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From:
Andrew Hime
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Date:
Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:58:56 -0500
Subject:
Re: [idm] presidential debate
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quoted 7 lines Secondly, even if Nader does not wind up winning this election, a> Secondly, even if Nader does not wind up winning this election, a > vote for Nader is not a wasted vote. If he gets 15% of the popular vote > this year, he will get matching federal funds in his next presidential > campaign. Also, the more votes he gets this year, the more viable he will > seem as a candidate when running next time. So a vote for Nader can be a > vote for those things, & other things that I'm sure I'm not thinking of > right now.
The level for matching funds is 5%, which is why the Reform party got some this year. The level to get into the debates is 15%. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org