Posted on 09/21/2004 2:05:33 PM PDT by July 4th
The State Elections Board ruled that Ralph Nader and running mate Peter Miguel Camejo will appear on the Wisconsin ballot as a presidential ticket.
The board met today in Brookfield to vote on a challenge by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. The panel voted 5-4 to reject the Dems claim that the Nader campaign failed to list an elector in the 8th Congressional District. The board rejected 6-3 the claim that Nader was ineligible for Wisconsin ballot status because he is listed as an independent here and a member of recognized parties in other states, which they argued is contrary to Wisconsin law.
The board met for just under two hours on the matter. Nader campaign attorney Robert G. Bernhoft called the decision, "a victory for Wisconsin citizens."
"The board has approved the will of the people of Wisconsin to have Ralph Nader on the ticket," Nader's Wisconsin chairman Bill Linville said of the decision.
LOL!
However, I believe anyone legit should be on the ballot, as I really do believe in free speech.
And Nader may be a commie nut case, but he is a legitimate one.
BIL?
BIL = Brother-In-Law.
Good. Hopefully we won't need him though. Why Bush isn't up by 20 right now is a mystery (well, actually it isn't).
Can anything else go wrong for Kerry?
Woohoo! Every little bit helps! :o)
Answer: Vernon Jordan fell for Baker's trickery and agreed to let sKerry take questions from the audience in a town hall format.
Yep. I was happy to sign the petition, but I didn't tell the young greenie circulating it my motivation for doing so. ;o)
Go Nader GO!!
This sucks. Nader is only going to syphon votes away from Bush, like last time.
I'm not sure that nader will increase turnout enough to influence a statewide senateorial election . . . do you really think so? I could almost see a congressional seat, if it included someplace like madison, but statewide?
Not sure about your state, but Nader will take Kerry's vote in mine (Va).
You rock! (I like how you think! :-)
Is Michels thought of as having any chance?
Why, thank you! ;o)
Exactly, but is the GOP Senate candidate a conservative?
Isn't there a saying that for every action (Nader on ballot), there is an equal and opposite reaction (Feingold gets additional Nader votes)?
heck. thanks for the info. I didn't think that a third party presidential choice could do much down ballot damage statewide, but I guess I'm wrong. feingold's challenger had better get his act together, then.
I was kinda joking. One thing that drives me nuts is when people say a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. Or that Nader cost Gore the election.
These people fail to comprehend that there are people out there who may have a strong dislike for the major party candidates and feel more comfortable voting for folks like Nader, Perot etc.
Golly, you're from Wisconsin, right?
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