James Eaton | GOTV Field Coordinator | East Haven |
Gail Weed | GOTV Field Coordinator | East Haven |
Ken Krayeske | State Coordinator | Hartford |
Mike Telesca | State Coordinator | Waterbury |
Camille Solbrig | Regional Coordinator | Guilford |
Justin Fischer | Regional Coordinator | Hartford |
Magen Jennings | Regional Coordinator | Hartford |
John J. | Regional Coordinator | Lincoln |
Tom Lexington | Regional Coordinator | New Britain |
Ralph Ferrucci | Regional Coordinator | New Haven |
Bill Koldys | Regional Coordinator | Torrington |
David Haseltine | Regional Coordinator | Willimantic |
Scott Cove | Campus Organizer, Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic |
Diane Alix | Campus Organizer, University of Connecticut | Storrs |
Adam Fishman | Campus Organizer, Wesleyan University | Middletown |
Nicolas Niarchos | Campus Organizer, Yale | New Haven |
Qualifying for the Ballot
PRESS RELEASE from Nader for
President 2008
News Advisory, News Conference Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org;
(Hartford, CT) Christina Tobin, 312-320-4101, christina@votenader.org
NADER/GONZALEZ CAMPAIGN AND THE INDEPENDENT
PARTY CONCLUDE SUCCESSFUL CONNECTICUT BALLOT DRIVE WITH NEWS CONFERENCE
Plan to Submit Double the Required
Signatures to Secretary of State
Supporters of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader and the Connecticut Independent Party
will submit petitions to place Mr. Nader
and running-mate Matt Gonzalez on the November 2008 election ballot,
Wednesday, Aug. 6, to the Connecticut Secretary of State's Office. The
Connecticut Independent Party has nominated the Nader/Gonzalez ticket to run on their ballot
line.
Connecticut, Mr. Nader's
home state, will be the 24th state in which the Nader/Gonzalez Campaign has filed for a
ballot line since the celebrated consumer advocate announced his intent
to run during a February 24 appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press". To
qualify to appear on Connecticut's ballot, state law requires
submission of the signatures of 7,500 registered voters.
The Nader/Gonzalez
campaign will submit more than 16,000 signatures.
Christina Tobin, the Campaign's national ballot coordinator, will be
joined by Connecticut supporters of Nader/Gonzalez
2008 at 11 a.m. for a news conference on the back steps of the
Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, Conn. 06106 (North steps, Trinity
St. side). Ms. Tobin successfully coordinated the massive Nader/Gonzalez 2008 Illinois and
Pennsylvania ballot drives while overseeing the campaign's ballot
efforts across the nation. Michael Telesca, Waterbury, Conn. City
Alderman, will attend the news conference representing the Independent
Party.
WHO: Connecticut Supporters of Nader/Gonzalez 2008 Campaign
WHAT: News Conference and turn-in of nominating
petitions
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, CT 06106
(North steps, Trinity St. side).
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 key 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.