Ralph Nader has finally found a way to get onto the Oregon ballot. Nader, who pulled 5% in Oregon during his 2000 race for the Presidency, was denied ballot access in 2004. He blamed Democrats for preventing him from getting on the ballot then. This time Nader supporters used a little subterfuge.
Nader supporters formed a new political party, the Oregon Peace Party, and gathered enough signatures to get on the ballot. Voters who signed a petition for the party were not told that the party was formed for Nader’s benefit. The voters were only told that the party would nominate a peace candidate.
Once the party organizers were informed that enough signatures had been gathered to qualify the party, three people registered with the party met within hours to nominate Nader.
“The procedure was necessitated because we have been sabotaged in the past,” said Portland lawyer Greg Kafoury, a primary organizer of the party.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHow nice: they used dishonesty to fool the voters. What a great group of people, they sure get my support. Not.
Nader is setting up independent parties on a state by state basis all over the country. He had to use the party route this time because Oregon Democrats successfully interfered with his three previous attempts (two public meetings and an independent petition) to get on the ballot in 2004. The same thing happened in Pennsylvania in 2004. However, in Pennsylvania, the Democrats are under indictment for using public resources to keep Nader off four years ago. So he had an easier time in PA this election. Of course in Oregon, the
The PA Attorney General’s announcement of his indictment of the Dems is here: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=3771
Its the Democrats that are corrupt.
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