August 9, 2026
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The contribution countdown ticker at BobBarr2008.com has topped $1 million for the first time.
This caps off what deputy campaign manager Shane Cory describes as a wild week
Earlier this week, we received word that our case in Texas — where both John McCain and Barack Obama failed to certify their place on the ballot by the deadline — was denied.
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Ballot Access News carries the news that
On September 23, U.S. District Court Judge James Brady ruled that Bob Barr should be on the Louisiana ballot, but that co-plaintiff Brian Moore (Socialist Party nominee) should not be on.
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Posted at Bob Barr blog
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against us:
The Texas Supreme Court, without comment, just denied Libertarian presidential candidate’s Bob Barr attempt to keep the names John McCain and Barack Obama off the state’s November ballot.
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21 September 2008 Here: 329 members. Facebook: 461. Today we received the final vote to make the national committee unanimous. We now have a state affiliate in Kansas.…
The Austin Chronicle says that “in snubbing Ron Paul, Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr may have lost his base.”
The Chronicle reports that the Libertarian Party of Texas hopes to be a “difference maker” in the state’s November elections, but “is worried that its own presidential nominee has sunk that strategy with ‘Snubgate.'”…
Miller politics reports
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who also failed to make it on the Texas ballot, has issued a statement on the Barr suit.
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Last Free Voice
From Russ Verney email:
Late last night, I returned from Texas where we had just filed for an emergency legal stay to prevent the Secretary of State from mailing ballots until our case is resolved.
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Via LP.org
“There is something inherently wrong with the government forcibly keeping people away from their homes and property,” says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president, in response to the government’s continuing and heavy-handed attempt to bar Hurricane Ike evacuees from returning to their homes in Texas.
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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).…