Comments about ‘Libertarian attorney general candidate protesting exclusion from debates’

Keep on fighting the good fight, Andrew, the University supports you and the party. I'll be sure to get the name out whenever I can on KUTE. Good luck.

I think that it extremely unfair and biased to exclude Mr. McCullough from any of these debates. Just because he doesn't have the big money contributors that the other candidates have, he shouldn't be discounted. That should be all the more reason to vote for him, because he will not go into office owing anyone any favors.
He has a following that would like to hear what he has to say, and prospective new supporters that should be given the opportunity to hear his plans for a better Utah.

I for one will be boycotting any station that doesn't allow equal time to all three major candidates.

Good luck to you Mr.McCullough in the coming months. I hope that you get the votes you need this time around and if not, don't ever give up, there's always next year.

McCullough should be in the debates. He's likely to get as many votes as the Democrat in every county except Salt Lake!

Sorry Nick,
I don't think the University supports him or a particular party. Your comment is misrepresented.
Paul

i think its time that a third party candidate gets recognized. im tired of hearing people telling me that voting third party is a waste of a vote. if all the people that have told me that and all the people that told them that. and so forth there would be a change

Okay, okay, so Andy McCullough is a friend of mine, let's get that out of the way. Does that make him any less brilliant, any less qualified to participate in debates or represent the people? Clearly not. Like a reader above says, when people begin to realize we'll never have any meaninful change in ALL politics until we disabuse ourselves of the idea that we must vote only for people that have a chance to win, instead of for the candidate that reflects our true beliefs, or is otherwise most qualified, that's when we'll have evolved as thinking people.

Libertarian Party: America's fastest growing party for the past 40 years.

Libertarian Party is the party of the future, and it always will be.

Anyone on a ballot is a candidate and to exclude them is criminal. Using controlled polling to determine who is a candidate or not is irresponsible and wrong. As long as they are legal candidates is all that should matter and all included in debates or media coverage. Even one voice being shunned and black listed on purpose is not a fair election or proper and fair media coverage. People have a right to know and hear the voice of all candidates, not a select two.

If we're going to have parties, let's hear what each has to say. That 5% rule is RIDICULOUS. Had that been the case in the late 1700s, no one would have heard the message of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Where did 5% come from anyway? Thin air. Someone pulled it out of thin air and enough people agreed to make it a rule. A lot of laws are retarded; this is one of them. I'm not even sure I support McCullough, but I'm determined now to find out about him because I believe Shurtleff has set aside the Constitution, both of the state and nation.

Andrew is the only candidate who supports our right to be free from government interference in our private lives. His voice should be heard. I will be voting for him on November 4; and I urge everyone to to the same!!!

Democrats and Republicans know how to conduct more inclusive, spoiler-free elections.

Those electoral systems use ranked-choice voting and proportional representation.

Ask incumbent officeholders if they will improve our elections by making them spoiler-free, and if not, why.

To become more informed about alternatives to the two-party system, visit FairVote: The Center for Voting and Democracy online.

It seems that Mexico does a far better job of using debates as an open forum for ALL candidates on the ballot to get a chance to air their views. It probably stems from an understanding that it can not hurt to air difference since most people are too partisan to change their minds anyway.

Here it is a different story. The American people know that the "leadership" of the two major parties has been disastrous. If they haven't figured it out yet they will by the time hyper-inflation kicks in from the current insane economic bailouts and wars promoted by Republicans and Democrats.

The reason why Libertarians are excluded is quite different -- genuine fear of traction. What will the power elites do if the American people actually wake up and start asserting their traditions of indepencence and freedom? What "our leaders" worry about is not the state of personal liberty in our society or the intertwined economic liberty but their own loss of control.

It's coming down to the wire.

Isn't it time YOU voted Libertarian?