By Richard Winger Tre Hargett has been Secretary of State of Tennessee since before the 2012 election. In 2012, Gary Johnson was on the Republican presidential primary ballot in Tennessee, and he also qualified as an independent presidential candidate in Tennessee in November 2012.
But this year, he has posted a comment on his web page, saying once a candidate’s name appears on the presidential primary ballot, he cannot qualify as an independent presidential candidate. When he was asked why he had a different policy in 2012, he said he put Johnson’s name on the November ballot “in an abundance of caution.” …read more