Bob Barr is currently suing to remove McCain and Obama from the Texas ballot, alleging that they did not file their paperwork on time. Barr is also suing to remove George Phillies from the ballot in NH (Barr is already on the ballot separately in that state).…
Posts tagged as “District of Columbia”
Longtime D.C. Council member seeks re-election as write-in candidate
By PJO on September 17, 2008 5:00 PM
The Washington Post reports that veteran District of Columbia Councilmember Carol Schwartz, the city’s highest-ranking elected Republican and a four-time candidate for mayor, has decided to seek re-election as a write-in candidate after losing last week’s GOP primary to newcomer Patrick Mara.…
Libertarian seeks D.C. shadow Senate seat
By PJO on September 14, 2008 6:40 AM
Washington City Paper recently had a favorable piece on Damien Ober, whose guerilla theater campaign for the District of Columbia shadow U.S. Senate seat has evolved into a real Libertarian campaign.…
Barr misses Maine deadline
By paulie on August 12, 2008 10:40 AM
Hot on the heels of the failure in West Virginia (additional discussion at Ballot Access News and Last Free Voice), Ballot Access News reports:
On the deadline date of August 8, Bob Barr submitted a total of 3,200 signatures to various town and city clerks in Maine.
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Washington Post snarks at Greens protesting lack of coverage
By paulie on August 1, 2008 1:22 AM
Many independent and smaller party candidates have complained for a long time about lack of coverage from the corporate media. Here is one snarky, cynical response from the establishment:
A group of about 15 protestors and candidates from a Certain Political Party That Will Go Unnamed gathered outside the Washington Post building today to protest their belief that the company “routinely ignores or marginalizes the party’s candidates.”
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Libertarian Party marks Heller victory
By paulie on June 30, 2008 9:11 PM
June 30, 2008
FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY:
We worked with Rich Heller on the DC LP ballot access drive in 2004. He stepped in and paid us, and also personally petitioned with us, after the DC LP had no one else up to the task.…