Libertarian presidential hopeful Bob Barr wins a round in Pa. court case over ballot access

[Nambe]

Source: By Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) _ A Pennsylvania judge's ruling that keeps Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr on the ballot will force Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama to take him seriously in a key battleground state, a Barr campaign spokesman said Monday.

The major-party candidates "will have to compete for the votes of Pennsylvania citizens instead of taking them for granted," Russell Verney, Barr's campaign manager said in a statement.

The challenge to Barr, a former Republican congressman from Georgia who some GOP strategists fear might siphon votes from McCain, was filed by Harrisburg lawyer Victor Stabile, who also is chairman of the Cumberland County Republican Party.

Commonwealth Court Judge Johnny Butler rejected arguments that the party tricked voters by gathering signatures under another candidate's name and substituting Barr's name in August, three months after he was nominated at its national convention. ...

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[Politicalboi]

1. Go! Go! Go!

Mr. Barr you take all of MaGoo's votes he needs. Actually the Republicans would have done better with Barr.

[frog92969]

2. So when the Libertarians run the Pukes sue,

and when the Greens run the Dems sue.

I get it.

[AllHereTruth]

3. Right or Wrong

Look. We have a system in this country that allows for little oversight. We either are Dems or Repubs.

Life is not right or wrong. We need more than two choices.