Comments on Advance Indiana™: McCain And Obama Miss Ballot Deadline In Texas

Updates and elaborations on this athttp://www.ball...

2008-09-05T00:48:00.000-05:00

Updates and elaborations on this at
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/27/democrats-republicans-miss-texas-deadline-to-certify-presidential-nominees/
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/30/escape-hatch-for-texas-democrats-republicans/
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/09/01/boston-tea-party-finds-way-to-test-texas-deadline-leniency/

It sounds like a lawsuit will be coming. http://campaign.blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/09/04/in-texas-the-evidence-is-clear/ This is sure to get interesting, but will probably be downplayed by Demopublicans and media alike.

It seems (as it often does) that the Democratic and Republican Parties both believe that rules and law simply do not apply to them -- except when they can be used as blundgeons against other parties.

Did the Constitution Party file for a write-in can...

2008-08-28T15:44:00.000-05:00

Did the Constitution Party file for a write-in candidacy in Texas? I don't see them listed on the SOS page ANYWHERE, write-in or not. I'd think they'd have a decent following in Texas, and I was surprised not to see them listed there.

Mike - Favorite quote:All animals are equal.Some a...

2008-08-28T08:45:00.000-05:00

Mike - Favorite quote:

All animals are equal.
Some animals are more equal than others.

And tarrandwooley -

Chuck Baldwin from the Constitution Party is also running.

The law is always strenuously applied to Libertari...

2008-08-28T06:59:00.000-05:00

The law is always strenuously applied to Libertarian candidates, but the Republicans and Democrats who make up elections boards tend to give their own a free pass.

Insert Animal Farm quote here.

Unfortunately, this is definitely the kind of thin...

2008-08-28T00:43:00.000-05:00

Unfortunately, this is definitely the kind of thing that would get fixed for Ds and/or Rs but not for an L.

Got an e-mail about this earleir but AI was the first BLOG I saw with it posted. My guess is that the "further checking" referenced by Bart Lies above did indeed correct the situation, but we'll see.

That is kind of funny. I think there names will b...

2008-08-27T22:46:00.000-05:00

That is kind of funny. I think there names will be placed on the Ballot, for some reason or another.

The REAL story here should be the fact that there are six other candidates running for President (albeit write-in) that we have not heard anything about from you, or the mainstream media:

Brian Moore/Stewart A. Alexander

Alan Keyes/Marvin Sprouse, Jr.

Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez

Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clements

Jonathan Allen/Jeffrey D. Stath

Thaddaus Hill/Gordon F. Bailey

I am going to keep my fingers crossed. Bob Barr c...

2008-08-27T20:48:00.000-05:00

I am going to keep my fingers crossed. Bob Barr could get electoral votes.

Honestly, the remedy is that the Texas legislature and Governor will change the date if necessary.

Neither party could have certified their candidate...

2008-08-27T20:25:00.000-05:00

Neither party could have certified their candidate to the state before then because neither had been officially nominated by their party before the deadline. The article I link to points out that the deadline had been moved back a few years ago to take into account the later nominating convention for Bush. This year's convention is later than ever.

http://startelegram.typepad.com/politex/2008/08/on...

2008-08-27T20:10:00.000-05:00

http://startelegram.typepad.com/politex/2008/08/on-the-texas-ba.html

"Texas Secretary of State spokesperson Ashley Burton said that upon further checking, "Both parties filed before the deadline. We expect their amended filings after both parties finish their nominating process at the conventions."