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Phillies continues presidential campaign

By Administrative Team on June 21, 2008 6:32 PM

Correction: It appears that Lew Rockwell got this one wrong. George Phillies is “continuing” his presidential campaign, but only out of necessity. In some states in which petitioners worked to get the LP presidential ticket on the ballot, a candidate’s name had to be listed.…

George Phillies refutes IPR report

By Administrative Team on May 31, 2008 2:09 PM

Earlier, I reported that the Massachusetts “executive committee” met and decided to put the Barr/Root ticket on the ballot. George Phillies has refuted this claim on Last Free Voice, saying there is no executive committee and no such meeting has taken place.…

Mass. LP will put Barr/Root on the ballot

By Administrative Team on May 30, 2008 9:47 PM

CORRECTION: It was later discovered that this report was inaccurate. Please see the updated story.

There had been some question as to whether the “majority neo-pagan” Libertarian Party of Massachusetts would put Barr/Root on the ballot based on Barr’s past anti-Wiccan activism.…

Barr wins Libertarian presidential nomination on 6th ballot

By Fred Church Ortiz on May 25, 2008 7:14 PM

Bob Barr will be the 2008 Libertarian presidential nominee. Ballot-Access News has reported full vote totals for each round of voting, with the final decisive vote being:

Bob Barr: 324
Mary Ruwart: 276
NOTA: 26

The order of elimination was:

1st Round: Jingozian eliminated (endorsing Gravel), Smith eliminated (opposing Barr)
2nd Round: Kubby eliminated (endorsing Ruwart)
3rd Round: Phillies eliminated (no endorsement)
4th Round: Gravel eliminated (according to a comment on BAN, endorsing Barr over Ruwart if Root eliminated
5th Round: Root eliminated (endorsing Barr, going for VP)
6th Round: Barr wins nomination

The VP selection process is currently ongoing.…