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New Hampshire: Bob Barr

Wed, 10/08/2008 - 15:56

Barr wants Phillies removed from N.H. ballot

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr and the New Hampshire Libertarian Party has filed a lawsuit against the state of New Hampshire attempting to remove George Phillies from the ballot, The Nashua Telegraph reported.

Phillies, also a libertarian presidential candidate, qualified to appear on the November ballot despite the fact that the national Libertarian party nominated Barr in May.

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Thu, 08/07/2008 - 17:18

Barr collects 5,000 signatures in N.H.

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

New Hampshire voters are one step closer to having the option of picking from two Libertarian presidential candidates.

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr has collected 5,000 signatures in the Granite State and George Phillies has already qualified to appear on the November ballot. August 6 was the deadline for thirty-party candidates to hand in 3,000 to local election officials who will then verify the signatures.

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Thu, 07/31/2008 - 10:08

Update: Phillies qualifies for N.H. ballot

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Despite not gaining his party's presidential nomination, Massachusetts Libertarian George Phillies has qualified to appear on the New Hampshire ballot.

According to the Secretary of State office Phillies has collected 3,369 signatures, surpassing the threshold required by law.

The national Libertarian Party endorsed former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (Lib.-GA.) at their party's convention over the Memorial Day weekend in Denver and the New Hampshire Libertarian Party is currently in the process of collecting signatures for Barr so his can also appear on the November ballot.

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Tue, 07/22/2008 - 21:22

Barr pays visit to Queen City

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2585|title=Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr|desc=Campaign Photo|link=none|align=left|width=420|height=280]MANCHESTER -- Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr paid his first visit to New Hampshire where a recent poll shows him with 10 percent of the vote.

Barr, a former Republican U.S. House member from Georgia, was nominated at the Libertarian National Convention in Denver over the Memorial Day weekend.

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Sun, 07/20/2008 - 09:22

Barr to visit Manchester

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr is scheduled to visit Manchester on July 22.

Barr, a former U.S. Rep. from Georgia, will visit Manchester's Murphy's Taproom at 8:00pm, The Concord Monitor's Lauren Dorgan is reporting.

This is Barr's first visit to the Granite State and he will be in the state the same day has U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)

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Thu, 07/10/2008 - 08:55

Zogby: Look out, the Libertarians are coming!

By Dante Scala

Don't get us wrong, we enjoyed the Ron Paul primary campaign as much as anybody: Ginormous lawn signs. Demonstrators in colonial-era garb marching in downtown Manchester. And imagine how much money you could have made, betting on the Texas congressman vs. the New York mayor and taking just 2 percentage points!

Still, we're a bit bewildered by the latest Zogby Internet poll, which reports the following "state of the race" in New Hampshire:

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