Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Republicans for Nader / Nader for Republicans
Curious news from Arizona: Nader's effort to get on the ballot there was partly funded by a former executive director of the state's Republican Party. The petitions were collected by a company also gathering petitions for a ballot measure to restrict public services from undocumented immigrants. Oh yes, and 65% of the people signing Nader petitions were Republicans.
Two voters are suing to have 14,000 signatures stricken from Nader's petition. Some are alleged to have come from unregistered voters. Also, it is alleged that felons have been employed as petion-collecters, violating state law. This bears watching closely - the Arizona fight may impact Nader's efforts to access the ballot nationwide. The judge will likely rule on July 2, since Arizona state law requires adjudication of challenges within 10 days.
Curious news from Arizona: Nader's effort to get on the ballot there was partly funded by a former executive director of the state's Republican Party. The petitions were collected by a company also gathering petitions for a ballot measure to restrict public services from undocumented immigrants. Oh yes, and 65% of the people signing Nader petitions were Republicans.
Two voters are suing to have 14,000 signatures stricken from Nader's petition. Some are alleged to have come from unregistered voters. Also, it is alleged that felons have been employed as petion-collecters, violating state law. This bears watching closely - the Arizona fight may impact Nader's efforts to access the ballot nationwide. The judge will likely rule on July 2, since Arizona state law requires adjudication of challenges within 10 days.
