Did anyone see this on their ballots??

[dixiegrrrrl]

There were city, county and state positions.
On most of the positions there was a Libertarian option, along with Repub/Dem. candidates.

Never have seen this before. Even when there was no Dem. choice, there was the other 2.

[herding cats]

1. Sometimes a Libertarian is added to leach votes from the Republicans

Others, it's to give cover for Republicans to not vote for a Democrat. I'm extremely familiar with the tactic, but I don't know your local politics.

It could be good, but mostly in my experience it's not helped Democrats here.

[GreenWave]

2. Libertarians, like Rand Paul, only pretend to care about justice for all.

[Igel]

3. Politics are local.

No, I didn't see it.

When in Los Angeles, I'd see 4, 5, 6 parties on a ballot. In another place, one or two.

Politics are local. No conspiracy, not grand plan. Somebody qualifies for the local ballot, they qualify locally.