SALT LAKE CITY – The Libertarian Party of Utah is asking for help from Utahns who desire liberty-friendly choices on their 2008 general election ballot.

Many Utahns may not know that the LPUtah lost is ballot status in the 2006 general election because no Libertarian candidate received more than two percent of the vote cast in all three congressional races – about 11,400 votes.

The LPUtah needs 2,000 petition signatures by registered voters to re-qualify as a registered political party.

Last month the LPUtah submitted 2,170 petition signatures to the State Elections Office, which deemed nearly one-third of the signatures invalid. The deadline to submit petition signatures to the State Elections Office is February 15, 2008.

Petition forms may be downloaded online at http://www.lputah.org/LPUtahpetition and mailed to the Libertarian Organizing Committee at P.O. Box 526025, SLC, UT 84152-6025.