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Court bans Nader from Pa. ballot Wednesday, October 13, 2004 By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARRISBURG -- Commonwealth Court today issued its long-awaited decision on the independent presidential candidacy of Ralph Nader, ordering the consumer advocate off the ballot in Pennsylvania. The court said it had reviewed 51,273 petition signatures submitted by Nader campaign workers and found only 18,818 were valid -- far short of the 25,697 valid names he needed to run for president in Pennsylvania. Commonwealth Court ruled in favor of eight objectors, most of whom were from the Pittsburgh area, who had gone to court after criticizing...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas -- The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday granted independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader a place on Arkansas' ballot for the November 2 general election. The court ruling overturned a circuit court judge's order to election officials that would have kept Nader's name off the ballot. Circuit Judge Timothy Fox, ruling in a lawsuit brought by the state Democratic Party, said the signatories who petitioned for Nader name to be on the ballot had not declared him as their candidate. Nader appealed Fox's ruling. In Pennsylvania, meanwhile, the state Commonwealth Court delayed a decision on Nader's request to...

The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Friday afternoon that independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader can be on the November general election ballot in Arkansas. The state Supreme Court ordered the state to include Nader and vice presidential candidate Peter Miguel Camejo on the ballots as the Populist Party of Arkansas candidates. The court ruling overturns a circuit court judge who ordered election officials not to print the November second ballots with Nader's name on them. Circuit Judge Timothy Fox, ruling in a lawsuit brought by the state Democratic Party, said the signators who petitioned for Nader to be on the...

Posted on Thu, Sep. 30, 2004 Wis. Supreme Court rules Nader on the state ballot JR ROSS Associated Press MADISON, Wis. - The state Supreme Court decided Thursday to put independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader back on the Wisconsin ballot. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin sued to knock Nader off the ballot, arguing the longtime consumer activist had failed to meet the minimal standards required to be listed as a presidential candidate. But the court ruled Nader had substantially complied with Wisconsin requirements for ballot access and should be on the ballot. The ruling overturned a circuit judge's decision earlier...

Little Rock (AP) - Lawyers made oral arguments before the Arkansas Supreme Court Thursday in Ralph Nader's challenge of a judge's ruling that would keep him off the Arkansas ballot. Nader's lawyers say the independent candidate should be on the ballot because laws that would keep his name off are flawed. (snip) Last week, the Supreme Court ordered a halt to the printing of presidential ballots until it decides whether Nader is qualified for the ballot.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's secretary of state says Ralph Nader won't be on the state's presidential ballot because of forged signatures on petition forms and petitions circulated by non-Ohioans. Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell says today the independent candidate was short of the 5,000 valid signature required to qualify. Blackwell, a Republican, said Nader's backers wound up with 3,700 valid signatures. They had turned in nearly 15,000 signatures, but about 6,400 were declared valid after review by local elections boards. An additional 2,700 were invalidated following a hearing last week at Blackwell's office. Democrats blame Nader's presence on the ballot...

Nader Supporters Lose Supreme Court Appeal 1 hour, 5 minutes ago By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a last-ditch bid to put Ralph Nader (news - web sites) on Oregon's election ballot. Nader supporters had asked the court last week to block Oregon from printing ballots without his name. The court declined, although Justice Stephen Breyer (news - web sites) noted he supported the stay. The court's action was good news for supporters of presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites), who feared Nader would draw votes from the Democrat. His...

Judge orders Nader off Wisconsin ballot, appeal filed By JR ROSS Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Dane County judge Tuesday kicked Ralph Nader off the Wisconsin ballot, prompting an immediate appeal by the independent presidential candidate with the state Supreme Court. While Judge Michael Nowakowski ruled Nader should be left off the ballot, he also prohibited the Elections Board from sending county clerks a certified list of presidential candidates until Wednesday afternoon to give Nader's backers a chance to appeal. There was no immediate word from the Supreme Court whether it would accept the case. The decision...

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Democrats lost a bid to keep independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader's name off the Nov. 2 ballot as a judge upheld the state's petition review procedures. ``We expected logic and common sense to prevail, and they did,'' Nancy Oden, a Nader elector from Jonesboro, said after Superior Court Justice S. Kirk Studstrup's ruling was made public Tuesday. Maine Democratic Party Chairwoman Dorothy Melanson had appealed to Superior Court after Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky brushed aside a challenge, ruling Nader's name should appear on the ballot. She said Maine election officials should not have approved petitions...

