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To: DMaA who wrote (31045)	2/23/2004 4:25:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

This is what the FEC says with respect to public funding of presidential elections that would apply to Nader: "Minor party candidates and new party candidates may become eligible for partial public funding of their general election campaigns. (A minor party candidate is the nominee of a party whose candidate received between 5 and 25 percent of the total popular vote in the preceding Presidential election. A new party candidate is the nominee of a party that is neither a major party nor a minor party.) The amount of public funding to which a minor party candidate is entitled is based on the ratio of the party's popular vote in the preceding Presidential election to the average popular vote of the two major party candidates in that election. A new party candidate receives partial public funding after the election if he/she receives 5 percent or more of the vote. The entitlement is based on the ratio of the new party candidate's popular vote in the current election to the average popular vote of the two major party candidates in the election." fec.gov Right now, Nader doesn't qualify as a "minor party candidate," even though the Green Party got 5% of the vote in 2000, because he's not the Green Party candidate yet - but he might become that - I think he said the primary is in June. So, at present he is a "new party candidate" and will have to wait until after the election to see if he got 5% of the vote, which would qualify him for public funding. If the Greens nominate him, he'll automatically get the money whether he gets 5% or not is the way I read it. I listened to his press conference today - I think he sees himself as forcing the Democrats to move away from the center, differentiate themselves from Republicans, and he also sees himself as siphoning votes away from the Republicans. He doesn't need much money personally, but in politics, money = getting out the message. I doubt that he'd be running if Dean were the candidate.