"The Massachusetts Libertarian Party has decided to place statewide Libertarian Party nominees on the 2012 general election ballot under the ballot label “Liberty” instead of Libertarian. The two statewide offices up in 2012 in Massachusetts are President and U.S. Senate. The Libertarian Party is not now ballot-qualified in Massachusetts.
The reason for the label “Liberty” instead of “Libertarian” in 2012, is that the party prefers not to be a ballot-qualified party during midterm years, but does prefer to be a ballot-qualified party during presidential years. In 2012, there is a fair possibility that the party’s nominee would receive over 3% for U.S. Senate, as it did in 2008 for U.S. Senate. If that happens in 2012, then the party would be ballot-qualified for 2014. But, it doesn’t want to be ballot-qualified in 2014, because then it would suffer from very difficult procedures for the party’s candidates to get on the party’s primary ballot."
Massachusetts Libertarians Will Petition Under the Label “Liberty Party” in 2012
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