Libertarian candidate won't be on ballot

ATLANTA - Libertarian Wayne Parker lost his bid to appear on the 11th Congressional District ballot and conceded defeat Monday.<br> <br> The U.S. District Court in Atlanta refused to rule on the case because it&#39;s still pending in state court. That decision effectively kills Parker&#39;s chances of getting his name on the ballot as the Nov. 5 election approaches.<br> <br> Parker e-mailed supporters Monday asking them to mark their ballots with &#34;None of the Above.&#34;<br> <br> Parker argued he had collected enough signatures to appear on the ballot.<br> <br> He was trying to become the first minor-party candidate in Georgia to run for the U.S. House in 59 years. He turned in roughly 18,000 signatures, almost twice the number needed for third-party candidates to get on the ballot.<br> <br> But more than 8,400 signatures were declared invalid because the signers did not live in the 11th District, which includes parts of 17 counties along the Georgia-Alabama line from Chattooga County south to Muscogee County.<br> <br> Parker claimed the process of validating signatures was inconsistent and unfair.<br> <br> In the 11th District, Republican Phil Gingrey and Democrat Roger Kahn are locked in a close race.<br> <br>