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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rock_nj who wrote (12732)	4/6/2004 12:01:59 PM
From: redfish	Respond to of 81568

Nader needs 93,000 signatures to get on the ballot in Florida, so it looks like we are safe from him down here.

To: Rock_nj who wrote (12732)	4/6/2004 12:04:32 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

All anyone needs to get on the Oregon ballot are 1,000 signatures.

To: Rock_nj who wrote (12732)	4/6/2004 12:12:53 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

In Oregon — like elsewhere in the nation — many who admire the man and his politics are alarmed by a maverick candidacy that might help re-elect Bush. Yesterday morning in Portland, the League of Conservation Voters organized a press conference to plea for unity around Kerry. "One of the things that we learned from the past election was that every vote counts," said Matt Blevins of the league. Nader short in Oregon Nader's stumbled at an impromptu convention in Portland designed to collect the 1,000 voter signatures necessary to qualify for Oregon's November presidential ballot. Only 741 people came to the Roseland Theater to sign the petitions — 259 fewer than the minimum needed to qualify for the ballot. People don't want to waste votes on a scale that might tip in Bush's favor. seattletimes.nwsource.com