During the 1988 presidential elections, James Moyer, a senior economics and Russian major, was in the fifth grade. Even then he was dissatisfied with the two-party system and devoted his time to finding better candidates with better philosophies.”I remember going up to my fifth-grade teacher and asking her if she knew of anyone else who was running for president,” Moyer said. “She happened to have a pamphlet highlighting the Libertarian Party and its presidential candidate Ron Paul.”Taken by the party’s fiscally conservative and socially liberal philosophy, Moyer followed Libertarian politics throughout elementary and high school. Upon arriving at Ohio State, he founded the Franklin County Libertarian Party and the Buckeye Privacy Coalition (BPC). Founding the BPC, which works on privacy issues throughout Ohio, is Moyer’s proudest achievement. In addition to his scholastic and extra-curricular activities, Moyer is also running for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives.Noting his true love of driver’s license privacy, Moyer would like to destroy the Ohio Driver’s License photograph index if elected. Moyer said that he believes the state of Ohio maintains a “criminal mug shot” database of every Ohioan over the age of 16.”You are now given a tool to incriminate yourself,” Moyer said of the mug shot. “It should be your choice if you want to identify yourself.” Moyer also pointed out to opponents of this belief that since pictures were required on driver’s licenses, fraud has skyrocketed in regards to check cashing and credit card transactions.Moyer is also disgusted with the state of public education in Ohio. He is a strong supporter of school vouchers and charter schools. “The current system works fine if you’re from Upper Arlington or a great school district,” Moyer said, “but unfortunately, our school systems aren’t educating in the inner cities.””For the past 150 years, Ohio’s schools have bordered on mediocrity,” Moyer said. “Right now we have the politicians telling us that in 20 years, everything will be OK. In the meantime, I think it’s evil that we are forcing parents to pay taxes toward an educational system that imprisons our children in failing schools.”Adding that the cost for the Columbus City School District is between $7,500 and $11,000 per pupil, Moyer noted that not even the most expensive private schools would cost taxpayers that much.Furthering his disdain for government, Moyer finds it ridiculous that penalties received from traffic violations go toward funding the budget of the State Highway Patrol. He said that he feels money collected from traffic violations should go to a private charity of the violator’s choice.”The Libertarian Party is fortunate to have capable young candidates like James Moyer,” said Dena L. Bruedigam, state director of the Libertarian Party in Ohio. “He would bring fresh ideas to the Ohio Statehouse, not only from the prospective of a college student, but from a Libertarian who will work to get government out of our faces and off our backs.”Realizing these dreams will not come easy to Moyer and his campaign. Juggling the duties of a student and work, Moyer is continually cramped for time. He spends a majority of his time preparing for various “Candidate Night” functions that include debates and forums for the public to meet the candidates for local office. Moyer also spends time going door to door throughout the 21st House District, which includes all OSU campus dorms except Morril and Lincoln Towers and the University District east of High Street between 11th Avenue and Maynard Avenue.The 21st House District in Ohio had the lowest voter participation of the 99 districts in Ohio. Moyer said that he believes 5,000 votes could swing the election, which Moyer believes is an attainable number given the number of voting-age students at OSU.”You must vote your conscience,” said John McAlister, Libertarian candidate for the United States Senate. “If voters are concerned with the fact that government has gotten too big, too costly, too intrusive into the daily lives of people, they will never see any change if they continue to vote for the status quo. If you vote for the status quo, you are truly throwing your vote away.””Even if you decide not to vote for me, I still ask you to register in this area, so that more attention is paid to the voters in this area,” Moyer said.If you are registered in Ohio, but have not changed your registration to your campus address, you can do so by going to the voting place in your precinct and obtaining a “provisional ballot” on Election Day to change your registration.”Right now at the Statehouse there is no one to be held accountable for actions that affect OSU,” Moyer said. “I think that is why it’s extremely important that I’m elected. I will be held accountable for everything that affects us as an OSU community.”