Thursday, August 21, 2008

US DISTRICT COURT ORDERS SOCIALIST PARTY ON OHIO BALLOT

Socialists also gain ballot access in Iowa; expect Tennessee and Florida to Follow

Moore-Alexander Presidential Campaign
August 21, 2008


Columbus, Ohio: Not since Norman Thomas ran for president on the Socialist Party ticket in 1932 has there ever been another Socialist Party candidate on the state of Ohio's presidential ballots in the ensuing 76 years, covering 18 presidential elections.

That consecutive string was broken today by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division. Magistrate Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. ordered the state of Ohio "to place the Socialist Party and its candidates on the 2008 general election ballot for the state of Ohio...

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