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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Pennsylvania: Ballot inaccess

Green Party candidates turn in signatures for statewide elections by MARTHA RAFFAELE, Associated Press, Centre Daily, Aug 2 HARRISBURG, Pa. - Green Party candidates for governor and U.S. Senate turned in enough signatures to ensure that their names will appear on the Nov. 7 general-election ballot, state election officials confirmed late Tuesday.... [more]


Diamond bows out of gubernatorial race By JOHN LATIMER Staff Writer Lebanon Daily News Aug 2 -- Annville businessman and political activist Russ Diamond announced yesterday he has given up his bid to become an independent candidate for governor after falling short in gathering nominating petitions..... [more]

Candidates rallied against the system that requires them to get 67,070 signatures to be on the ballot. York Daily Record By RICHARD FELLINGER Harrisburg bureau Aug 2, 2006 Independent and third-party candidates had mixed results in their bids to get on the ballot for November's statewide elections, and they claimed the deck was stacked against them because of unfair ballot requirements.
Several candidates and minor-party activists rallied Tuesday in the Capitol to rail against the system that required them to get 67,070 signatures on nominating papers to qualify for the ballot this year.... [more]

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