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Nader headed to Mass. ballot

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor August 19, 2008 04:08 PM

Ralph Nader's campaign announced this afternoon that it will submit the signatures necessary Wednesday to get on the November presidential ballot in Massachusetts.

The campaign plans to turn in about 17,000 validated names -- well more than the 10,000 needed -- to the Secretary of State's office.

To qualify for the ballot, the campaign submitted more than 22,000 signatures to 332 towns and cities on July 29, in what it called "the most complex petition submission in the nation."

Once made official, Massachusetts would become the 34th state where Nader will appear on the ballot, his campaign said.

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1 comments so far...

  1. Is Massachusetts proud of its petition submission process for ballot access or indifferent to its consequences?
    If it is the most complex, then it is the least democratic. Why not learn from the Nader experience and improve it for candidates of the future? Part of the right to vote is the right to vote for candidates who stand for something to vote for. We pretend we want more voter participation. Ballot access for a diversity of candidates is one way to attract voters. But I suppose professionals in the major parties already know this. Hence the complexity.

    Posted by steve conn August 19, 08 07:51 PM
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