Here is something that is very easy that you might want to try to get Badnarik and the Libertarian viewpoint on the air. Email some local radio station talk show hosts (John Boy and Billy, Lex and Terry, etc.) with a message similar to the following: =============================================== Dear Programming Director: Neither Presidential candidate is talking about the real issues. All I ever hear from them is why you shouldn't vote for the other guy. It gets frustrating and makes one wonder, why even bother if this is the best there is. But, then I remembered there are alot of candidates with proposals on the ballot that are just as important. If you do some checking there are better candidates out there that are not getting any press. Libertarian Michael Badnarik, on the other hand, has information on his web site, http://www.badnarik.org that is targeted directly at this audience. Among other issues, he is, in my opinion, the candidate who has made the greatest commitment to protect young Americans from the reinstitution of the draft and and the financial slavery of the Social Security system. I'm going to be voting for the Libertarian candidate, Michael Badnarik. Badnarik IS ON THE BALLOT in 48 states, plus DC. Voting for him is an affirmation of the ideas that once made America the miracle among nations -- a constitutional republic built on the revolutionary idea of man as self-owner, and the corollary values of individual liberty and personal responsibility. Voting for a third party candidate like Michael Badnarik is better than not showing up at all. These minor candidates may not win but they give us better choices and maybe the other parties might get the message that we are getting sick of their same old baloney. It would be great if you would put Mr. Badnarik, a Libertarian candidate, and some of other candidates on your show so people can hear more about them. One thing that you almost always find in ballot access laws, is that the signature requirement is explicitly intended to "demonstrate community support" for the candidate. So, as there is demonstrated and documented community support across the country for several alternative candidates, why does the major media usually only report on "poll numbers" that so exceed the signature requirements? By law, "community support" and interest has been verified by the process of getting on the ballot, so shouldn't that be the end of it? The poll hurdle is not only too high, it is illegitimate. For what good reason should anonymously given answers in a privately-taken survey carry more weight than actual signatures of registered voters? It is my rule of thumb that one signature on a petition or party-registration form indicates between 20 and 30 others who don't bother to sign. By that yardstick, I would expect between 2 and 3 million people to be actively interested in Badnarik, and perhaps a similar number could be swayed to vote for Badnarik if they knew who he was and his positions on the issues. If I were the major media, I would seriously consider doing right by a candidate who could very reasonably be the choice of up to six million people this year. Thanks for your consideration,