From: Tamzen Cannoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:13:16 -0700 Subject: Stuart and Tim are running for Governor.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/recall/6453609. htm Site asks Californians to run for governor By Mary Anne Ostrom Mercury News A Silicon Valley entrepreneur launched a Web-based campaign Sunday to derail the recall by encouraging as many Californians as possible to run for governor. In what Stuart Vance describes as ``a denial-of-service attack on the recall,'' he and some tech buddies want to overwhelm election officials with up to 1,000 names. That could exceed the number that fits on ballots and force the Oct. 7 election to be delayed. By the end of last week, 296 Californians had already taken out the papers that must be filed by 5 p.m. Saturday to be a candidate to replace the governor. ``I'm no fan of Gray Davis,'' Vance said. But he called Republican Rep. Darrell Issa's $1.7 million contribution to the recall ``a corruption of the democratic process.'' ``I want to tell the Darrell Issas of the world that if they twist the system for their purposes, we the people will untwist it to stop them,'' said Vance, a former executive with TGV Software and Network Alchemy. Vance was at Santa Cruz's Pacific Garden Mall on Sunday helping Tim Sylvester, another former TGV employee, collect enough signatures to get on the ballot. Vance also plans to run for governor. Both are Democrats. It takes $3,500 and 65 signatures to be a candidate. On his Web site (www. run-for-governor.org), Vance walks visitors through the requirements. He also asks for $5,000 donations to help fund candidates. And he suggests visitors recruit candidates with the same name as high-profile potential candidates, such as Bill Simon, Richard Riordan and even Arnold Schwarzenegger. ``The more confusing the ballot, the more likely we are to affect the election,'' the site says. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact Mary Anne Ostrom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (408) 920-5574.
