No candidates will run as Libertarians in Ohio this year, as the state organization has declined to apply for recognition as a minor party, according to a spokesman.
Tuesday is the deadline for prospective minor parties in Ohio to apply for state recognition. But Libertarian Party of Ohio spokesman Aaron Keith Harris said his group decided against gathering the required 30,600 signatures of registered Ohio voters.
Instead, Harris said, Ohio Libertarians are focusing on collecting the 5,000 signatures needed for Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson to appear on the ballot in Ohio as an independent candidate.
Besides Johnson, Harris said he didn’t know of any Libertarians who intend to run for any office in Ohio this year as unaffiliated candidates.
Currently, the Green Party is the only recognized minor party in Ohio. No other prospective minor parties applied for state recognition as of Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Ohio secretary of state’s office.
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