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Friday, June 11, 2004

 
ENEMY OF AN ENEMY Ralph Nader is trying to get on the ballot in Arizona. The Democratic party is challenging his petitions.

Here are a couple of unconfirmed tidbits (from a "solid source") about the petition signatures, according to Daily Kos:

42 Democratic volunteers in Phoenix are currently checking Nader's Arizona petition signatures. Nader needs a 32 percent bad signature rate to be knocked off the ballot, and so far, after 2,000 checked, the rate is 37 percent.

Of those 2,000 signatures, 5 percent have been Democrats, 3 percent "other" or independent, and 92 percent Republican. If this number is verified, and if it holds up over the full 22,000 petition signatures, it will be a clear indication from where Nader's "support" comes. (Bolded in original.)



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