Ralph Nader

Aug 7, 2008 -- LITTLE ROCK, AR — Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels today certified a petition submitted by independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader allowing him and his vice presidential running mate, Matt Gonzalez, to appear on the Arkansas ballot in the November 4, 2008 general election.

The Secretary of State’s office verified 1,234 signatures. 1,000 valid signatures from registered Arkansas voters are required of political groups and independent candidates wishing to appear on the state’s general election ballot for the offices of US President and Vice President.    » read more »

Nader/Gonzalez Campaign Issued The Following Statement In Response To Inquiries From The Citizens And Reporters In Texas: Nader/Gonzalez Has Eyes On Texas

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 -- The Nader/Gonzalez campaign has its eyes on Texas this week:

Texas has a long history of independent politics and citizen activism. But it also has one of the toughest ballot access hurdles in the country. The state requires a Presidential candidate to get 44,000 valid signatures to get on a party line and 74,108 signatures to run as an independent. And the signatures must be of registered voters who did not vote in the presidential primary of either party.    » read more »

29 May 2007 -- Ralph Nader grew up in a small town in Connecticut talking politics at the dinner table and at his father's diner. "It was the ultimate expression of free speech," he says. "No matter what political view anyone had they never got a stern look from my father because he liked dissent."

Nader says his father would pound the counter with the challenge for his customers to spend more time improving the country.

Nader says his parents' taught him how to listen and to think critically. Those family values led him to become a lawyer and, he says, to fight injustice.    » read more »