Posted on 09/28/2004 5:26:27 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Nader Supporters Lose Supreme Court Appeal
1 hour, 5 minutes ago
By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a last-ditch bid to put Ralph Nader (news - web sites) on Oregon's election ballot.
Nader supporters had asked the court last week to block Oregon from printing ballots without his name. The court declined, although Justice Stephen Breyer (news - web sites) noted he supported the stay.
The court's action was good news for supporters of presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites), who feared Nader would draw votes from the Democrat. His campaign had argued that the petition rules were unclear.
Last week, the Oregon Supreme Court sided with state election officials who found flawed petitions left Nader short of the 15,306 signatures needed to put him on the Nov. 2 ballot.
The independent presidential received more bad news from two states Tuesday. In Ohio, the secretary of state ruled Nader could not be on the ballot because thousands of the petition signatures were deemed invalid. In Wisconsin, a judge kicked Nader off that state's ballot, prompting an immediate appeal by Nader to the state Supreme Court.
Nader fared better in New Mexico, where the state Supreme Court ordered his name placed on the ballot, and in Maine, where a state judge ruled he could remain on the ballot there
Frankly, the only reason Nader doesn't terrify me is that he's so utterly ineffectual.
Nadar supporters. In all 50 states you may write in the name of your candidate. Good luck.
Naderites: No Supreme Court Appeal. No Sex Appeal. No Nuthin'
DNC: Count every vote (except, of course, when it doesn't count for us). Time for a massive write in vote in all states where the DNC "illegally" keeps the third party candidates off the ballot. Time for the RNC to go on the offensive with the "every vote counts" BS.
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