Bob Barr files lawsuit to remove Obama, McCain from Texas ballot

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

http://twitter.com/BreakingNewsOn/statuses/923987095

http://breakingtoday.com/barrlawsuit.html

PRESS RELEASE:

Atlanta, GA – Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's nominee for president, has filed a lawsuit in Texas demanding Senators John McCain and Barack Obama be removed from the ballot after they missed the official filing deadline.

"The seriousness of this issue is self-evident," the lawsuit states. "The hubris of the major parties has risen to such a level that they do not believe that the election laws of the State of Texas apply to them."

Texas election code §192.031 requires that the “written certification” of the “party’s nominees” be delivered “before 5 p.m. of the 70th day before election day.” Because neither candidate had been nominated by the official filing deadline, the Barr campaign argues it was impossible for the candidates to file under state law.

"Supreme Court justices should recognize that their responsibility is to apply the law as passed by the Legislature, and the law is clear that the candidates cannot be certified on the ballot if their filings are late," says Drew Shirley, a local attorney for the Barr campaign, who is also a Libertarian candidate for the Texas Supreme Court.

A 2006 Texas Supreme Court decision ruled that state laws "does not allow political parties or candidates to ignore statutory deadlines."

Orrin Grover, attorney for Bob Barr and Wayne Root, said that he believes that the Texas Secretary of State is bound by Texas law to remove the Republican and Democratic nominees from the November ballot. "Either we have rules and deadlines, or we do not," Grover said.

The Chairman of the Texas Libertarian Party, Pat Dixon stated, "Libertarian principles require personal responsibility for your acts and failures. Obama and McCain failed to meet the deadlines. They must follow the law like everyone else."

The pe ion also alleges that the Democratic Party's late presidential filing falsely claimed under oath that Senator Obama had been nominated hours before the nomination actually occurred.

"The facts of the case are not in dispute," says Russell Verney, manager of the Barr campaign. "Republicans and Democrats missed the deadline, but were still allowed on the ballot. Third parties are not allowed on the ballot for missing deadlines, as was the case for our campaign in West Virginia, yet the Texas secretary of state's office believes Republicans and Democrats to be above the law."

Barr will be holding a press conference this Thursday at the Texas Supreme Court at 11:00 a.m.

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

[cool hand]

oops.

[George Gervin's Afro]

Bob Barr, the only true conservative in this years presidential election.

[Xylus]

What a ing badass.

I hope he wins the lawsuit.

[Supergirl]

That's awesome. I would love to see this happen.

[Nbadan]

I've posted about this before....I believe that the Texas House would have to be called into special session and the Texas law would have to be amended for both candidates to be added to the Texas ballot since they both didn't register in time...otherwise the Texas vote could be uncons utional....we'll see...

[fyatuk]

I've posted about this before....I believe that the Texas House would have to be called into special session and the Texas law would have to be amended for both candidates to be added to the Texas ballot since they both didn't register in time...otherwise the Texas vote could be uncons utional....we'll see...

Wouldn't help. Texas forbids laws that go into effect retroactively, which it'd have to do to bypass deadlines that have already expired. That is in the bill of rights, so it cannot be bypassed or reversed.

[Rappin' Obama]

Keep clinging to your guns and religion. I WILL be running for president in the podunk bubba 57th state of texas.