I'm not a Nader hater, but this cannot be good news with Oregon being a swing state.
[http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=65845]
SALEM, ORE. - Oregon could become the first state to officially register Ralph Nader as a presidential candidate for the November ballot.
All the citizen activist needs in Oregon is one thousand registered voters to gather in one place, and sign their names on a petition.
Nader probably will have no problem getting those signatures when he shows up at a Portland theater on April 5.
He hopes to qualify under an unusual provision of the state's election code called the Assembly of Electors law.
Only one other state has a similar system.
Voters in Washington can place names on the presidential ballot there by holding several simultaneous meetings.
In Oregon, all voters must gather and sign a petition at the same place within 12 hours.