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Judge puts Nader on ballot in Oregon
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Sep 10, 2004 07:15am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| News Date | Friday, September 10, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | SALEM, Ore. -- Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader's name should appear on Oregon's ballot this fall, a Marion County Circuit judge ruled yesterday, overturning a decision by Oregon's Democratic secretary of state.
Nader supporters had turned in more than 18,000 signatures, but Secretary of State Bill Bradbury invalidated several thousand last week because of irregularities on petition sheets. That left Nader 218 signatures short of the 15,306 needed to put him on the Nov. 2 ballot, prompting a lawsuit by his supporters.
Nader backers had accused Bradbury of using technicalities to keep Nader off the ballot, because Bradbury supports Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. Democrats fear Nader's candidacy could draw votes from Kerry and tip the election to President Bush.
But yesterday, Marion Circuit Judge Paul Lipscomb ruled that election officials acted without authority in disqualifying some petitions because of perceived problems with circulators' signature and dating requirements.
"There appears to be no statutory or administrative rule authority for that novel action by the secretary of state," the judge said.
After Lipscomb's decision, Portland lawyer Travis Diskin, a spokesman for the Oregon Nader campaign, said: "We're very happy about it."
Meanwhile, the Oregon Democratic Party said it was considering an appeal of the judge's ruling. |
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