Latest News on Getting Bob Barr on the Ballot in West Virginia

August 2nd, 2008 3:23 pm  |  by  |  Published in Bob Barr, Election, Liberty, Politics  |  0

Bob Barr’s campaign is reporting that the state of WV is in the process of verifying the signtures they turned in. Meanwhile, they are planning to continue collecting signatures. In the event that they don’t reach the required number of 15,118 signatures, the Libertarian Party plans to file a lawsuit seeking more time.

Libertarians, working to get former Georgia congressman Bob Barr on the ballot, said Friday that it would be a close call.

“We’re going to rely on the secretary of state’s numbers,” said Mike Ferguson, national field representative for the campaign.

The campaign submitted 1,145 pages of signatures, said Sarah Bailey, secretary of state’s spokeswoman, which should be more than 17,000 signatures, she said. The campaign already had 865 validated signatures.

Ferguson said it was a rush to the deadline. Some volunteers across the state gave their petitions to him as late as 2:30 a.m. Friday.

Getting petitions from the state’s Eastern Panhandle was even tougher. “Actually, we had them Fed-Exed in,” Ferguson said.

He believes the campaign will reach the magic number, but said he was “being really cautious.”

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