09 September 2008

Bob Barr Denied WV Ballot Access

The drive for ballot access for Libertarian candidate Bob Barr hit a bump in the road today, as a federal judge dismissed the campaign's lawsuit today.

Libertarians can't blame anyone but themselves for failing to qualify their presidential candidate for West Virginia's statewide ballots, a federal judge said.
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"It seems clear enough the Barr/Root campaign would have satisfied the two requirements had they commenced their efforts just two to three weeks earlier," Copenhaver wrote.
This despite the fact that Democrats and Republicans have a different deadline (something the judge declined to comment on).

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