Judge Orders Nader Name Off Fla. Ballot

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I don't like Nader, but this is some BULLSHIT!

Judge Orders Nader Name Off Fla. Ballot

Wed Sep 15, 7:15 PM ET

By JACKIE HALLIFAX, Associated Press Writer

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ralph Nader (news - web sites) can stay on Florida's ballot, at least until the end of the week when the state Supreme Court will make a final decision on his attempt to run for president as the Reform Party nominee.



The high court's decision Wednesday came about an hour after Circuit Judge P. Kevin Davey ordered that Nader be removed from the November ballot because the Reform Party isn't a legitimate party under state law.


The state Supreme Court will hear arguments on the issue Friday, and said it would settle the controversy before a Saturday deadline for mailing absentee ballots overseas.


"We're on the ballot, just not going anywhere," said Theresa Amato, Nader's campaign manager.


Democrats have sued to keep Nader off the ballot, arguing tthe Reform Party is no longer a legitimate national party and that Florida election laws requiring minor candidates to qualify by petition or through a nominating convention weren't followed.


The lawsuit is part of a national effort by Democrats to keep Nader off ballots in states where he could siphon votes from Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites).


Shawn O'Hara, national chairman of the Reform Party USA, blasted Davey's decision Wednesday, calling him "an incompetent and corrupt judge who has denied us due process of law."


Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood, who was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush, the president's brother, said she is opposing the Democrats' lawsuit "as an honest broker" to protect the state elections process by including Nader. She said elections supervisors are "under the gun" because absentee ballots need to be printed and mailed by Saturday.


George Meros, an attorney for Hood, told Davey that state law required a ruling in favor of a candidate if there was any doubt about getting on the ballot.


Most Democrats and many Republicans agree that Nader's presence on the 2000 ballot as the Green Party candidate cost Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites) the presidency. George W. Bush won Florida by 537 votes after a recount, a decision that gave him the White House.


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[SykkBoy]

As much as I loathe Nader, I hate shit like this too

[chupacabra]

a vote for nader is a vote for bush..

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Originally posted by chupacabra
a vote for nader is a vote for bush..

A vote for Nader is a vote for Nader. The 2 parties put out rhetoric like this to stay in power and most people eat it up.