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Elections:
Alabama's
Nall
to
Continue
With
Write-In
Campaign
After
Falling
Short
on
Signature
Drive
6/9/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/439/nallcampaign.shtml
Drug reformer Loretta Nall,
the Libertarian Party nominee for Alabama governor, fell far short in her
effort to collect enough signatures to make the November ballot, but has
vowed to continue to campaign as a write-in candidate. Under Alabama's
tough ballot access laws, Nall needed 41,300 signatures by Tuesday to get
on the ballot, but her campaign gathered only about one-third of that number.
Still, Nall told the Associated
Press Monday, she was in it for the long haul. "I'm not dropping
out," she said.
While the number of signatures
collected is not close to the number needed, Nall said she would turn them
in anyway to make a point about how hard it is for third parties to get
on the ballot in Alabama. "In almost any other state, that would
have been enough to get ballot access," she said.
Since founding the US Marijuana
Party after being raided and busted for an alleged roach in 2002, Nall
has become a vocal proponent of drug law reform and a favorite of the Alabama
media. While her gubernatorial campaign has touched on issues as
diverse as biodiesel fuels, the war in Iraq, and education, as well as
drug and sentencing reform, her not insubstantial cleavage provided grist
for the columnists' mills. It also inspired her "Flashing for Cash"
animated Internet fundraising appeal, where the more you donate, the more
articles of attire drop away.
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