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Libertarian National Convention
Sunday 25 May 2008

Bob Barr wins Libertarian Party Nomination for President on Sixth Ballot taken at Party's Denver Convention.

We wish to thank Bob Sullentrup, Secretary of the Libertarian Party, for his assistance in preparing this page.

Last updated 30 May 2008 12:30A PDT. This data was obtained from the Libertarian Party and has not been audited, reviewed and committed to the minutes.

The format for the 1st ballot will be:

• Random State to go first (it will be NH), followed- in alphabetical order- by all other States plus DC...
• If no candidate has attained a majority on any particular ballot, the candidate with the fewest votes on that ballot along with any and all other candidates with fewer than 5% of the vote on that ballot will be dropped from all subsequent ballots (this was adopted at the 2006 Midterm meeting of the LP in Portland [Oregon)...
• None of the Above remains an option on all ballots, no matter what.

All losing presidential candidates in the Presidential Nomination Roll Call are eligible to be nominated for Vice President when that section of the Convention takes place (after an LP nominee has emerged)-- this is, apparently, a rules change adopted at the LP Convention yesterday (Saturday 24 May).

from http://www.lp.org/organization/bylaws.shtml:

RULE 9: NOMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

1. Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominations shall be from the floor. Each delegation shall tabulate its total vote, and the delegation chair shall deliver a written total to the Secretary. When all the delegations have submitted their votes, the Secretary shall declare the voting closed. At this point, an announcement of each delegation's vote total shall be made by delegation chairs in alphabetical order beginning with a randomly selected delegation.

2. The Party's nominee for President shall be chosen by majority vote. If no candidate has attained a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes and any candidates polling less than 5% shall be struck from subsequent ballots. This procedure shall be repeated after every ballot in which no candidate has received a majority vote, until one candidate attains a majority.

3. The Party's nominee for Vice-President shall be chosen by the same procedure as for the Presidential nominee except that the Presidential nominee shall have the privilege of addressing the Convention for 5 minutes, after nominations have been made but before voting has begun, for the purpose of endorsing or objecting to any of the Vice-Presidential nominees.

Delegates as allocated: 1,051.
Delegates as credentialed: 643.
(638 delegates and 5 alternates credentialed)
Majority = 322 votes.
Voting is in order of States as announced from the floor.

Presidential Condenders in order of nomination on the floor
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT of Nevada
BOB BARR of Georgia
CHRISTINE SMITH of Colorado
MARY RUWART of Texas
GEORGE PHILLIES of Massachusetts
STEVE KUBBY of California
MICHAEL JINGOZIAN of Oregon
MIKE GRAVEL of Virginia

Round 1 of Presidential Nomination Voting.
No candidate received a majority of the vote.

BOB BARR of Georgia: 153
MARY RUWART of Texas: 152
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT of Nevada: 123
MIKE GRAVEL of Virginia: 71
GEORGE PHILLIES of Massachusetts: 49
STEVE KUBBY of California: 41
MICHAEL JINGOZIAN of Oregon: 23 (eliminated, did not receive 5% of the vote)
CHRISTINE SMITH of Colorado: 6 (eliminated, did not receive 5% of the vote)
None of the above: 2
Write-ins: 11 (all eliminated, did not receive 5% of the vote or least number of votes)

The 11 write-in votes are distributed as follows:

• Arkansas: 1 write-in for Daniel Imperato
• California: 1 write-in for Ron Paul
• Colorado: 3 write-ins for Ron Paul
• Delaware: 1 write-in for Ron Paul
• Maine: 1 write-in for Ron Paul
• New Mexico: 1 write-in for the Press Secretary for the New Mexico Libertarians, William Keohler
• Pennsylvania: 3 write-ins for Penn Gillette

After the ballots were counted, Mike Jingozian endorsed Mike Gravel. Christine Smith anti-endorsed Bob Barr.

Round 2 of Presidential Nomination Voting.
No candidate received a majority of the vote.

BOB BARR of Georgia: 188
MARY RUWART of Texas: 162
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT of Nevada: 138
MIKE GRAVEL of Virginia: 73
GEORGE PHILLIES of Massachusetts: 36
STEVE KUBBY of California: 32 (eliminated, least number of votes)
None of the above: 1
Write-ins: 6 (all eliminated, did not receive 5% of the vote)

The 6 write-in votes are distributed as follows:

• California: 2 write-ins for Ron Paul
• Lousiana: 1 write-in for Stephen Kolbert
• Oregon: 1 write-in for Jigosian [sic] (Michael Jingozian)
• Tennessee: 1 write-in for Ron Paul
• Utah: 1 write-in for Jesse Ventura

After the ballots were counted, Steve Kubby endorsed Mary Ruwart.

Round 3 of Presidential Nomination Voting.
No candidate received a majority of the vote.

BOB BARR of Georgia: 186
MARY RUWART of Texas: 186
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT of Nevada: 146
MIKE GRAVEL of Virginia: 78
GEORGE PHILLIES of Massachusetts: 31 (eliminated, least number of votes)
None of the above: 2
Write-ins: 1 (eliminated, did not receive 5% of the vote)