Word: balloting
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...friends. He dismisses much of the Democratic Party's politics as brain dead and thinks the Republican right is too extreme on many social issues. The experience of Ross Perot in 1992 is not lost on them either. That so flawed a candidate as Perot could get on the ballot in 50 states and gather 19% of the national vote, having quit the race once when he was nearly tied with Bush and Clinton, is seen as proof that an independent race is not just a fantasy...
...recent decision not to create a formal political party, Perot's United We Stand America is still very active. Other Perot alumni have split off who would find a Powell candidacy appealing and would lend expertise and manpower. And the experience of less impressive independent candidates suggests that ballot access is not an insurmountable problem. George Wallace in 1968 and John Anderson in 1980 bolted from their parties late in the game and managed to be on every state's ballot. Lenora Fulani did the same in 1988, running on the utterly obscure New Alliance ticket...
...small but dedicated group of Tory Euro-skeptics, who doubt Major's toughness on maintaining British sovereignty in the European Union, precipitated the Prime Minister's pre-emptive strike and will not be easily silenced. The Euro-skeptics will almost certainly field a leadership candidate on the first ballot. Already the names of Barry Field, a political unknown, and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont, who became the scapegoat for sterling's being ignominiously suspended from the European exchange-rate mechanism in September 1992, are being mentioned as possibilities. They stand little chance, but could serve as a stalking...
Alfred E. Vellucci, the septuagenarian former Cambridge mayor and city councillor, said Wednesday he will vie for a seat in this year's city council elections, promising to run "even if my name doesn't appear on the ballot...
...people keep pushing me. So right now I'm pondering over the idea of running," Vellucci said. "You can tell your readers, 'He's going to run for city councillor. He may not be on the ballot, but he's running for city council...