From: tom@genie.slhs.udel.edu (tom)
Subject: LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE POLLS 6%
Organization: The Lab Rats
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:31:37 GMT

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For immediate release.                             FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
31 August 1992                     Steve Dasbach, LP Vice Chair: 219-432-7145
                               Gary Johnson, LP Media Relations: 512-441-6378
                        Bruce Baechler, Marrou/Lord Campaign HQ: 202-546-6095

                LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE POLLS 6%

     The Libertarian Party candidate for President, former Alaska State
Representative Andre Marrou (AHN'-dray mah-ROO'), received 6 percent of the
vote in an unscientific poll of users of the CompuServe computer network,
Libertarian Party national vice chair Steve Dasbach (DOZZ'-bok) announced
today.

     As of 27 August, Rep. Marrou had the support of 6 percent of the 1,443
respondents to the question "For which Presidential candidate do you plan to
vote in November?"

     President Bush had 44 percent, Governor Clinton 41 percent, "Someone
Else" 3 percent, "No One" 1 percent, and "Undecided" had 5 percent.  The
question was posed to CompuServe users starting on 20 August.

     "This, of course, is an unscientific poll.  But the major media are not
including the name of the Libertarian presidential candidate in their polls,
just as the national media are excluding Andre Marrou from their coverage,"
Mr. Dasbach said.

     "CompuServe should be commended for including the presidential
candidates of all of the parties that will be on all of the ballots across
the nation.  The other media should take a lesson from CompuServe."

     "In a year when people are clamoring for change, the voters are not
being told that an alternative for President exists," Mr. Dasbach added.
"The national polls should include the name of the Libertarian candidate,
Andre Marrou, in their questionnaires."

     The Libertarian Party expects to be the only political party, other
than the Democratic and Republican parties, to have its presidential ticket
on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on 3 November.
America's third largest party is also running more than 700 other
candidates, including over 100 for Congress.

     If Rep. Marrou receives more than 5 percent of the vote, the
Libertarian Party will qualify for federal funds, although many Libertarians
feel that the party should not accept them.  Also, more than 5 percent
will give the party "automatic" ballot status for future elections in more
than 30 states, without the need to petition in those states.

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tom@udel.edu                                        ...!{gateway}!udel!tom
tom@genie.slhs.udel.edu           UDel: School of Life and Health Sciences
Libertarian candidate for Delaware House of Representatives, 23rd District

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