{"id":2334260,"date":"2024-08-30T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-libertarian-candidates-kicked-off-iowa-ballot-after-republican-aligned-challenge-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T12:25:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:25:11","slug":"three-libertarian-candidates-kicked-off-iowa-ballot-after-republican-aligned-challenge-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-libertarian-candidates-kicked-off-iowa-ballot-after-republican-aligned-challenge-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Three libertarian candidates kicked off Iowa ballot after Republican-aligned challenge &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-libertarian-candidates-kicked-off-iowa-ballot-after-republican-aligned-challenge-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2334260&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Iowa, three Libertarian candidates\u2014Nicholas Gluba, Marco Battaglia, and Charles Aldrich\u2014have been disqualified from the \u200bcongressional ballot following \u2062a challenge from\u200d Republican-aligned groups. The \u2062State Objection Panel, consisting of two Republicans and one Democrat, voted 2-1\u200d to \u200duphold a prior decision which stated that the \u2064Libertarian Party did not\u200c adhere to the required procedures for nominating\u2064 candidates. The challenges alleged \u200dthat the Libertarians failed to properly notify county auditors and conducted their county conventions concurrently with precinct caucuses, both of which violated \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">state law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Libertarian Party of Iowa Chairman, Jules Cutler, claimed the decision was an\u2062 attempt to silence their party and limit voter choices. In \u200bcontrast,\u2063 the Democrat on the\u2063 panel,\u200d Rob Sand, criticized the ruling as politically biased. \u2063Although Cutler acknowledged some procedural mistakes, he maintained that the party&#8217;s overall\u200c compliance with the law was sufficient. The candidates plan\u2064 to appeal the decision \u200cand run as write-in candidates in the general election, with\u200d Battaglia expressing a sense of liberation from\u200b party constraints following their disqualification.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Three libertarian candidates kicked off Iowa ballot after Republican-aligned challenge<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1741884\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/libertarian-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>libertarian<\/a> candidates for congressional races in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iowa<\/a> were removed from the ballot after Republican-aligned groups challenged their candidacies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The three-member State Objection Panel, which is composed of one Democratic and two Republican elected officials, voted 2-1 Wednesday in favor of removing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3026967\/libertarian-party-chairwoman-strategy-protest-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>libertarians<\/a> from the ballot and upholding a previous decision that said the Libertarian Party failed to follow the proper procedures when nominating their candidates for office. The challenges against all three candidates were filed by Republican voters across Iowa, including county chairs, political candidates, and activists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/08\/28\/panel-removes-3-libertarian-congressional-candidates-from-iowa-ballot-battaglia-gluba-aldrich\/74967204007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> the <em>Des Moines Register<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is about silencing us,&rdquo; Libertarian Party of Iowa Chairman Jules Cutler told reporters following the panel&rsquo;s decision. &ldquo;This is about silencing voices. This is about controlling who we can and cannot vote [for].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The sole Democrat on the committee, State Auditor Rob Sand, accused his Republican colleagues on the panel of political bias, saying in a statement that the decision was &ldquo;a wrong-headed plot by Iowa&rsquo;s uniparty to limit voters&rsquo; choices.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The challengers accused the Libertarian Party of failing to follow the Iowa state law procedures for political parties to nominate candidates for office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the Libertarian Party of Iowa qualified for major-party status after its gubernatorial candidate earned more than 2% of the vote. The new status allows voters to hold state-run primary elections and allows the party to register voters as libertarians, but it also requires them to have certain steps in their nomination process, such as the Democratic and Republican parties.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican-allied challengers said the Libertarian Party failed to notify county auditors of the results of its precinct caucuses, which included the names of the people elected as county convention delegates. This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.iowa.gov\/docs\/code\/43.4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>required by state law<\/a> from major parties.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge also said the Libertarian Party&rsquo;s county conventions were held the same night as its precinct caucuses, which was not allowed, but state law notes that county convention delegates don&rsquo;t begin their terms until the day after they are selected.