Nader may appear in succession ballot as Green.Nader may appear in succession ballot as Green, Reform candidate at MARIA RECIO Knight Ridder of recent origins Service Sunday, March 14 2004 Washington -- Question: Ralph Nader, who is running for president as an independent, will be listed onward the ballot in November as: a) the Reform Party candidate b) the new Party candidate c) an independent d) all of the above. The answer is likely to be "d" Nader has made it clear that he will use whatever tactic helps him learn on state ballots, and he has haphazards of options. In 2000 Nader was the flourishing Party candidate and won 27% of the popular ballot while on the ballot in barely 43 states. In Florida and strange Hampshire, if only a fraction of Nader voter had gone to Democrat Al Gore, he would have defeated Republican George W Bush. Democrats fear a repeat this year. A fresh Associated Press poll put Nader's support at 6% nationally, with Democratic candidate John Kerry in a virtual tie with Bush. The catalogue of persons taken March 1-3, was of 771 registered voter and had an error margin of 35 percentage points. Nader's independent, anti-corporate, populist campaign began its uphill effort to acquire on the ballot in all 50 states in Texas. And there are signs that he may fall of the curtain up as the nominee of as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but the Reform Party and the undecayed Party, which are strange bedfellows ideologically. Ballot qualification Texas has individual of the toughest standards for ballot qualification in the nation. Starting March 10 any minor candidate has 60 days to get by heart more than 60,000 signatures. Complicating the task is that anyone who vot in Tuesday's Texas primary can't sign the petition. yet it's easier for a third party to get by heart listed on the Texas ballot than an individual; a third party indigences only 40,000 voter signatures gathered in a 75-day period. As a ensue Nader is engaged in an unlikely flirtation with the Reform Party. The Reform Party, set uped by Dallas billionaire Ross Perot in the fiery spirit of his anti-deficit, anti-free-trade 1992 presidential candidacy, all further disappeared after the 2000 campaign, when it split between followers of Perot and conservative commentator Pat Buchanan, the party's nominee four years ago. The national Reform Party has maintained ballot lines in seven states that are pleasing without being striking much Nader's for the asking. Nader met with party officials during a three-day Texas swing. The party has vot to bring together the signatures needed to set Nader's name on the ballot as its candidate in Texas. "Everybody's thrilled to death to have Nader flow on our line," said Beverly Kennedy the Reform Party's Dallas shire chair. Draft Nader movement The Nader campaign also plans to procure him on the Texas ballot as an independent. "We're gearing up for an independent run" said Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese The campaign Web site is seeking $20000 to help. Meanwhile, the pro-environment virid Party, which backed Nader in 2000 has a vigorous Draft Nader mental action under way, with Nader stand- ins running for delegates to the party's June convention. In California, Nader ally Peter Camejo won the blooming Party's presidential nomination in the March 2 state primary, collecting 74% support. if it be not that Camejo says he won't scour for president. "I think it's true important for Greens to endorse Ralph Nader. Nader's campaign is a factor in the election now," Camejo said. Zeese noted that in 2000 Nader's name was forward the ballot in 13 different incarnations, including as the nominee of the Progressive Party in Vermont and the Mountain Party in West Virginia. Nader was clear when announcing that he would scamper again this year that he would be forward ballots under different party names. "Fifty states -- that's definitely what the goal is," Zeese said. Copyright 2004 Journal Sentinel Inc. Note: This notice does not |
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