On September 19, a U.S. District Court in Montana held a trial in Kelly v Johnson, the challenge to the March petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidate petitions. Another round of briefs will be filed by September 22. … Continue reading
Republican Party officials in Pennsylvania have notified national Libertarian Party officials that they plan to appeal the Barr substitution decision to the state supreme court. On September 15, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth ruled against the challenge to Bob Barr’s substitution paperwork. … Continue reading
The Atlanta Journal-Constititution reports: Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr has lost the first clash in his strange Texas fight to keep John McCain and Barack Obama off the ballot in that state. Campaign manager Russ Verney put out word this … Continue reading
On September 18, the Mississippi Supreme Court said that the Class I U.S. Senate seat should be near the top of the ballot, near the presidential race and the Class II U.S. Senate seat. However, it declined to order state … Continue reading
Libertarian activists are finding many valid signatures in Connecticut that had been invalidated by town clerks. As noted earlier, the town clerks had initially found that the petition only had a 54% validity rate, and that the party’s presidential petition … Continue reading
