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Libertarian guv hopeful says she can beat back GOP challenge
After the Tea Party Patriots of Pennsylvania called John Krupa a faker a challenge spearheaded by the state GOP sent him packing, that still leaves three in the gubernatorial race.
Maybe.
Libertarian candidate Marakay Rogers says she’s prepared for the ballot challenge brought by Republicans. The York lawyer said she has more than 24,000 signatures, about 5,000 more than necessary to secure a place on the Nov. 2 ballot.
“The thing that’s disappointing is that the process disenfranchises actual voters for extremely technical things,” Rogers said. “People who wanted their signatures to count on ballots for third party candidates are having their signatures challenged for writing ‘Frederick’ instead of ‘Fred.’”
Meanwhile, the rest of us are still trying to figure out what it means to be a Tea Party candidate, since the Tea Party Patriot coordinator for Pennsylvania said there’s no such thing.
“The reason this was important [to work with state GOP leaders] to knock John Krupa off is that if he had gotten two percent of the vote, he would then have the right to nominate other Tea Party candidates,” said Diana Reimer of the Tea Party Patriots in Philadelphia.
“We’re not a political party,” Reimer said. “We don’t endorse candidates. This was a play by the Democrats, but Tea Party people aren’t going to put up with that.”
State GOP spokesman Mike Barley was even more forceful in slamming Democratic allies of Dan Onorato for the help they gave Krupa. Onorato’s campaign has denied any involvement in Krupa’s petition drive.
“Oh, you mean John Krupa, Dan Onorato’s candidate?” Barley scoffed. “That was a designed effort by Dan Onorato to siphon votes from Tom Corbett. It was so transparent.”
August 17, 2010 at 7:00 am
Tags: Dan Onorato, John Krupa, Marakay Rogers, Republican Party
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Corbett and Felon Bob Asher are one step Closer
Aug 17th, 2010
No one should be discoraged from running for office no matter what their political beliefs are It is simply UnAmerican to try to Knock people off the Ballot It should be made easier to get on the Ballot Not Harder We see what a Mess this Country is in and It is because the Political power Broker Lawyers Control who runs for office . We need a Very Simple way to get on the Ballot so that even the Village Idiot can get on if he or she wants to The Voters are Smart enuff to figure things out but They need Freedon of choice
Bryan C
Aug 17th, 2010
While I agree that no one should be discouraged from running for office and that the two-party system doesn’t work, I have to disagree that voters are smart enough when given freedom of choice. Unfortunately, its all about money. Thats why every other story here seems to be about ‘…this candidate has raised this amount of money…’. Third-party candidates do not get enough face time on everybody’s favorite medium, television, because they can’t raise the funds like the two major partys. So the voters don’t actually take the time to research the candidates because they see what they see on TV and leave it at that.