Ralph Nader is expected to meet today's deadline for submittal of required signatures to place his name on the Ohio ballot as an independent candidate for President.
Also today, Michael Badnarik, a computer consultant from Indiana, is expected to submit his petition to be placed on the Ohio ballot as the Libertarian candidate for President.
Each candidate will have about ten thousand signatures, double the number required. The Secretary of State's office will next verify that the signatures represent registered Ohio voters.
From Jefferson City, Missouri, comes the news that Nader failed to submit a sufficient number of valid signatures and probably won't be on the Missouri ballot.
Nader's supporters submitted 12,893 signatures by the July deadline, but Secretary of State Matt Blunt said Wednesday local election officials verified only 9,006 -- 994 short of the number required.The Nader campaign team may appeal.
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