UNITED STATES MARIJUANA PARTY candidate Cris Ericson is on the official election ballot in Vermont for UNITED STATES SENATOR and for Governor 2012.

"signed the school Bullying Bill, now gotta keep the U.S. Marijuana Party candidate from being invited to political debates"
Cartoon by political candidate Cris Ericson 2012.

short excerpt from vtdigger.com...

http://vtdigger.org/2012/05/29/trail-tidbits-early-birds-file-illuzzi-moves-from-mulling-ag-race-to-auditor-senate-races-in-chittenden-county-heat-up/

by Taylor Dobbs | May 29, 2012
...
No new candidates can
enter a race after June 14.

Five candidates filed petitions on Tuesday:

Attorney General William Sorrell,
Cris Ericson
(running for the United States Marijuana Party
for both U.S. Senate and governor),
H. Brook Paige,
a Republican for U.S. Senate,
Peta Lindsay from the
Socialism & Liberation Party
entered a petition for president.
...
Randy Brock, a Republican state senator, submitted
1,028 signatures for his gubernatorial run.
...
Gov. Peter Shumlin has insisted for months
that he won’t begin
his re-election bid until after Labor Day,
and he has been loathe to acknowledge
that he has spent any money
or hired campaign staff.
...