Word: balloting
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Ross Perot, for example, was able to address the American public without traditional media filters. Timely infomercials, town hall meetings, and television talk-show appearances sparked grass-roots efforts which got him on the ballot in all 50 states. Savvy media consultants, pollsters, and other political experts-for-hire have the know-how to rapidly build the necessary organizational structure. Then add to this mix new political tools such as 1-800-numbers, direct mail, and the Internet, and what results is a dramatic dilution of the effect of regional politics and party machinery...
...Iraqi President Saddam Hussein won a 99.96% approval rating from Iraqi voters and was sworn in for another seven-year term. Even in the once rebellious city of Karbala, not one of the 270,867 cast a vote against Saddam. Of course, there were no other candidates on the ballot, and soldiers were on hand to make sure voters did the right thing...
Comparing the feat to "climbing a cliff covered with ice," Ross Perot said that his supporters have submitted at least 95,000 registrations to the California Secretary of State, which would qualify his Reform Party for the 1996 California presidential ballot. Perot maintains that his organization will win places on the ballots in other major states. "If the registrations are valid, then Perot is clearly well on his way to forming a new national political party," says TIME's Laurence Barrett. "California was his toughest test logistically, from both the number of people he needed to sign...
Perot wants to put his party on the ballot in all 50 states and then nominate a candidate to challenge the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees. California has the nation's earliest deadline...
Jones said that another minor party, the science-oriented Natural Law Party, is closest to qualifying for the California ballot in 1996. It has registered 69,438 voters, an increase of 9,558 over a week...