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Re: Big 2 willing to help with ballot access?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:09:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> It was reported in the local press that Ralph Nader is getting some aid in his
> quest to get on the MI ballot from an (at first glance) unexpected quarter.
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> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040709/ap_on_el_pr/nader_petitions
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> ...the GOP!
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> yes, as long as the big two think a third party or independent candidate can, by
> being on the ballot, spoil things for their opposition, they'r perfectly happy
> to waste their donors time and money in helping overcome the bogus barriers they
> themselves erected to keep elections less free.
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> If I was a GOP donor with a sense of ethics (1) I'd be annoyed.
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> 1 - Yes, I think these do exist.
The GOP has already pulled this trick - Washington, Oregon? And I think they
got challenged on some technical grounds, but I don't know the specifics.
Anyway, what do you expect from the party of Tricky Dick and a candidate from
Texas?
-->Bruce<--
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