Maine Democrats Sink Nader's Conspiracy Suit
Maine Democrats Sink Nader's Conspiracy Suit
(CN) - The Maine Democratic Party should not face claims that it conspired to keep Ralph Nader off the presidential ballot in 2004, the state Supreme Court ruled.
Nader ran for president in 2004 with the now-deceased Peter Miguel Camejo as his running mate. Their candidacy was challenged in 17 states, including Maine, where two complaints were filed with the secretary of state.
Benjamin Tucker, a registered Democrat who was associated with StopNader.com, tried claimed that Nader's petition circulators "fraudulently concealed the identity of the candidate and misled signers into signing the petition."
The secretary of state dismissed the petition.
Dorothy Melanson, then-chairwoman of the Maine Democratic Party, filed the second petition, accusing the Nader campaign of five violations. The secretary of state rejected that petition was well, and Melanson's appeals failed in Kennebec County Superior Court and the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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