I have been

involved in various ballot access law suits through the

years. As you may be aware, Georgia law was structured by

the Democrats and is still sustained by Republicans who

do not wish competition at the ballot box and, in fact,

often oppose any measures that would allow the voters

more choices.

One of the

leading experts in ballot access matters, Richard Winger

of San Francisco, recently wrote a letter to Kathy Cox

about her expressed opposition to ballot access freedom,

and was kind enough to provide me a copy, which I

enclose. Would you be so kind as to reprint it so that

the good people of Fayette County can be better informed

about her and James Madison's respective positions?

Thank you

for your attention to this matter.

Walker

Chandler

Dear

Representative Cox:

I read your

letter about ballot access, political parties,

factionalism and Federalist Paper #10, in the newsletter

of the Georgia Libertarian Party.

Federalist

Paper #10 says the exact opposite of what your letter

says. It says we are better off with a great variety of

parties than with just two parties. I quote:

"Hence

it clearly appears, that the same advantage, which a

Republic has over a Democracy, in controlling the effects

of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small Republic -

is enjoyed by the union over the states comprising it.

Does this advantage consist in the substitution of

representatives, whose enlightened views and virtuous

sentiments render them superior to local prejudices, and

to schemes of injustice? It will not be denied, that the

representation of the union will be most likely to

possess these requisite endowments. Does it consist in

the greater security afforded by a greater variety of

parties, against the vent of any one party being able to

outnumber and oppress the rest? In an equal degree does

the increased variety of parties, comprised within the

union, increase this security."

Furthermore,

Federalist Paper #10 also says that, even though

factionalism is dangerous, even more dangerous are

attempts made to use the law to restrict factions. It

says, "There are two methods of removing the causes

of factionalism: the one by destroying the liberty which

is essential to its existence; the other by giving to

every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and

the same interests. It could never be more truly said

than of the first remedy, that it is worse than the

disease. Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an

ailment without which it instantly expires. But it could

not be a less folly to abolish liberty, which is

essential to political life, because it nourishes

faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air

because it imparts to fire its destructive agency."

Richard

Winger