Question on the Natural Law Party

[Ficus]

this is a question that pretains to the GE, not the primary, so I hope it's in the right forum. Apologies to the mods if it is not. This is not meant to be a pro or anti DK thread.

"The Natural Law Party dynamically supports Rep. Kucinich and his peace candidacy."

I know that the Natural Law Party has endorsed Dennis Kucinich for President. In 2000 (and 1996) John Hagelin ran for President on their ticket. Assuming Dennis will not be able to capture enough delegates to win the Dem nomination, does that mean he may be on the ballot in states as a NLP candidate, even if he doesn't run as one?

Just wondering if anyone here is NLP or knows anything about this sort of thing.

[eyesroll]

1. Hm. DK has said he won't run as a third party, but can NLP

put him on the ballot without his consent?

I know you can't be registered as a candidate, with the FEC, without your consent (you have to sign the form, and you declare a party affiliation if you have one on that form), although people can register committees on your behalf without your knowledge.

But ballot access is done at the state level, IIRC. I wonder.

On edit: I just wanted to add it would be royally stupid and highly unethical for any party to run a candidate without that candidate's consent. I don't think NLP would actually do it. I hope they wouldn't. But would it be possible?

[Ficus]

2. don't know

that's my question. I know Dennis is a team player, and he won't run 3rd party. Anyone know anything about FEC law regarding this?

[Strapping Buck]

3. The "Natural Law" Party?

I've always wondered what in the world they mean by this name. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this name?

The first time I heard of the Natural Law party, I honestly thoguht is was some right-wing, ultra-conservative Catholic thing. Funny to think about that now... But what was one to think? After all, "Natural Law" is the centuries-old philosophical framework within which the Catholic Church forms its restrictive teachings on homosexual sex, birth control, abortion, masturbation, etc.

Anyway, does anyone think the party is just poorly named, or are they trying to forge a new meaning of "Natural Law"?