Libertarian Party of Pittsburgh

Real Voting Problem: Candidate Discrimination

As published in the PIttsburgh Post Gazette, December 25, 2006 The real voting problem: third-party or independent candidates are shut out Paper ballots may stop votes disappearing from recounts ("In Praise of Paper" by Bruce Schneier, Dec. 3 Forum), but they won't stop candidates disappearing from Pennsylvania ballots. 2006 saw no Pennsylvania third party or independent statewide candidates because unfair rules required over 67,000 ballot access signatures. Major-party statewide nomine...

Politician cameras?

As Run in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Thursday, December 21, 2006 Pittsburgh Councilman Bill Peduto's traffic cameras are a bad idea ("Drivers will hate Kodak moments," Mike Seate column, Dec. 14 and PghTrib.com). They are, at best, the law enforcement counterpart to those maddening automated phone menus. They are, at worst, a dangerous step toward a surveillance state. They are, at least, another reason to avoid Pittsburgh. To politicians still unconvinced, let's consider the questi...