Nader Campaign Organization, Iowa
Nader for President 2008Scott Knight | State Coordinator | Des Moines |
Lance Mack | Regional Coordinator | Marion |
David Larson | Regional Coordinator | Waterloo |
Sam Haraway | Campus Organizer, Coe College | Cedar Rapids |
Crystal Gauger | Campus Organizer, The University of Iowa | Iowa City |
News Advisory, News Conference Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org;
(Iowa) Scott Knight, 515-710-1462, scott.t.knight@gmail.com
Nader/Gonzalez
Campaign and the Iowa Peace and Freedom Party Wednesday Will Submit
more than Double the Required Signatures for Ballot Qualification
Supporters of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader and the Iowa Peace and Freedom Party
will submit petitions to place Mr. Nader
and running-mate Matt Gonzalez on the November 2008 election ballot,
Thursday, Aug. 7, to the Iowa Secretary of State's Office. Mr. Nader will be on the ballot as the
Iowa Peace and Freedom Party nominee, and if he gains more than 2
percent of the vote in the state, the party will become a
ballot-qualified political group.
Iowa will be the 26th state in which the Nader/Gonzalez Campaign has filed for a ballot line
since the celebrated consumer advocate announced his intent to run
during a February 24 appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." To qualify
to appear on Iowa's ballot, state law requires submission of the
signatures of 1,500 registered voters.
The Nader/Gonzalez campaign
will submit more than 3,000 signatures.
Scott Knight, the Nader/Gonzalez
Iowa State coordinator, will be joined by Iowa supporters of Nader/Gonzalez 2008 and the Peace
and Freedom Party at 9:30 a.m. for a news conference at Capitol
West Steps, West Mall area, Capitol Building, Des Moines, IA.
Iowans have been hit recently with massive floods and with the greed of
large corporations, like Whirlpool Corp., which in July filed a federal
lawsuit aiming to slash the medical benefits of thousands of retired
Maytag workers after having bought out that company. The Nader/Gonzalez Campaign offers
solutions instead of excuses. Mr. Nader
would rein in corporate greed, waste and abuse and respond to natural
emergencies with preventative public investments and rapid response to
those disasters. As president, Mr. Nader
would rebuild the Mid-West instead of tearing down the Mid-East.
WHO: Iowa Supporters of Nader/Gonzalez 2008 Campaign and the Peace and
Freedom Party
WHAT: News Conference and turn-in of nominating
petitions
WHEN: Thursday, Aug 7, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Capitol West Steps, West Mall area, Capitol
Building, Des Moines, IA
About Ralph Nader
Celebrated attorney, author, and consumer advocate Ralph Nader has been named by Time
Magazine one of the "100 Most Influential Americans in the 20th
Century." For more than four decades he has exposed problems and
organized millions of citizens into more than 100 public interest
groups advocating solutions. He led the movement to establish the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and
enact the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and countless other pieces of
important consumer legislation. Because of Ralph Nader we drive safer cars, eat healthier
food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer
environments. Nader
graduated from Princeton University and received an LL.B from Harvard
Law School.
About Matt Gonzalez
Matt Gonzalez was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in
2000 representing San Francisco's fifth council district. From 2003 to
2005, he served as Board of Supervisors President. A former public
defender, Gonzalez is managing partner of Gonzalez & Leigh, a
7-attorney practice in San Francisco that represents individuals and
organizations in mediation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings
before state and federal regulatory bodies. Gonzalez graduated from
Columbia University and received a JD from Stanford Law School.
About the Nader/Gonzalez
Campaign
According to a CNN-Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted from July
27-29, Ralph Nader is at 6
percent nationally, higher than his highest major poll numbers during
the same time period in 2000 and approaching the 10 percent threshold
required for eligibility to participate in "America's Presidential
Debate in New Orleans," a Google-sponsored event scheduled for
September 18. In the key swing state of Michigan -- whose voters were
partially disenfranchised by the Democratic National Committee -- an
EPIC-MRA poll found Nader at
8-10 percent.
For more information on the Nader/Gonzalez
campaign, visit: votenader.org.