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  No ‘Pro-Life’ allowed on [ID Gov] ballot
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Last EditedRalphie  May 02, 2006 03:32pm
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News DateThursday, April 6, 2006 09:30:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionGem County gubernatorial candidate Marvin Pro-Life Richardson will be just plain Marvin Richardson on the election ballot in November. And the organic strawberry grower and Constitution Party member is not happy about it.

The Idaho Secretary of State Office says a ballot is for identifying candidates and not for political slogans. So Richardson, who legally changed his middle name to Pro-Life two years ago, will not be able to use his full name. Richardson, 64, said he’s thinking about taking the state of Idaho to court over the matter. And he said he may even legally drop the Marvin and Richardson from his name just to see what the Secretary of State’s Office, which is responsible for creating voting ballots, would do.

“I don’t know why they’re being so ridiculous,” Richardson said. “Maybe they think I’ll get a certain amount of votes and it would cause the election to go some way or another. But I don’t think that’s going to happen.”
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