North Carolina’s ballot access laws are among the most severe in the country. The Libertarian Party of North Carolina needs approximately 107,000 signatures to remain on the ballot. You can help us by collecting these signatures, or by making a financial donation to the LPNC. Use the ballot access links to the right to download petition forms or to make an online donation. If you would prefer to make your donation by phone, please call (877) 843-5762.

Instructions for collecting signatures
Any number of signatures will help, even if it’s just your own. You’ll be surprised at how many of your friends, family and coworkers would be happy to sign. It costs about $1.00 for every signature collected by a professional petitioner. In contrast, every signature that you collect saves the LPNC money that can then be used for real campaigning.
If you are willing to gather signatures from people that you don’t know, here’s a bit of advice to help improve your petitioning experience. In general, always be polite. Remember, you are the ambassador of the Libertarian Party. If someone needs to hear more before signing the petition, that’s fine, but at all costs avoid getting into arguments or philosophical discussions with people. The moment you are sure that you aren’t going to get the signature (or the moment you have finished getting it), thank the person for their time and move on. For every person that says no, there are several right after them that will likely say yes.
If people want to ask you detailed questions about where the party stands, your time is better spent with a quick canned response and a reference to our website. It is a good idea to have some LP brochures to hand out, but it’s not necessary. Of course, if you get someone who wants to become more active in the party, please get their information and pass it on to us at utreach@lpnc.org.»>outreach@lpnc.org.

Here are answers to some of the most common questions about the petition:
The wording is less vexing this year than previously, but you may still get questions about what level of commitment they are pledging by signing. Please reassure people, if they ask, that signing the petition does not necessarily mean they are a Libertarian. All it means is that they believe in our democratic right to be on the ballot. Signing this petition will not in any way affect their voters’ registration, and we will not put them on a mailing list. The only way we use the voter’s info is to send it to the county board of elections for verification purposes. Tell people they can and should sign any other party’s ballot access petition as well.
You’ll notice the blank space for the name of the county. This is because we must turn our petitions into the various County Boards of Elections for verification. So please make sure people from different counties sign on separate sheets.
Make certain the address given is where the voter is actually registered to vote. PO Boxes generally don’t count, unless the voter is a college student. Be careful that people put down their correct birthdate, not today’s date. This is needed for verification, so the Board of Elections knows they signed the petition, instead of us just getting the name out of the phonebook.
Please mail signatures to:
Libertarian Party of NC
attn: petitions
PO Box 28141
Raleigh, NC 27611
If you have any questions, please contact LPNC Ballot Access Director, Bob Ritchie at badirector@lpnc.org.
Thank you for supporting the Libertarian Party of North Carolina’s ballot access drive.