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From
07/10/2008 09:47:28
 
 
To
07/10/2008 09:20:18
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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Forum:
Politics
Category:
Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01352475
Message ID:
01353273
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27
>>>If so, can you brief me on what's wrong with voting for Nader?
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>>He's not on the ballot in North Carolina...
>
>Oh, I thought these were federal elections.

You might want to investigate what requirements there are in order to get your name on a ballot in any state. The constitution doesn't specify what the requirements are for getting on the ballot, only the requirements to be qualified to be President. That is left to the states. Most states allow for write-in names on the ballots, but not all. The candidates have to register though and pay filing fees.

This site lists a couple of states requirements:

http://www.ballot-access.org/winger/fbfp.html

The libertarian party has been fighting the North Carolina ballot law in court for years. So have other groups:

http://www.ncopenelections.org/

http://www.lpnc.org/news.php?news=20080528.php
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