Ohio puts Green Party candidates on ballot

OhioChick

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Wed Sep-03-08 08:32 PM
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Ohio puts Green Party candidates on ballot

Source: Columbus Dispatch

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 2:17 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has ordered that the Green Party national ticket be placed on the Nov. 4 ballot.

A spokesman for Brunner said Wednesday that she made the decision voluntarily in light of recent court rulings.

The Green Party's petition to make the ballot was rejected last month because it lacked the 5,000 signatures required in a Brunner directive regarding minor parties. Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and vice presidential candidate Rosa Clemente sued Brunner in federal court.

A federal judge in Columbus on Tuesday ordered that the Green Party case be combined with a Libertarian Party case before a judge whose ruling last month paved the way for Libertarian candidates to be placed on the ballot.

Read more: http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/09/03/green.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

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berni_mccoy

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Wed Sep-03-08 08:53 PM
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1. This could be problematic.

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Demeter

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Wed Sep-03-08 08:59 PM
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2. Democracy IS Problematic

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)

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Telly Savalas

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Wed Sep-03-08 09:27 PM
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5. If an organization which can't even collect 5,000 signatures in Ohio

poses a threat to the Democratic Party's chances in that state, then the Party has some pretty serious flaws.

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glinda

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Wed Sep-03-08 11:25 PM
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6. Not Again

Oh good grief.... don't they get it after eight years of Bush that they should not split the votes???????? Cripe sake, wipe the granola out of your ears!!!!!!!!!!! And I am mostly vegan and I even know better. This is guaranteed to be a problem.

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pnwmom

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Wed Sep-03-08 09:02 PM
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3. Thanks, Cynthia McKinney.

Love,
John McCain

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maseman

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Wed Sep-03-08 09:21 PM
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4. No one will vote for her

Also Bob Barr will be on there.

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ScottytheRadical

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Thu Sep-04-08 07:32 AM
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7. I'm voting for Cynthia McKinney....

Course, I live in Oregon and I'm a revolutionary socialist. Do I get kicked off this site now? :)

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Buenaventura

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Thu Sep-04-08 10:53 AM
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8. So am I, and it'll be interesting to see how

democratic DU remains.

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