{news} Appeals For Help In Petitioning for McKinney and for Nader

[Ronna Stuller]

On Jul 21, 2008, at 4:09 PM, David Bedell wrote:

> I've recently received appeals for both Cynthia McKinney, Green  
> Party candidate for President, and Ralph Nader, Independent  
> candidate for President, to help get them on the ballot in  
> Connecticut.
>
> If you don't have McKinney or Nader petitions and would like them,  
> please ask me or one of the contacts below for copies. If you need  
> financial support, the Nader campaign is paying petitioners (call  
> one of the numbers below).
>
> The McKinney petition can also be downloaded from http://www.ctgreens.org/candidates/president.petition.2008.pdf
>
> Deadline for all petitions is August 6.
>
> David Bedell



How much is the Nader campaign paying petitioners?

I'm not wealthy, but I would be happy to pay into a fund that would  
compensate petitioners for McKinney at a comparable rate.  It's a sad  
commentary (to me) that petitioning for our progressive candidates may  
be coming down to a bidding war.

Of course, Nader's values are green, but his presence on the ballot  
does not support our CT candidates running on the Green line the way  
McKinney's would.

Just my 2¢.

Ronna