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Green, Reform Parties May Both Tap Nader
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 11, 2004 10:40pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, March 11, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Green, Reform Parties May Both Tap Nader
Knight-Ridder News Service
Ralph Nader, who is running for president as an independent, will be listed on the ballot in November as:
a) the Reform Party candidate
b) the Green Party candidate
c) an independent
d) all of the above
The answer is likely to be "d." Nader has made it clear that he will use whatever tactic helps him get on state ballots, and he has lots of options. Nader's independent, anti-corporate, populist campaign starts its uphill effort to get on the ballot in all 50 states this week in Texas. And there are signs that he may end up as the nominee of both the Reform Party and the Green Party, which are strange bedfellows ideologically.
Nader met with Reform Party officials recently during a three-day Texas swing. The party has voted to collect the signatures needed to put Nader's name on the ballot as its candidate in Texas. The national Reform Party has maintained ballot lines in seven states that are pretty much Nader's for the asking.
Meanwhile, the pro-environment Green Party, which backed Nader in 2000, has a vigorous Draft Nader movement under way, with Nader stand-ins running for delegates to the party's June convention. |
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