"Rutherford Calls Out Mis-Steps by Secretary of State"
This press release has gone out to nearly 500 media contacts today. Nevertheless, please share far and wide my Libertarian friends and leaders.
This press release has gone out to nearly 500 media contacts today. Nevertheless, please share far and wide my Libertarian friends and leaders.
What: Mark Rutherford, declared candidate for Secretary
of State, takes issue with voting promotions
Contact: Mark Rutherford at 317-809-9000 or
rutherfordlibertarian@gmail.com
Rutherford
Calls Out Mis-Steps by Secretary of State
Mark Rutherford is taking issue with voting promotions
issued by the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office, which urges voters to
participate in the Primary Elections.
“While on the surface, it may seem like a good idea to
promote participation in the Primaries, doing so could handcuff voters at the
General Election, and limit their choices if they try to conscientiously follow
the law,” said Rutherford.
Confusing? So is the law. The voter who participates in
either of the old parties’ Primaries is eligible to do so only if they intend
to cast most of the votes they will cast in the General Election for the same
party whose ballot they chose in the Primary, or the voter did so in the last
General Election.
“It’s a sneaky way to limit crossover voting across
parties in the General Election. This is unethical, immoral, and wrong. Voters
should be at liberty to choose any candidates they like, who best represent
their views- without suffering threats of lawbreaking,” said Rutherford.
He continued, “The existence of the law makes clear what
Libertarians have been saying for years, that the Primaries are private
organization business. Being private business, the Primaries should be
privately funded by the parties, not the taxpayers. Or they should be eliminated and replaced by
privately funded conventions.”.
The Secretary of State, as head of the Elections
Division, should know better than to offer information to the voters that is
incomplete at best, and hazardously misleading at worst.
Mark Rutherford is a declared candidate for Indiana
Secretary of State, and seeks the nomination of the Libertarian Party at its
privately-funded convention, which is being held May 4th & 5th,
at the Downtown Indianapolis Marriott Hotel, 350 W Maryland St, Indianapolis
46225
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