Pubdate: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) Copyright: 2001 Richmond Newspapers Inc. Contact: http://www.timesdispatch.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/365 Author: Tyler Whitley TWO LIBERTARIANS SEEKING BALLOT SPOTS Two prospective candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, representing the Libertarian Party of Virginia, have filed petitions with the State Board of Elections to try to get their names on the ballot. William Redpath of Fairfax County, a financial consultant, is the candidate for governor and Gary A. Reams of Fairfax County is the candidate for lieutenant governor. Redpath filed more than 19,000 signatures with the State Board of Elections on Monday. Reams filed more than 12,000 on Friday. Each submitted more signatures yesterday - the last day for candidates to file for statewide office. The State Board said it will notify the candidates by mid-July whether they qualify after checking the signatures. State law requires 10,000 signatures of registered Virginia voters, including at least 400 from each congressional district. Reams, a consultant, said he would run on one issue - legalizing marijuana. He said he hopes to make the election a "referendum" on reforming the marijuana laws. "Prohibition does not work," he said. Redpath, who is vice president of consulting for BIA Financial network, said he wants to get Libertarian public policy positions into the gubernatorial debate. His platform calls for minimizing taxes and hence government spending. He also wants to bypass the General Assembly by putting issues on the ballot in public referendums. "Anything that is peaceful ought not to be illegal," his Web site says. Because the Libertarian Party is not recognized as a political party in Virginia, both men would be listed as independents if they qualify. - --- MAP posted-by: Andrew