For Immediate Release -- March 13, 2006

Libertarians Decline Glenn Miller's Filing

The Missouri Libertarian Party (MoLP) has informed the Missouri Secretary of 
State that it will not accept the filing fee offered by Glenn Miller to run 
for the 7th U.S. Congressional seat in the August Libertarian primary.  A 
similar action taken last week by the state's Democrats was ruled by the Secretary 
of State to disqualify Miller from filing in the Democratic primary.

In a unanimous resolution adopted over the weekend, the MoLP Executive 
Committee directed the party's Treasurer to decline or return any payment from 
Miller for the purpose of filing for office, and directed the Chair to notify the 
Missouri Secretary of State's office of that action.  The resolution noted that 
Miller is publicly associated with other parties, and that his attempts to 
file with the other two parties in Missouri demonstrated that his filing with 
the Libertarian Party represented a brazen effort to exploit the MoLP's ballot 
access "to advance public positions that are antithetical to libertarian 
principles and interests."

Darla Maloney, MoLP State Chair, said that the Libertarian Party had good 
reason to be suspicious of Miller's motives:  "As one of Missouri's three 
officially established political parties, we must be very careful to defend our 
reputation against those who would seek to exploit our party structure to crassly 
promote their own personal political agendas.  Given Mr. Miller's public 
statements about the Libertarian Party and its positions, we have to conclude that 
his filing for office as a Libertarian is frivolous."

Greene County Libertarian Party Chair, Keith L. Rodgers, suggested that 
Miller should look elsewhere:  "By going 'party-shopping',' Glenn Miller has proven 
he is just looking for a 'flag of convenience.' Miller has other options: He 
can run as a write-in candidate, or he can do the hard work and get signatures 
to run as an independent. The Libertarian Party has the same right to refuse 
service as asserted by the Democrat and Republican parties. Miller has the 
right to run for office, but we are not obligated to nor do we support his 
beliefs."
            
Greg Tlapek, Executive Director of the MoLP, added "While we defend 
everyone's right to free speech, we simply cannot condone the message that Mr. Miller 
promotes.  For one thing, Libertarians explicitly reject the initiation of 
force to achieve social or political goals.  His message of hate and divisiveness 
is completely at odds with our philosophy of social tolerance and protecting 
the rights of all individuals." 

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Contact Information - 
Darla Maloney, Chair, Missouri Libertarian Party:  (636) 328-5391
Greg Tlapek, Executive Director, Missouri Libertarian Party: (877) 868-3487
Keith Rodgers, Chair, Greene County Libertarian Party: (417) 300-9148