May 1998
Affiliate News: Virginia
Libertarians are savoring a victory after their "arduous" struggle finally paid off: The Virginia legislature passed bills to dramatically reduce the number of signatures that third parties need to get on the ballot.The requirement of 17,000 signatures for statewide candidates has been slashed to about 10,000, thanks to lobbying by LP members. Libertarians had waged a nine-month campaign to build support for the bills, writing letters and making phone calls to line up sponsors.
"We were hoping for 5,000, but it's still a major improvement," said LP spokesman Robert Snapp.