<\/p>\n<p>At the news conference, Cutler acknowledged the party had made mistakes but remained firm that its procedures followed Iowa law.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is embarrassing that we didn&rsquo;t do it,&rdquo; Cutler said. &ldquo;It is a learning process; it is growing pains. But at the end of the day, we are substantially compliant with the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Libertarian candidates Nicholas Gluba in the 1st District, Marco Battaglia in the 3rd District, and Charles Aldrich in the 4th District will all be removed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/company-leading-arizona-recount-asks-court-that-procedures-be-kept-secret\/\" title=\"Company Leading Arizona Recount Asks Court That Procedures Be Kept Secret\">general election ballot<\/a>. The decision is being appealed, and all three candidates said they plan to run as write-in candidates.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What they just did was unshackle me from a party platform,&rdquo; Battaglia said at the news conference following the decision. &ldquo;So if they tell me I&rsquo;m not a libertarian, then I&rsquo;m going to be even better suited to represent the people of District 3. And I think that they should be even more scared now of a write-in campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is believed that in Iowa&rsquo;s 3rd Congressional District, a third-party candidate could change the outcome. There, Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) won his seat in 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/11\/09\/winner-in-3rd-district-race-between-cindy-axne-zach-nunn\/69607134007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>razor-thin margins<\/a>, beating incumbent Democrat Cindy Axne by just over 2,000 votes, and there was no libertarian on the ballot. He is being <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Iowa%27s_3rd_Congressional_District\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>challenged<\/a> by Democrat Lanon Baccam this election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alleged-fraud-romance-and-regulatory-neglect-the-ftx-scandal-deepens\/\" title=\"Alleged Fraud, Romance, and Regulatory Neglect: The FTX Scandal Deepens\">libertarian presidential nominee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3018262\/chase-oliver-chosen-libertarian-nominee-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chase Oliver<\/a>, did not face a challenge to his candidacy and will appear on Iowa&rsquo;s general election ballot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1741884\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1741884\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three libertarian candidates in Iowa have been disqualified from the ballot for congressional races following challenges from Republican-aligned groups. The State Objection Panel, made up of one Democrat and two Republicans, voted 2-1 on Wednesday to uphold a prior ruling that the Libertarian Party did not adhere to the correct procedures when nominating its candidates. Republican voters across Iowa, including county chairs and political activists, filed the challenges against all three candidates, as reported by the Des Moines Register. Jules Cutler, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Iowa, expressed concerns about censorship and voter choice after the panel&#8217;s decision. Rob Sand, the lone Democrat on the panel, criticized his Republican colleagues for their perceived political bias and described their actions as an attempt to restrict voter options.<\/p>\n<p>The challengers claimed that the Libertarian Party failed to comply with state laws regarding candidate nominations. In 2022, after its gubernatorial candidate received over 2% of votes, the Libertarian Party achieved major-party status in Iowa. This status allows them to conduct state-run primary elections but also imposes specific procedural requirements similar to those for Democratic and Republican parties.<\/p>\n<p>The challengers argued that the Libertarian Party did not inform county auditors about precinct caucus results or delegate selections as mandated by law. They also contended that holding county conventions on the same night as precinct caucuses was improper since delegates&#8217; terms do not start until after they are chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Cutler acknowledged some mistakes but maintained that their processes were largely compliant with state law. As a result of this decision, libertarian candidates Nicholas Gluba (1st District), Marco Battaglia (3rd District), and Charles Aldrich (4th District) will be removed from ballots but plan to run as write-in candidates instead.<\/p>\n<p>Battaglia remarked at a press conference that being unbound from party constraints could enhance his ability to represent constituents effectively in District 3\u2014a district where third-party candidacies could significantly influence election outcomes given past close races.<\/p>\n<p>Chase Oliver will still appear on Iowa\u2019s general election ballot as he faced no challenges regarding his candidacy for president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2334261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iowa-state-capitol.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38267,39755,17021,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2334260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-challenge","tag-iowa-ballot","tag-libertarian","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/iowa-state-capitol.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}