Ballot access restrictions are one of my biggest pet peeves. They are routinely used to eliminate legitimate competition and limit people's choices in political candidates.
I realize there needs to be some safeguard to keep Bob the plumber from getting his name, along with 2,000 other also rans, on the presidential ballot, but a candidate like Nadar should in no way be barred from the ballot. He is a legitimate candidate and people should have the opportunity to vote for him.
That the Democrats are putting so much energy into keeping him off ballots, only in the interest of improving their own candidates chances, shows how little respect they have for voters or the electoral process in America.
It's all about them.
To shout "every vote counts" and then to slyly maneuver to prevent Nader votes from counting is pure hypocrisy...and very typical of Jimmy Carter and liberal/socialist democrats.