Barr Sues To Keep Obama, McCain Off Texas Ballot
By Vince Leibowitz on Sep 17, 2008 in 2008 Texas Elections, Featured ![[Post to Twitter]](/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/icons/tt-twitter.png){kind=icon}
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Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr has sued the Texas Secretary of State in an attempt to have the names of John McCain and Barack Obama removed from the November ballot in Texas.
Barr claims that the lawsuit, which he filed yesterday, is filed because the major party nominees missed the official filing deadline to be on the November 4 ballot.
AP has more:
Barr’s campaign is arguing that because neither of the candidates had been officially nominated by their parties by the official filing deadline then it was impossible for the candidates to file under state law.
Randall Dillard, a spokesman for the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, told The Associated Press the ballot was certified on Sept. 3.
“We are confident that the ballot was certified properly and that Texans will have the opportunity to select the qualified candidate of their choice,” Dillard said.
He said the ballot includes presidential candidates nominated by the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian parties as well as declared write-in candidates.
At issue here is the semi-sticky situation that, because the nominees weren’t chosen (or at least, vice presidents weren’t chosen) before the deadline, they are not eligible for the ballot. However, previous reports have shown that both parties took steps to make sure their places were reserved on the ballot, either by filing the name of the Presidential candidate sans the vice president or something else.
Expect this lawsuit to go nowhere, although it might cause the legislature to get a bit of a reprimand and be told to fix it next go around.
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