From Arthur Torrey, anti-Barr Libertarian presidential elector who, until today, said he would go along with “substitution” in Massachusetts, where signatures were collected in George Phillies’s name:
I have sent the following message to the Mass.…
Posts tagged as “Massachusetts”
Antle says Barr, not Phillies, should be on Massachusetts ballot
By PJO on August 15, 2008 2:33 AM
W. James Antle III of the American Spectator writes in the Boston Globe this morning that Bob Barr “has performed better in national polls than any Libertarian Party presidential candidate in history,†and in Massachusetts, “polls have showed Barr winning as much as 5 percent of the vote — 2 points more than Libertarians need to regain automatic ballot access.…
Latest Boston Tea Party endorsements, organizational news
By paulie on August 13, 2008 11:37 AM
Latest affiliates and endorsements from the Boston Tea Party
New news at the top 12 August 2008 The Boston Tea Party’s national committee has voted to endorse Tom Knapp for Congress in Missouri.
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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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Natural Law Party puts Ralph Nader on Michigan ballot
By paulie on August 5, 2008 3:13 AM
Close on the heels of his victory in California, where the Peace and Freedom Party just put Nader on the ballot, the Natural Law Party of Michigan just did the same.…
Barr polls double digits in NH, closing in on getting ballot access
By paulie on July 24, 2008 2:29 PM
Reported in the Manchester, NH Union Leader newspaper:
Although he’s yet to secure a spot on the New Hampshire presidential ballot, Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr visited Manchester yesterday, drawing attention and, possibly votes, away from Republican John McCain.
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Sean Haugh under fire for giving instructions to burn petitions
By Administrative Team on July 2, 2008 1:34 PM
It has been confirmed by multiple sources that Libertarian Party Political Director Sean Haugh, in violation of Massachusetts electoral law, ordered petitions with valid signatures to be burned — “quite literally.”…
George Phillies’ statement to Massachusetts State Committee
By paulie on June 30, 2008 11:28 PM
I first received this several weeks ago. At that time George asked me to hold off on posting it. I note it has now been published at Last Free Voice.…
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.…