The following is a media release from the George Phillies campaign office:
From: Carolyn Marbry [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 6:31 PM
Subject: Press Release June 22:
Two Libertarian Candidates on One Ballot?
This Fall, New Hampshire voters may face a unique choice: Two different Libertarian Presidential candidates on the same ballot. While in Fall 2006 the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire chose George Phillies of Worcester, Massachusetts, in May 2008 the National Libertarian Party chose Bob Barr of Georgia. Phillies has already filed his Declaration of Intent with the
New Hampshire Secretary of State.
If Barr also succeeds in getting on the ballot, New Hampshirites will have an unprecedented choice: Two Presidential candidates from the same party will appear on the same November ballot. "That's how the fine people of New Hampshire wrote their laws," Phillies explained. "The New Hampshire party collected signatures for me, not Bob Barr, who wasn’t even running at the time. Under New Hampshire law, I can't be replaced by Barr. He must qualify for the ballot on his own."
"The important question in my mind," Phillies explained, "is to make sure that New Hampshire residents have at least one Libertarian Presidential choice. The only way to make sure that the choice exists was for me to file, so that’s what I did."