Where do you stand on political and government efforts to keep Nader, Cobb and other third party candidates off the ballot?
VotePair believes that, in a political democracy, all serious candidates should have a place on the ballot and ballot access laws should not be designed in such a way as to restrict voter choice and reduce the pool of candidates. The candidates should compete by way of political debate, persuasion and mobilization leading up to election day, not by driving other candidates off the ballot. Furthermore, it is short-sighted for Democrats to try to deny Nader a place on the ballot since Nader supporters are needed to vote for progressive candidates in races further down the ballot (Senate, House, state legislature, city council, etc.). Rather than remove Nader from the ballot and leave his sympathizers dispirited and dejected at home, it makes far more sense to try to convince Nader-leaning progressives in swing states to join VotePair and vote for Kerry, knowing that Nader will be on the ballot and receive meaningful support from our coalition in other states.
