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September 01, 2004
Nader | Judge rejects Nader's bid to get on Texas ballot

AP: Judge rejects Nader’s bid to get on Texas ballot

A federal judge today rejected consumer advocate and independent president candidate Ralph Nader’s attempt to force his way onto the Texas ballot for the November general election.

Nader’s campaign had claimed Texas ballot access requirements for independent candidates are the toughest in the nation and unconstitutional, noting they are more stringent than those faced by third-party candidates.

Texas has one of the earliest deadlines to qualify for the presidential ballot and requires independent candidates to collect about 20,000 more signatures than those required by third-party contenders.



Posted by Laurence Simon at September 1, 2004 07:35 PM | TrackBack
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Has anybody heard about whether Nader made it on the Florida ballot? I thought I heard something about it on CNN tonight, but I am not sure what I heard.

Posted by: rdelephant [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 1, 2004 08:49 PM

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