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Even as Dole had reason to be hopeful about his November prospects, there were suggestions the ballot could get more crowded. Ross Perot's Reform Party was intensifying its efforts to qualify for presidential ballots--and Perot himself said flatly that he would run and "give it everything I have" if drafted as its nominee...
...Kansas, voters in 12 of the 14 counties that have put factory farms on the ballot in recent years have elected to keep them out. In Nebraska, a state ban on corporate farms has sharply slowed their growth. Elsewhere, opponents have used zoning and environmental laws to block plans for new farms. Residents are also seeking to shut plants now in operation. "The smells are horrendous," complains Carla Smalts, an Oklahoma farm wife who has sued to prevent a pig palace from opening near her home. She's also helping to coordinate anti-hog farm movements in five states...
...particular, the collapse of Buchanan's prospects leaves an opening for Perot to collect some of Pat Buchanan's radically unhappy constituents with their concerns about wage stagnation and job security. But first these voters have to find Perot's Reform Party. For now it is guaranteed a ballot spot in just four states: California, North Dakota, Utah and South Carolina. In another half a dozen states, independent parties already on the ballot, most of them spin-offs from the '92 Perot campaign, are expected to merge with the Reform Party. And Perot lieutenants are pressing petition drives elsewhere...
...downsized in a number of states to concentrate on New York, the Midwest and California. He has proved to be a cunning opponent; his victory in Arizona may have turned on his decision to mail out 250,000 letters a month before the primary, explaining how to request absentee ballots. By the time Arizonans flocked to see Buchanan's road show, many of them had already voted for Forbes. Campaign chairman Bill Dal Col estimates that two-thirds of the total absentee-ballot group voted for Forbes...
Only Dole and Forbes appeared on statewide ballots, due to New York's arcane ballot access laws. Buchanan competed in two-thirds of the state's 31 congressional districts; but received little reward for his efforts...