Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson will be on the statewide ballot. Elections officials say Johnson's supporters collected more than the necessary five-thousand valid petition signatures. Ohio Public Radio's Andy Chow reports.
Ohio’s Libertarians always planned on swapping in Gary Johnson for former gubernatorial candidate Charlie Earl, who was listed on the official paperwork. While Secretary of State Jon Husted has OK’d that move, the Libertarian Party label will still not appear because of a 2014 law on minor parties. Spokesperson Aaron Harris says the party label is vital.
Harris: “To not allow a party label to come on the ballot you’re basically telling voters you don’t trust them with all the information when they get into the ballot box.”
Harris says the Libertarians are now taking this fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Andy Chow at the Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau.