Tuesday, August 10, 2004
The Democratic challenge against Nader's Pennsylvania ballot petitions is underway.
These are attorneys for the plaintiffs, so they're naturally going to be amping up their case. Still, Nader conceded in Arizona because he claimed not to have resources for a court case. Will he have those in Pennsylvania?
- Pittsburgh lawyer Efrem M. Grail, who challenged Nader's petitions on behalf of seven western Pennsylvania voters, said in his filing that more than 30,000 signatures were invalid because the signers were not registered voters -- more than enough to prevent Nader from competing against President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry for Pennsylvania's 21 electoral votes.
Gregory M. Harvey, a Philadelphia lawyer who conducted a tandem review on behalf of a Philadelphia voter, said he found 'a wide-ranging and extensive pattern of false and forged entries, entries obtained through deception of signers and whole pages of outright forged signatures.
These are attorneys for the plaintiffs, so they're naturally going to be amping up their case. Still, Nader conceded in Arizona because he claimed not to have resources for a court case. Will he have those in Pennsylvania?
