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Eighth Congressional District candidate Jon Hillson, also a Socialist Workers' Party member, still has a chance of attaining the November ballot as a third-party candidate. He said he will submit 8200 district voters' signatures--well over the minimum of 3400--to Massachusetts election authorities on July 29. Members of the two major parties need submit only 2000 signatures for that race...
...list of people and organizations who want to put Hillson on the ballot prove that this is not solely a Socialist cause, but an issue for anyone in this district who cares about democracy. The roster includes all of Hillson's major opponents; John Roberts, the Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union's executive director; distinguished professors George Wald and Noam Chomsky; the National Organization for Women; plus a slew of local union presidents, pastors, and social-change organizations...
...currently fashionable to blame political ills on the media, a trend that threatens the First Amendment and wrongly shifts the onus from politicians to their chroniclers and frequent adversaries. However, Hillson is right in observing ruefully that the news media decides which candidates are viable and ignores the rest, behavior hardly consistent with democratic ideals...
...meeting on Sunday was a perfect example. Although Hillson, Berman, Roberts, Eighth District Democrat Carla Johnston, and several other Boston activists were present, this is the only account of the event to appear in the nonpartisan press...
Based on past experience, Hillson says he still expects to be excluded from the ballot. He compares U.S. election law unfavorably with that of Nicaragua. Even those who disagree with Hillson's politics should defend his place on the ballot, because their own civil rights will be endangered if his are denied...