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gridloreNader backers abandon bid to get candidate on Arizona ballot
Supporters of Ralph Nader on Friday abandoned their effort to get the independent candidate on the presidential ballot in Arizona after Democrats challenged the validity of thousands of signatures.
The Nader campaign had submitted over 22,000 signatures, far in excess of the 14,694 needed. But Democrats challenged the count, saying up to 70% of the signatures weren't valid. After a preliminary investigation, the secretary of state's office put Nader 550 shy of the requirement. Let's do math!
22,000 = the claimed amount.
14,694 = the required amount
14,144 = the number verified by the state.
Kids, this shows that on just a quick look 7,856 signatures were invalidated... or a *third* of the total! That goes way beyond the probability or errors into wild fabrication land. Ghu knows what they'd find on a deeper investigation.
"We withdrew after elections officials came out with us being 550 signatures short," said Nader campaign spokesman Kevin Zeese. "There's no question that deep-pocketed Democrats don't have much of a sense of fair play."
"Fair play"? Like collecting valid signatures?
Supporters of Ralph Nader on Friday abandoned their effort to get the independent candidate on the presidential ballot in Arizona after Democrats challenged the validity of thousands of signatures.
The Nader campaign had submitted over 22,000 signatures, far in excess of the 14,694 needed. But Democrats challenged the count, saying up to 70% of the signatures weren't valid. After a preliminary investigation, the secretary of state's office put Nader 550 shy of the requirement. Let's do math!
22,000 = the claimed amount.
14,694 = the required amount
14,144 = the number verified by the state.
Kids, this shows that on just a quick look 7,856 signatures were invalidated... or a *third* of the total! That goes way beyond the probability or errors into wild fabrication land. Ghu knows what they'd find on a deeper investigation.
"We withdrew after elections officials came out with us being 550 signatures short," said Nader campaign spokesman Kevin Zeese. "There's no question that deep-pocketed Democrats don't have much of a sense of fair play."
"Fair play"? Like collecting valid signatures?
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Date: 2 Jul 2004 16:37 (UTC)It's quite possibile that a lot of *anti*-Nader folks were signing with fake info. Lord knows I was tempted to do that with OCA petitions more than once.
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Date: 3 Jul 2004 08:22 (UTC)