Conservative Party activists have come close to pushing third-party Libertarian candidate Eric Sundwall off the March 31st special election ballot.<\/p>\n
(Candidate Jim Tedisco is running on the Conservative line, but his campaign has disavowed any involvement in the effort.)<\/p>\n
Now, the Glens Falls Post-Star is urging elections officials to allow Sundwall to take part in the democratic process. <\/p>\n
As long as Sundwall or any other candidate doesn’t obtain signatures from a graveyard, what is the reason for challenging petitions at all?<\/p>\n
The answer is simple. Fear.<\/p>\n
Fear that citizens might exercise the democratic process to select another candidate they feel might do a better job representing them.<\/p>\n
Fear that their positions are too weak or too far out of sync with enough voters that even a small challenge will be enough to derail their candidacies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n