Liberty Maven

I discovered this page containing a nice chart with the options for writing in candidates on the ballot. Each state has their own law regarding write-ins. I do not advocate writing in Ron Paul because it is an exercise in futility. Sure your conscience will be clean, but it does nothing to help spread the message. Some states require the candidate to be a ‘registered’ write-in candidate, some states prohibit write-ins entirely, and others prohibit write-ins for candidates that lost the primary in that state. Most states don’t even report the write-in vote totals.

For these reasons even if Ron Paul were to register as a write-in candidate in the states that allow it, he would likely not get enough votes for any media outlet to report it. That being said, I suppose it can be personally liberating to write his name in when November comes around. Just don’t hold any illusions about the overall effect it will have on spreading the freedom message.

By now it’s probably obvious I’m advocating voting for Bob Barr. Chuck Baldwin is also a great candidate, but Barr is the candidate who will spread the message to the most people. I support Baldwin’s campaign. I support Barr’s campaign, and I still support Ron Paul’s campaign. They are the liberty triumvirate. While Clinton, Obama, and McCain are the triple threat to our liberty.

The Democrats like to talk about their “dream” ticket. My dream ticket is Ron Paul for President, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin as Co-VPs. That right there is a lot of liberty.

To keep liberty alive vote for Barr, Baldwin, or Paul in November. Barr gets my vote.