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Barr Sues Over McCain's, Obama's Presence on Texas Ballot

Posted by timothy on from the try-getting-the-signatures-for-a-3d-party-in-pennsylvania dept.

corbettw writes "Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's nominee for president, has filed a lawsuit in Texas demanding Senators John McCain and Barack Obama be removed from the ballot after they missed the official filing deadline."

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  1. Texas is republican... by doctor_nation · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is going to be a non-issue. Or McCain's name will magically appear on the ballot but Obama's won't. Texas is strongly republican, so there's no way McCain won't be on the ticket. If Texas has this rule in place, I'm sure there's some other sub-rule or exception that allows for reserving the nominee's spot, or the 70-day rule only applies to non-Dem/GOP people. It doesn't make any sense to have such a rule when both parties nominate their candidates later in the year than that.

  2. Re:I hope they're removed, by Sentry21 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd rather they be removed entirely. Texas is a red state, it would be a coup for Obama. Unfortunately as another poster mentioned, it's already been worked around by submitting blank ballots before the deadline, and then amending them afterwards.

  3. Let's Get Real for a Second by TexVex · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    demanding Senators John McCain and Barack Obama be removed from the ballot after they missed the official filing deadline.

    On account of some retarded technicality, we should fuck up another election for the whole nation? Sounds like just the perfect pick-me-up for the tired old US of A!

    Hey, I got another one. Every time someone misses the April 15th tax filing deadline, we should send them to PMITA prison for being such a procrastinating douche. Hell, maybe the power company could just shut down power for your entire neighborhood if you're late paying your bill.

    And fuck Barr for continuing the fine Libertarian Party tradition of coming across as a complete whackjob.

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  4. Re:I hope they're removed, by frosty_tsm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And what'd be awesome is if Texas becomes a train wreck and doesn't go Republican...

  5. if you support third party candidates by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    you want to make sure that when they get their names in the news, it is for reasons other than stupid stunts

    this stunt doesn't do anything for the libertarian party, and in fact harms it. when the libertarian party gets in the news, it should be for issues that paint the party in a positive attractive light. if this is the best the libertarian party can do, all that we complain about the republicans and democrats doesn't look so bad after all

    but libertarianism is an empty, flawed ideology anyways, so what do you expect?

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  6. Re:I hope they're removed, by Pvt_Ryan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nowhere does the US constitution establish and intelligence requirement for voting.

    Obviously..
    Or you wouldn't have elected that retarded cowboy Bush..

  7. Re:I hope they're removed, by online-shopper · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    KY is made by Johnson and Johnson, an American company, and sold in the US. The odds of you coming from somewhere I haven't heard of is pretty slim, quit being a pompous douche.