Democrats' Legal Challenges Impede Nader

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By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE (NYT)

Ralph Nader's efforts to get his name on presidential ballots in important swing states are becoming mired in legal challenges and charges of fraud by Democrats who have mounted an extensive campaign to keep him from becoming a factor in this year's election.

Recent polls show that Mr. Nader could draw at least 2 or 3 percent of the vote in more than a dozen states where the race now appears close enough for him to alter the outcome, most likely to the detriment of Senator John Kerry, the Democratic nominee, and in favor of President Bush.

With Republicans in several states acknowledging that they are bankrolling and gathering signatures for Mr. Nader, local Democratic parties across the country, aided by a group of lawyers calling themselves the Ballot Project Inc., have initiated mini-campaigns to stop him, state by state. ,,.

So far, only three states have closed the door on Mr. Nader: Georgia, Oklahoma and Indiana. He seems close to getting on the ballot in 11 states, either on the Reform Party line or as an independent, though he could still face challenges in some. He has filed petitions in about 20 others and is awaiting rulings on their validity. He has yet to file in 18 states. ..

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1. There is no constitutional "right" to be on a ballot

Just as he has a right to organize a campaign to gather signatures, people also have a right to organize a campaign to see to it that he is not on state ballots.

Sorry, but I just don't have time for this "principled" bullshit when the fate of this country is on the line. Conservative white men are gathering signatures for Nader in Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, Iowa, Michigan, Virginia and those are just the states that I know of.

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2. Nothing "principled" about Nader's campaign.

He's a lackey of the RNC and Democrats have a perfectly valid argument not to let the Republicans use Nader as a progressive vote sink.

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3. Nuck Fader!

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4. Hey! We 86ed him in AZ!

He is trying to sue the state for our registration rules now that his signatures were no good.But he is gone.