Nader Campaign
Organization, South Dakota
Nader for President 2008
Tom Diggins | State Coordinator | Rapid City |
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"On Saturday October 11, 2008 consumer advocate and Presidential
candidate Ralph Nader will host a press conference at 2:00pm in the
Downtown Holiday Inn Sioux Falls, 100 West Eighth St. Sioux Falls, SD 57104. He will speak about the economic
giveaway, 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
PRESS RELEASE from Nader for
President 2008
News Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org;
(South Dakota) Tom Diggins, 605-716-2188, tomdiggins@votenader.org
Supporters of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Tues., Aug. 5, will submit petitions to to the South Dakota Secretary of State's Office, Board of Elections, to place Mr. Nader and running-mate Matt Gonzalez on the November 2008 election ballot.
South Dakota will be the 23rd 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 South Dakota's ballot, state law requires
submission of the signatures of 3,356 registered voters. The Nader/Gonzalez campaign will
submit more than 6,000 signatures.
Tom Diggins, South Dakota Nader/Gonzalez
2008 Coordinator, will be available at 2 p.m. on the front steps of the
Capitol to answer news media questions.
WHO: South Dakota Supporters of Nader/Gonzalez 2008 Campaign
WHAT: Turn-in of nominating petitions and press
availability
WHEN: 2 p.m., Tues. Aug. 5, 2008
WHERE: State Capitol (front steps) 500 East Capitol
Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
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.