“I asked him how he would feel if half the signatures Republicans had to get in order to be on a primary ballot had to come from Democrats. Would he be comfortable with that? Absolutely not, he said. Then why should Libertarians and Greens be happy that more than half of their primary ballot signatures will have to come from Independents who have no ideological or political connection to them? He had no answer.”

http://flagliberty.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/libertarians-at-the-mercy-of-independents-for-ballot-access/