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'''William "Will" Coley''' is a Libertarian activist and speaker. He was a candidate for Vice President of the United States in 2016. Coley is co-founder and currently National Director of Muslims4Liberty (M4L).
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'''William "Will" Coley''' is a Libertarian activist and speaker. He is the co-founder and National Director of Muslims4Liberty (M4L). In 2016, Coley was [[Darryl Perry]]'s Vice Presidential running mate seeking the Libertarian Party Nomination. He would place 3rd on the first ballot, losing to nominee [[William Weld]].
 
==2016 Vice Presidential Campaign==
===Endorsements===
*[[Darryl Perry]], 2016 Presidential Candidate.
===2016 National Convention===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2016 Libertarian Party Nomination for Vice-President of the United States<ref>http://www.lncregion1.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-Convention-Minutes-v2.pdf</ref>
|+ 1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win)
! Name !! Votes !! Percent
|-
| William Weld  ||  426  ||  49.022%
|-
| Larry Sharpe  ||  264  ||  30.280%
|-
| '''Will Coley'''  || '''93'''  ||  '''10.702%'''
|-
| Derrick Grayson ||  48  ||  5.524%
|-
| Alicia Dearn  ||  29  || 3.337%
|-
| NOTA (write-in) ||  6  || 0.690%
|-
| [[Daniel Hogan]] (write-in)  ||  1  ||  0.115%
|-
| Gary Johnson (write-in)  ||  1  ||  0.115%
|-
| Austin Petersen (write-in)  ||  1  ||  0.115%
|}
 
No candidate received a majority of delegate votes on the first ballot, leading to the next round of voting. Alicia Dearn was eliminated from the second ballot and endorsed Bill Weld. Derrick Grayson and Will Coley withdrew from the race and endorsed [[Larry Sharpe]].
 
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