Monday, August 30, 2004
This may be a blessing in disguise for Nader, who would have otherwise faced the blow of yet another batch of his petitions being ruled invalid. Random samples of his Pennsylvania petitions have yielded an exceptionally high rate of invalid signatures.
This isn't the Democratic side of the story. His own lawyer acknowledged that 75% of a 1371 signature sample are liable to be tossed.
On the whole it might sound a little better for Nader to be tossed off the PA ballot due to confusion about his party status instead of the usual problems with signatures. Still, this is another boost to Kerry and a blow to a certain aging fraud.
This isn't the Democratic side of the story. His own lawyer acknowledged that 75% of a 1371 signature sample are liable to be tossed.
On the whole it might sound a little better for Nader to be tossed off the PA ballot due to confusion about his party status instead of the usual problems with signatures. Still, this is another boost to Kerry and a blow to a certain aging fraud.
