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« Reply #45 on: October 08, 2008, 02:50:08 pm » |
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I have a inside person up there tell me that it will not be "discussed", just a decision will be made.
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« Reply #46 on: October 09, 2008, 11:59:25 pm » |
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OK, so this is just a review of the previous hearing. Unless there was some significant mis-application of the law, there should be no overturning the Commonwealth Court ruling.
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« Reply #47 on: October 10, 2008, 11:25:20 pm » |
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Here is a LTE that I sent to the Sentinel and the Patriot News
To: The Editor 10/1/2008
Victor Stabile and the Republican Party’s repeated attempts to destroy the democratic process in Pennsylvania are on full display with their lawsuits to remove the Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr from the ballot. When their usual tactics of requiring a small mountain of signatures (25,000 this year) didn’t work to keep Bob Barr off the ballot they had to plot a new scheme. The Republican leadership know full well that libertarian oriented Ron Paul garnered 16% of the vote in the Pennsylvania primary even after Ron Paul suspended his campaign. This sent a strong signal that a significant number of people are willing to take a stand for freedom, liberty and small government and are tired of the government taking more and more control. Pennsylvania is a key battleground state and the power mongers that do the dirty work for the Republican Party have been assigned the task of eliminating one of the strongest Libertarian Party candidates to date in Bob Barr. Bob Barr is an ex- U.S. Congressman from Georgia with an ex- Ross Perot veteran by the name of Russ Verney as his campaign manager. I’m thankful for the State Election Board and Judge Butler’s decision that Stabile’s claims are baseless and that Cumberland County took action to support democratic choice by printing the ballots. This whole episode reminds me of the scene from the movie Gladiator where the Roman Emperor Commodus stabs Maximus with a hidden knife under his armor before entering the arena for the “appearance” of a fair fight. The shear audacity of the Republican Party’s leadership to try and manipulate the ballot by eliminating choice is entirely un-American and will ultimately alienate even more of their conservative base.
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« Reply #48 on: October 11, 2008, 09:13:30 am » |
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I cannot believe no decision yet. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WAITING AND WATCHING. OK, maybe not. But D%$#, the suspense is killing me. Could you imagine if we could get a $10 million in marketing exposer that Bob Barr is the only one that was and is against all bailouts......and could have said this in the debates? No wonder they want us kept out. We would detroy them....IE like Michael Badnarik did in '04.
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« Reply #49 on: October 12, 2008, 04:34:42 pm » |
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So I have my PA absentee ballot, and Barr/Root is on it. I haven't been reading much on this subject--I thought the LP's ballot position was already solidified.
Are they talking about changing ballots that already have been certified?
If I vote on my absentee ballot for Barr/Root, would my vote not be counted due to the change?
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« Reply #50 on: October 12, 2008, 11:38:45 pm » |
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Again, it seems very remote that the Commonwealth Court ruling will be overturned, so nothing is likely to change.
I do recall reading of a district candidate in another state who lost a ballot access case after the ballots were printed. It was ordered that signs be posted in all of the polling places saying votes for that candidate would not be counted.
Any action would depend on the ruling. They may rule that Barr is OK on the ballot but substitutions on nomination papers can no longer be made. They may agree with the Commonwealth Court that we followed the law and . They may say Barr should not have been on the ballot but what is done is done. They may order signs to be posted and votes not counted as in the other state. We will have to wait and see...
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« Reply #51 on: October 17, 2008, 02:40:22 pm » |
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As of October 17, 2008, The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District, has affirmed the ruling of the Commonwealth Court.
We win.
Mik Robertson
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« Reply #52 on: October 21, 2008, 09:07:18 pm » |
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The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review had a brief article today regarding Barr's placement on PA's ballot: State Supreme Court affirms Libertarian candidates
By The Tribune-Review
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_594393.htmlIf you read the article (especially the last paragraph), it's possible that the Trib used some of our media releases to assist with their piece. Mark |
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« Reply #53 on: October 21, 2008, 11:16:10 pm » |
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I think you are right, Mark.
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