Brian Jones | State Coordinator | Frederick |
Trevor Maples | Campus Organizer, Gaithersburg High School | Gaithersburg |
Sam Westbrooks | Campus Organizer, Montgomery College | Rockville |
Virginia Gambrell | Campus Organizer, Salisbury University | Salisbury |
Ryan Hare | Campus Organizer, Towson University | Towson |
Patrick Baker | Campus Organizer, University of Maryland, BC | Baltimore |
Jon Monaghan | Campus Organizer, University of Maryland, CP | College Park |
Devin Feist | Campus Organizer, Wor - Wic Community College | Salisbury |
Qualifying for the Ballot
PRESS RELEASE from Nader for
President 2008
News Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org;
(Annapolis, Md.) Tom Sheilds, 734-718-5356
NADER/GONZALEZ SUPPORTERS IN MARYLAND INDEPENDENT PARTY TO SUBMIT SIGNATURES FOR BALLOT LINE
Nader Will Seek New Party's Nomination
Supporters of the Nader/Gonzalez 2008 presidential campaign on Mon. Aug. 4 will submit more than 20,000 signatures to the Maryland Board of Elections to put the new Maryland Independent Party on the ballot in the November 2008 elections. Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader, and his VP running mate, Matt Gonzalez, are seeking the new party's nomination. Maryland law requires the submission of 10,000 registered voters' signatures for a 'minor party's' candidates to be placed on the ballot.
Nader/Gonzalez 2008 Maryland coordinator, Tom Sheilds, and supporters of the Maryland Independent Party will be available at 10:30 a.m. for news media questions at the Maryland State Board of Elections, Office of the Director of Candidacy and Campaign Finance, 151 West St, Suite 200, 2nd floor, Annapolis, Md.
WHO:Maryland Independent Party and Supporters of Nader/Gonzalez 2008 Campaign
WHAT: Turn-in of ballot petitions and press availability
WHEN: Monday Aug 4, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Maryland State Board of Elections, at the Office of Director of Candidacy and Campaign Finance, 151 West St, Suite 200, 2nd floor, Annapolis, MD 21401.
About Ralph Nader
Celebrated attorney, author and consumer advocate Ralph Nader has been named by Time
Magazine one of the "100 Most Influential Americans in the 20th
Century". For more than four decades he has exposed problems and
organized millions of citizens into more than 100 public interest
groups advocating solutions. He led the movement to establish the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and
enact the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and countless other pieces of
important consumer legislation. Because of Ralph Nader we drive safer cars, eat healthier
food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer
environments. Nader
graduated from Princeton University and received an LL.B from the
Harvard Law School.
About Matt Gonzalez
Matt Gonzalez was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in
2000 representing San Francisco's fifth council district. From 2003 to
2005 he served as Board of Supervisors President. A former public
defender, Gonzalez is managing partner of Gonzalez & Leigh, a
7-attorney practice in San Francisco that represents individuals and
organizations in mediation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings
before state and federal regulatory bodies. Gonzalez graduated from
Columbia University and received a JD from Stanford Law School.
About the Nader/Gonzalez
Campaign
According to a CNN-Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted from July
27-29, Ralph Nader is at 6
percent nationally, higher than his highest major poll numbers during
the same time period in 2000 and approaching the 10 percent threshold
required for eligibility to participate in "America's Presidential
Debate in New Orleans", Google-sponsored event scheduled for September
18. In the swing state of Michigan -- whose voters were partially
disenfranchised by the Democratic National Committee -- an EPIC-MRA
poll found Nader at 8-10
percent. For more information on the Nader/Gonzalez campaign, visit: VoteNader.org.