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Dorothy L. Stevens, a welfare recipient mother of four who is running for governor as a write-in candidate, says she is similarly disenchanted with party politics. She originally started out as a Democratic candidate, but says she was eventually shut out of the system.
Stevens says that the biggest obstacle in her short-lived Democratic campaign was getting the original $800 to pay for the list of 5000 delegates to the Democratic convention. For a single mother trying to raise a family on a welfare check, the fee was significant.
The Democratic Party eventually accepted a $100 down payment for the list, but by the time she received it, it was too late to gain the support of many delegates, she says. Without a significant margin if support at the party convention, Stevens was forced to take her ideas directly...
PHOTOGRAPHY: Richard L. Boeth, MaryAnne Golon, Rose Keyser, Julia Richer (Associate Editors); Kevin J. McVea (Traffic); Renee Mancini (Syndication); Arnold H. Drapkin (Consulting Picture Editor); Dorothy Affa Ames, Sarah Buffum, Paula Hornak Kellner, Gary Roberts, Nancy Smith-Alam, Robert B. Stevens, Eleanor Taylor, Karen Zakrison (Assistant Editors) Bureaus: Martha Bardach...
PHOTOGRAPHY: Mary Dunn (Deputy Picture Editor); Richard L. Boeth, MaryAnne Golon, Rose Keyser, Julia Richer (Associate Editors); Kevin J. McVea (Traffic); Renee Mancini (Syndication); Arnold H. Drapkin (Consulting Picture Editor); Dorothy Affa Ames, Sarah Buffum, Paula Hornak Kellner, Gary Roberts, Nancy Smith-Alam, Robert B. Stevens, Eleanor Taylor, Karen Zakrison...