Nader postpones Oregon ballot

KATU 2 - Portland, Oregon

SALEM, ORE. - It could take several weeks to determine whether Ralph Nader's June 26 convention in Portland netted enough signatures to place Nader's name on Oregon's presidential ballot.
Under state law, the event must have yielded 1,000 valid signatures from the 1,150 people who attended the event in order for Nader to be listed as an independent presidential candidate on Oregon's Nov. 2 ballot.

Nader spokesman Mark McDougal said more than 1,000 people did sign the petitions. He said the campaign is doing its own check of the signatures before turning them over to election officials for verification.

"It could be a few weeks before people know," McDougal said Thursday.

By law, Aug. 24 is the deadline for the state to certify that 1,000 of the signatures were from registered voters.