Libertarians claim that, because those debates include candidates from only two of the three officially recognized major parties in Massachusetts, the use of public funds to put on the debates amounts to an illegal campaign contribution to the Democratic and Republican candidates. The Libertarian Party will not go to the back of the bus in Massachusetts. The Libertarian Party is recognized as a major party in Massachusetts, legally on a par with the Republican and Democratic parties since the 1998 general election. When the legislature votes money from the public treasury to support political activities that are biased for or against any political party, they are unjustly interfering in the electoral process. Euchner, who has debated Democratic incumbent Barney Frank and Republican challenger Martin Travis and will debate them twice more in the coming month, was emphatic about the need to open the debate.
Lets have a debate, instead of a sham.
Its appalling that the voters are being forced to pay for such a shoddy product. The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in Massachusetts and in the United States. There are 27 offices held by Libertarians in Massachusetts and 300 Libertarian office holders nationwide, more than all other third parties combined. In addition to Mr. Browne, U.S. Senate candidate Carla Howell, and U. S. Representative candidate David Euchner, there are18 candidates for state legislature in Massachusetts from the Libertarian Party.