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...Democrats and Republicans have said they will run in the gubernatorial race. Unless Flair files to run as a Democrat, Libertarian or Republican by the Feb. 7 deadline, he would have to get the signatures of 2 percent of all North Carolinian voters to get a slot on the ballot...
...having surrogates do his dirty work--a charge the Bush campaign has shrugged off as ridiculous. And in New York, where Bush has the support of Governor George Pataki and most of the state G.O.P., McCain is suing over the procedural hurdles he faces trying to get on the ballot for the March primary. "I am Luke Skywalker headed out from the Death Star," McCain told reporters last week. "I see the opening, and I see all the things being fired at us and the explosions all around...
...Caucuses are less formal and take place in several stages. Instead of participating in a secret ballot, voters attend regional meetings, where over the course of several hours they listen to delegates stump for the various candidates. In some jurisdictions people still get up and stand single file behind the delegate they plan to support. In later stages of the nomination process, these delegates move on to county or regional caucuses, where they again seek support, and, after two to four lower caucuses, the winning delegates vote in a statewide convention...
This year, much attention has been focused on the New York Republican party's nominating process. The New York GOP has an onerous process that requires a candidate to garner signatures in each voting district in order to get listed on a party ballot. This year John McCain, running a close second in the state behind George W. Bush - who has gotten vocal support from state GOP heads, including Governor George Pataki - petitioned a state court to add him to the ballots of more than a dozen upstate districts that left him off. At the same time Steve Forbes...
...Bush holds on to the lead through the first month of contests, this will be the last primary day where he will have to worry about McCain. And the Senator has yet to begin organizing in North Dakota. In Virginia he barely got on the ballot...