Nader Campaign
Organization, Maine
Nader for President 2008
Office: 15 Monument Square,
2nd floor, Portland, just south of Congress Street ...open
Oct. 7, 2008
Ben Meiklejohn
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GOTV Field Coordinator |
Portland |
Jared Vanhosen
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GOTV Field Coordinator |
Portland |
Asher Platts
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Community Contact |
Gorham |
Nancy Oden
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Community Contact |
Jonesboro |
Laurie Dobson
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Community Contact |
Kennebunkport |
Glenn Visser
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Community Contact |
Montville |
Nicolas Pellenz
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Community Contact |
Portland |
Jake Weisberg
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Campus Organizer, College of the
Atlantic |
Bar Harbor |
Kacy Woodworth
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Campus Organizer, Maine College
of Art |
Portland |
Patrick Finn
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Campus Organizer, Maine Maritime
Academy |
Castine |
Benjamin Chadwick
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Campus Organizer, Southern Maine
Community College |
South Portland |
Kacy Woodworth
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Campus Organizer, University of
New England |
Biddeford, Portland |
Kacy Woodworth
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Campus Organizer, University of
Southern Maine |
Portland |
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"On Monday, October 6 at 7:15pm consumer advocate and
Presidential candidate Ralph Nader will host a press conference in
Parish Hall. The rally will begin at 7:30pm at the First Parish
Unitarian Universalist in Portland, Maine, 425 Congress St. Portland,
ME 04101. He will speak about the Wall St. Bailout, single-payer health
care, the Iraq War, the environment, and the state of the Presidential
debates from which he was excluded."
Qualifying
for the Ballot
News Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org;
(Maine) Mike Richardson, 202-441-6660, mrichardson@votenader.org
NADER/GONZALEZ CAMPAIGN TO SUBMIT MORE
THAN 5,500 SIGNATURES TO SECURE MAINE BALLOT LINE
Supporters
of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Friday., Aug. 15,
will hold a news conference and submit petitions to the Maine Secretary
of State's Office, Division of Elections, to place Mr. Nader and
running-mate Matt Gonzalez on the November 2008 election ballot.
Maine will be the 30th 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 Maine's ballot, state law
requires submission of the signatures of 4,000 registered voters. The
Nader/Gonzalez campaign will submit more than 5,500 signatures.
Mike Richardson, Maine Nader/Gonzalez 2008 Coordinator, will be
available at 11 a.m. Friday., Aug. 15, on the front steps of the
Elections Division, Burton Cross Building, 111 Sewall St., Augusta,
Maine 04333, to answer news media questions.
WHO: Maine Supporters of Nader/Gonzalez 2008
Campaign
WHAT: News Conference and Turn-in of nominating
petitions
WHEN: 11 a.m., Friday., Aug. 15, 2008
WHERE: Burton Cross Building, (front steps) 111 Sewall
St., Augusta, Maine 04333
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.
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