MSNBC NADER off the ballot in PA

[juliagoolia]

Judge Takes him off the ballot saying too many fake signatures on petition.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

1. Great!

[whistle]

2. Right, get him off the ballot in Florida also

[dolstein]

3. Not gonna happen -- it's a possibilty in Ohio though

The Nader campaign submitted a lot of fraudulent signatures in Ohio, so it's possible that he'll be kept off the ballot there. But I'm pretty sure that Florida's a done deal.

[deadparrot]

4. Good news!

Let's hope for similar news in other swing states.

[napi21]

5. I heard this reported on CNN but it was Ohio, not Pa.

Same reason.

[onehandle]

6. Here are the links....

Bad day for Rove all around.
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Court Throws Nader Off Pennsylvania Ballot

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A state court knocked Ralph Nader (news - web sites) off Pennsylvania's presidential ballot Wednesday, citing legal problems with his nomination papers that left him thousands of signatures short of the number he needed.

Calling the petitions "rife with forgeries," Commonwealth Court President Judge James Garner Colins said that fewer than 19,000 of the more than 51,000 signatures that Nader's supporters submitted were valid. Nader needed at least 25,697 to be listed on the ballot as an independent candidate.

"I am compelled to emphasize that this signature-gathering process was the most deceitful and fraudulent exercise ever perpetrated upon this court," Colins said in a 15-page ruling that climaxed a two-week review in multiple courtrooms across the state.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/krakron/20041013/lo_krakron/naderblockedfromohioballot

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Nader blocked from Ohio ballot

A federal judge in Columbus refused Tuesday to place independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader (news - web sites) on the Ohio ballot because the campaign's petition circulators committed "widespread" and "substantial" fraud.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/krakron/20041013/lo_krakron/naderblockedfromohioballot

[ProfessorGAC]

8. And Just Who Were The Petition Circulators?

We know fully well that the RNC was sending people to support getting Nader on the ballot. Could it be that these same people were committing voter fraud?
The Professor

[tanyev]

12. You can tell that Republicans were behind it.

"I am compelled to emphasize that this signature-gathering process was the most deceitful and fraudulent exercise ever perpetrated upon this court," Collins said...

[Doosh]

7. awesome!

[JPZenger]

9. PA Story Link

The link to the PA story wasn't correct. Here is the right one:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041013/ap_on_el_pr/nader_challenge_1

[lovuian]

10. This is Awesome!!! Maybe thats why Bush is giving up

:bounce:

[juliagoolia]

11. this news along with OH

Might just get W's panties in a wad tonight

[canuckybee]

13. I just got a call from the DNC looking for more money

( which I happily gave them). At this point I am willing to give up whatever if it will help. Anyway....the caller told me that Nader had dropped off in Penn.