Ohio Voters Who Sponsored the Gary Johnson 2016 Presidential Petition Ask Secretary of State to Recognize Them as the Libertarian Party of Ohio

On December 2, the Ohio voters who officially sponsored the Gary Johnson petition to be on the ballot in 2016 for president asked the Ohio Secretary of State to recognize them as the Libertarian Party. Those voters’ names appeared on the petition, and they were the individuals who (after the petition was submitted) informed the Secretary of State that the stand-in presidential candidate whose name had been on the ballot were resigning, and that Gary Johnson and Bill Weld were the replacements.

Section 3517.01(A), which governs how new parties may qualify for the ballot, permits groups of voters who sponsor candidates for President or Governor to apply for recognition as a new party, provided their candidate gets at least 3% of the vote. The official election returns show that he got 3.17% in Ohio.

Here is the letter.