Liberty Maven

The Boston Herald is reporting that the ACLU is suing Massachusetts elections officials in an effort to get Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s national presidential candidate, on the ballot there.

The ACLU said today the state Libertarian party put a local presidential contender on its nomination papers after officials at the Massachusetts Elections Division said they could substitute a national candidate later.

ACLU legal director John Reinstein says officials later rejected the party’s requests to substitute national Libertarian candidate Bob Barr for the local nominee, George Phillies.

Reinstein said election officials wanted the party to gather nominating signatures again. He argues that prevents the candidates’ full participation in the election.