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Monday, June 4, 2007

Leading Oklahoma Newspaper Takes Favorable Notice

A lead editorial in the June 4, 2007 edition of the The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma's largest newspaper, noted that Richard Winger, Ballot Access News Editor, has done for ballot law what the Wall Street Journal has done for tort reform. Commenting on the rebuff by the Oklahoma Supreme Court of a 2004 lawsuit by the Libertarian Party, the Oklahoman said,"The Libertarians lawsuit is anything but frivolous. Having the most restrictive ballot access laws in the nation is no badge of honor,...."

Libertarians, the Greens and the Constitution Party have all formed a coalition to gain redress from the Oklahoma Legislature without success. The incumbent parties coalition is as just as unified against competition as the challenging coalition is unified for it. One way or another the voters will have make the final adjudication since, the Legislature and the Courts have both failed.

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