Barr sues Texas, wants to be only presidential choice

  Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr sued the state of Texas today, claiming that Obama and McCain missed the state's deadline to be certified as candidates. That would leave him as the sole presidential candidate on the ballot. Texas law required parties to submit their nominees 70 days before the Nov. 4 election -- a date the Democratic and Republican parties met with the caveat that their party conventions had not yet concluded. They followed up with amended filings.

Barr is saying the Texas secretary of state can't certify the nominees because, well, the law's the law. "The facts of the case are not in dispute," says Russ Verney, Barr's campaign manager..  "Republicans and Democrats missed the deadline, but were still allowed on the ballot.  Third parties are not allowed on the ballot for missing deadlines, as was the case for our campaign in West Virginia, yet the Texas secretary of state's office believes Republicans and Democrats to be above the law." Texas case law has long taken the view that filings can be amended, so ballot expert Richard Winger, editor of Ballot Access News, gives Barr "no chance" of winning.

-- Maria Recio

Comments

[Wow]

So the law says...you MUST turn in your decision 70 days ahead of time.
...and at 70 days out, they turn in: "I will....but, when I figure it out?"

I'm trying to picture the look on a high school teacher's face...when a student gives that kind of response!!

I totally wanted to vote...but I will concede my vote, to support the fact that we don't get to barter with the laws on the books. Either get a bad law off the books, or let the violators accept the consequences.

[JS Jones]

What a horribly biased title to this article. It isn't that Barr "wants to be the only candidate", he wants the Republicrats to be bound by the same rules that third parties are consistently handcuffed by. If Barr had missed the filing date by one day like the Republicrats, you can bet your fanny that the Libertarian candidate wouldn't be on the ballot!

[JR]

Chuck Baldwin in on the Texas ballot or is available as a write in.
Vote third party! Let the Republicans and Democrats know that your tired of the lies and same old politics as usual!