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Press Releases › Barr Only Presidential Candidate on Texas Ballot

August 27, 2008 5:23 pm EST

Atlanta, GA - Bob Barr is slated to be the only presidential candidate on the ballot in Texas after Republicans and Democrats missed the Aug. 26 deadline to file in the state.

"Unless the state of Texas violates its own election laws, Congressman Barr will be the only presidential candidate on the ballot," says Russell Verney, campaign manager for the Barr Campaign and the former campaign manager for Ross Perot. "Texas law makes no exceptions for missing deadlines."

The Texas Secretary of State Web site shows only Bob Barr as the official candidate for president in Texas.

"We know all about deadlines," says Verney. "We are up against them constantly in our fight to get on the ballot across the nation. When we miss deadlines, we get no second chances. This is a great example of how unreasonable deadlines chill democracy."

"Republicans and Democrats make certain that third party candidates are held to ballot access laws, no matter how absurd or unreasonable," says Verney. "Therefore, Republicans and Democrats should be held to the same standards."

Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.

1 posted on 08/27/2008 7:12:34 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

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That makes Texas votes pretty irrelevant I suppose. Might as well stay home.

2 posted on 08/27/2008 7:15:19 PM PDT by listenhillary (Obama - The Wizard of Uhs)

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3 posted on 08/27/2008 7:15:45 PM PDT by BGHater (Democracy is the road to socialism.)

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5 posted on 08/27/2008 7:20:31 PM PDT by Sloth (A domestic enemy of the Constitution will become POTUS on January 20, 2009.)

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A little known codicil of the Constitution comes into play. We do not actually vote for president or vice-president. We vote for electors. /sarc

7 posted on 08/27/2008 7:24:47 PM PDT by AndrewC

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There will be an exception granted or the law will be changed retroactively. Laws ... we don’t need no stinkin’ laws. Politicians are royalty that gaze down upon the humbled masses that are supposed to be their bosses.

8 posted on 08/27/2008 7:25:41 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde ("When the government fears the people there is liberty ... " Thomas Jefferson)

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Bob Barr, friend of the ACLU that defends terrorists and child rapists (NAMBLA). Bob Barr is no conservative. No thanks.

10 posted on 08/27/2008 7:28:24 PM PDT by jrooney (Obama's mentor says God Da*n America. That explains Obama's refusal to put his hand over his heart.)

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I used to like Bob Barr allot. However going by some of the statements he has made lately I think he has gone off the cliff.

12 posted on 08/27/2008 7:32:02 PM PDT by Parley Baer

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Kind of stupid to have a deadline that falls before the two major parties have even picked their candidates.

The Democrats still haven’t chosen their VP, and the republicans don’t have either a President or a VP candidate yet.

13 posted on 08/27/2008 7:37:54 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT

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Bob Barr is a piece of excrement.

14 posted on 08/27/2008 7:40:41 PM PDT by montag813

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I will say it again : Barr is nuttier than “the little hand grenade with a bad haircut” ,Ross Perot on LSD.
Go away Bob, just go away.

19 posted on 08/27/2008 8:00:46 PM PDT by Apercu ("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)

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Looks like I can vote for ME this year then.

Will I be on the ballot?

Whoops! I forgot to get on the ballot.

Guess I’ll hafta write in McRINO for PREZ this year, huh?

Will my write in vote count ????

21 posted on 08/27/2008 9:27:18 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (McRINO needs reach across the aisle to Conservatives for a CHANGE! Dang him!!!)

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