Is Ron Paul going to be on the ballot whether he likes it or not? How did he end up on the Montana 2008 ballot?
In Montana and Louisiana, the candidate for president doesn't actually sign any papers to be on the ballot. The CP of Montana, which was (and may still be - I no longer keep up) disaffiliated with the Nation CP. So they placed Paul and 2004 CP candidate Mike Peroutka on the ballot in place of Baldwin / Castle. In Louisiana, a group of his supporters, some of whom I know, simply registered a slate of electors and listed Paul and Goldwater Jr. as candidates.
