[FairfieldLife] Re: Ralph Nader running on NLP ticket
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Nader, a longtime consumer activist, is in the midst >of his fourth presidential campaign. This time around, >he's running with the former president of the San Francisco Board >of Supervisors, Matt Gonzalez, on the Natural Law Party ticket. > http://tinyurl.com/59z9db > It seems to me that the election will be very close indeed. If Nader can concentrate all he's got into just a couple of Republican marginal States, and in the eight weeks left, get a good showing in the polls, then, by promising to urge his supporters to vote Obama, he could end up as a King maker, and secure an office in the new administration. Uns.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ralph Nader running on NLP ticket
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > "Nader, a longtime consumer activist, is in the midst of his fourth > > presidential campaign. This time around, he's running with the former > > president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Matt Gonzalez, on > > the Natural Law Party ticket. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/59z9db > > > Someone explain this please. Does the NLP still have ballot access in > many states from the past? Did they sell this ballot access to Nader? > ** The NLP has ballot access in only a few states: "The Natural Law Party was organized in the United States in the spring of 1992, but its founders disbanded it in 2004. Nevertheless, it remains on the ballot in a few states. In California, it will be removed from the ballot in November 2006, since the law requires a party to poll 2% for at least one statewide nominee, and no one filed in its primary. In Hawaii, the law is ambiguous. Since it was on the ballot for 3 elections in a row (1996-2000), it is entitled to be on automatically for another 5 elections, or through the 2010 election. However, it is possible Hawaii's Elections Departments will still consider it disqualified since no one filed in its primary in 2004. The filing period for 2006 ends in July. In Idaho and Michigan, it is possible that individuals who have not been associated with the party in the past will obtain the party's nomination. In Idaho, a party remains on the ballot as long as it has at least 3 nominees for state or federal office. In Idaho, where the party nominates by primary, filing ends March 17. The Michigan deadline for a party to submit nominees (chosen by convention) is not until July. The party is also qualified in Florida and Mississippi, states in which any party that submits a list of state party officers is considered qualified. http://tinyurl.com/63jjwz from: http://users.rcn.com/k.brennan/articles-2006-03-14- natural_law_party.html ** Nobody had to pay NLP founders anything, since they abandoned the party. Anybody willing to step up to the plate could have the NLP, and that's what Nader did in Michigan to avoid the expense of starting a new party on the ballot (getting signatures, etc) -- people who want to vote Nader will just to write him in other states where the NLP no longer has ballot access: "The Natural Law Party was organized in the United States in 1992, and it ceased to exist as a national organization in 2004. All of its state units will be dropping off the ballot in November 2006, except for the Michigan unit. The Michigan branch of the party is the only one in the nation running any candidates. Because the Michigan procedures for parties to remain on the ballot are quite lenient, it is overwhelmingly likely that the Michigan Natural Law Party will still be ballot- qualified in 2008. http://tinyurl.com/63jjwz
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ralph Nader running on NLP ticket
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "aztjbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is a very good question. I heard Ron Paul interviewed about the > possibility of going third party, and he said, with a third party, the > process of getting on the ballot in the states you want is a very time > consuming process, with lots of paperwork and money to be spent. > > So going with the NLP was easier because some of the expense / time > consuming paperwork had already been done? > > The NLP is no longer a national party. SOme NLP state parties may still exist, but they're not part of any nationaly organized group that I am aware of. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > "Nader, a longtime consumer activist, is in the midst of his fourth > > > presidential campaign. This time around, he's running with the > former > > > president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Matt Gonzalez, > on > > > the Natural Law Party ticket. > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/59z9db > > > > > Someone explain this please. Does the NLP still have ballot access in > > many states from the past? Did they sell this ballot access to Nader? > > >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ralph Nader running on NLP ticket
This is a very good question. I heard Ron Paul interviewed about the possibility of going third party, and he said, with a third party, the process of getting on the ballot in the states you want is a very time consuming process, with lots of paperwork and money to be spent. So going with the NLP was easier because some of the expense / time consuming paperwork had already been done? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: > > > > "Nader, a longtime consumer activist, is in the midst of his fourth > > presidential campaign. This time around, he's running with the former > > president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Matt Gonzalez, on > > the Natural Law Party ticket. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/59z9db > > > Someone explain this please. Does the NLP still have ballot access in > many states from the past? Did they sell this ballot access to Nader? >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ralph Nader running on NLP ticket
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Nader, a longtime consumer activist, is in the midst of his fourth > presidential campaign. This time around, he's running with the former > president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Matt Gonzalez, on > the Natural Law Party ticket. > > http://tinyurl.com/59z9db > Someone explain this please. Does the NLP still have ballot access in many states from the past? Did they sell this ballot access to Nader?
