UNCG boasts two candidates for NC General Assembly
Rusty Sheridan and Allison Jaynes, two students studying at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, are seeking election to the
North Carolina General Assembly as Libertarians.
Sheridan is a candidate for NC Senate in District 27 which includes
most of Greensboro and all of UNCG. Jaynes is seeking the NC House in
District 59, which also includes all of UNCG.
Jaynes is a junior physics major and founder and president of the UNCG
College Libertarians, an active political group on campus. Sheridan is a
graduate student studying film production and is also active with the
College Libertarians.
Both Jaynes and Sheridan are running in order to restore our
Constitutional rule of law, which has slowly been eroded by both larger
parties. "The government in NC, and indeed everywhere else in our country,
is getting out of hand," said Sheridan. "They believe they can walk all
over their constituents, steal our money and trample on our rights. We're
running to try to take back some of those rights and reclaim our
sovereignty".
The odds might seem to be stacked against two young college students.
"We don't have the political experience that our opponents have, but
that's a good thing," said Sheridan. When a politician is in Raleigh (or
Washington) too long, they start to settle into the elitist, "I can take
care of you better than you can' mentality," he said.
"It shouldn't be government's job to be your parents. Other than
protecting your rights, government's only obligation should be to get the
heck out of your way so you can live your life however you want."
Their campaigns are focusing on issues important to students. Jaynes
opposes involuntary annexation and electronic voting machines, which
"leaves the vote count open to fraud to anyone with hacking skills."
Sheridan's focus is on fiscal issues. He opposes tax increases and wants
to see less spending in Raleigh.
Students are often labeled as apathetic because they don't vote as
often as older citizens, but Jaynes feels it is not apathy but lack of
real choices that leaves many students at home on Election Day. The
Libertarian Party provides another option.
"The students in my district are faced with two choices this November,"
Jaynes said. "They can vote for one of the 'Demopublican' candidates and
watch freedom become a notion of the past. Or they can vote Libertarian
and voice their dissent."
Both students are campaigning hard in and around the UNCG community.
News media and anyone interested in hearing them speak about their issues
are encouraged to come to one of the College Libertarian meetings
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson room of Elliot University Center on
the UNCG campus.
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