially nominated at the National
GOP Convention.

/Of course/ Bush should be on the ballot.

Would they have changed the mandated deadline for the Libertarians?
Nope. I’m not naive.

The point to the press conference and press release is to make hay about
how unfairly the LP is being treated by having to secure more signatures
on nominating petitions than are the Big Parties. That should be illegal
and needs to be rectifies in the courts or through legislation.

People who want to vote for George Bush should have the ability to do
so. People who want to vote for LP candidates should have that right, too.

I’m just not sure complaining about Bush being on the ballot is the most
strategic way to accomplish that goal.