Nader submits petition for Pennsylvania ballot

AP ^ | 8/2

[ambrose]

Nader submits petition for Pennsylvania ballot

HARRISBURG, Pa. Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader beat a deadline today and submitted nominating papers bearing what campaign workers say are enough signatures to get the consumer activist on Pennsylvania's ballot.

Nader's spokesman Justin McVay says the campaign has compiled about 50-thousand signatures, almost double the 25-thousand-697 signatures required for independent candidates in the November second election in Pennsylvania, a battleground state.Democrats, many of whom blame Nader's candidacy in 2000 for Al Gore's election loss to President Bush, say they plan to challenge the validity of Nader's petition.They say they fear that Nader could take votes away from Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.They have a week to file a protest in Commonwealth Court.An independent Quinnipiac University poll in July showed in Pennsylvania Kerry getting 46 percent of voter support in Pennsylvania, with Bush at 41 percent and Nader at five percent.

[michaelt]

Nader bump.

[dead]

My favorite creepy old communist sponge.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Run, Ralph, RUN!

[kingu]

I'm not sure why, but when I read stories like this, I sometimes imagine the ballot the Democrats would like to see this November...

George Bush (Republican)
Not Bush (Democrat)

And then, attached to the bottom of the ballot are all the 'hanging chads' of votes for the minor parties and independents.

[demlosers]

Go ralph go Hahaa!

[JohnnyZ]

Looks like they screwed it up in 1 or 2 states but will make the bulk of ballots, most importantly the battlegrounds.

So far Arizona and North Carolina are the only competitive states they're going to be missing (others???), and I'm glad they had no shot at NC since I wouldn't want extra liberals to vote Nader-Bowles.

[montag813]

this announcement will send the ACT and MoveOn troops into action, as the Left-wing 527s did in other states where they got him barred. Soros' money has spawned the most undemocratic force in American electoral history. The fraud this year will be massive, and it is just a warm-up for service to their true master, Darth Hillary. So far our side has done little to counter it.

[Tribune7]

ping

[Mo1]

I heard on the radio today that Nader was forced to close his headquarters in Philly

[Tribune7]

Those tolerant open-minded Dems.