N.M. Court Orders Nader's Name on Ballot 38 minutes ago By BARRY MASSEY, Associated Press Writer SANTA FE, N.M. - The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Ralph Nader (news - web sites)'s name to be placed on New Mexico's Nov. 2 ballot as an independent presidential candidate, turning back a Democratic challenge to his candidacy. The court announced its decision after deliberating for about 90 minutes following oral arguments in the case earlier Tuesday. The New Mexico Democratic Party brought a lawsuit against Nader after he was certified as a candidate by Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron. Nader...

Tuesday,September 28,2004 Judge rules to keep Nader on ballot AUGUSTA (AP) - Maine Democrats have lost a bid to keep independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader's name off the November ballot. A Maine Superior Court judge ruled that state election officials followed legal procedure in allowing the consumer activist's name to go on the ballot. In his ruling, Justice S. Kirk Studstrup rejected a challenge by Maine Democratic Party Chairwoman Dorothy Melanson, who said petitions included the wrong name for a Nader elector and party identification forms weren't on the petitions. Studstrup said state election officials followed proper procedure and did...

September 27, 2004 -- New York state's Independence Party yesterday nominated Ralph Nader for president, giving him a second line on the state's ballot in November that could siphon votes away from Democrat John Kerry.

Ballot Access News has the latest tally of which ballots where Nader will be listed as a candidate.

Challenge to Nader fails in N.H.; appeal possible By Erik Stetson, Associated Press, 9/24/2004 17:00 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) The state Ballot Law Commission voted 5-0 on Friday to keep independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the Nov. 2 ballot.

Dear Friend, In the latest demonstration of political bigotry, we find that the Oregon Supreme Court has over-ruled a trial judge decision and ordered the removal of the Nader/Camejo ticket from the state ballot. The shut-down decision came just twenty minutes before the ballots in Oregon were scheduled to be printed. As in 2000, a solid majority of the American people want me in the Presidential debates this year. But Kerry and Bush want me out because they know I will challenge them on the Iraq quagmire, the corporate crime wave, and their opposition to Medicare for all and a...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A state judge Friday blocked Ralph Nader from appearing on the November general election ballot as an independent candidate for president. District Judge Wendy York ruled that Nader didn't qualify as an independent candidate in New Mexico because he was running as the nominee for minor parties in other states, including the Reform Party.The state Democratic Party had challenged Nader's candidacy, contending that he wasn't eligible to run as an independent in New Mexico. The party also claimed his nominating petitions lacked enough valid signatures of registered voters.State elections law defines an independent as someone not affiliated...

Oregon's Democrat secretary of state, Bill Bradbury, an unabashed supporter of John Kerry, has succeeded after all in his scheme to dump Ralph Nader from the swing state's presidential ballot. Marion County Judge Paul Lipscomb had faulted Bradbury for using unwritten rules - i.e., doing whatever he felt like - to deem some petitions for the independent candidate unworthy. But Oregon's Supreme Court, acting as partisan as Dan Rather and Mary Mapes combined, ruled Wednesday in favor of Bradbury and fellow Democrats. Nader, like Bugs Bunny, says he'll fight all the way to the highest court in the land. What...

(09-22) 18:19 PDT SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Ralph Nader will not appear on Oregon's general election ballot, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday, overturning a lower court decision. The high court unanimously upheld a ruling by Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who determined that flawed petitions sheets left Nader 218 signatures short of the 15,306 needed to put him on the Nov. 2 ballot. Marion County Judge Paul Lipscomb faulted Bradbury, a Democrat, for using unwritten rules to decide the validity of the petitions. The high court, however, said Bradbury acted within his authority. < snip >

CHICAGO - A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to give independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader a spot on the Illinois ballot, saying his lawsuit against state election officials who turned him down came too late. The courts acted quickly on his suit, but it came so late that "Nader created a situation in which any remedial order would throw the state's preparations for the election into turmoil," a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. The decision was a boon to Democrats who expect their presidential nominee, John Kerry, to win Illinois but were worried...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader accused his Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday of being responsible for a campaign to try and keep him off the Nov. 2 ballot. Seen by many Democrats as the "spoiler" in the 2000 election that elected Republican George W. Bush as president, Nader's campaign said it was fighting 21 legal cases in 17 states in a bid to get the consumer advocate on the ballot. Nader pointed the finger at Kerry and Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe for being behind what his campaign says is a program of harassment, intimidation...