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From: "Genevieve Grafe Marcus -- Ph.D." <gmarcus@igc.apc.org>


               Committee to Draft Ralph Nader for President
    
                      PO Box 3727, Oakland, CA 94609
    
                            (510) 44-GREEN

                                                            March 19th, 1996
   
                                        Contact:
                                        LA - Mike Feinstein:  (310) 392-8450
                                        Bay Area - Greg Jan:  (510) 644-2293


                            PRESS RELEASE

                          For Immediate Release
  
  
          RALPH NADER ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES OF 5 PARTIES 
                  IN CALIFORNIA AS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE


Oakland CA.-   Consumer advocate and Green Party presidential candidate 
Ralph Nader has officially entered the California primaries of five 
California Parties (DEMOCRAT - REPUBLICAN - PEACE & FREEDOM - REFORM - and 
LIBERTARIAN) as a WRITE-IN candidate.  According to the Secretary of State, 
all votes cast for Mr. Nader will be counted and reported in the final 
tally.  Mr. Nader filed documents for the write-in campaign March 5th, 
during his tour on behalf of the "Patients Protection Act of 1996" kickoff 
campaign.

In announcing his agreement to pursue the write-in strategy (on "The Week in 
Review with Bill Rosendahl", Century Communications, Los Angeles), Nader 
said his campaign speaks to members of all parties.  "I have a singular 
emphasis on the one unifying feeling in the American public, that they are 
losing control year after year - over the streets, over their government, 
over the marketplace, over their workplace, and over the future for their 
children." The answer, according to Nader, is "more democracy".

Why the write-in option?  "People across all political lines support Ralph 
Nader", said Green organizer Greg Jan.  "The write-in option gives all 
voters a chance to vote for real change, for a renewal of democracy in our 
nation."   Added Los Angeles Green Mike Feinstein, "the California write-in 
strategy is significant because it is the first formal effort to build direct 
coalition with members of other parties.

To write-in Nader, voters simply write "Ralph Nader for President" in the 
space provided on their voting card envelope.  Voters must use pen, and 
should not make any other markings.  For further information, voters should 
contact the Nader campaign at (510) 44-GREEN, or their county registrar.

Nader is running to "broaden the narrow agenda that the 'major' party 
candidates parade before the electorate.  I intend to stand with others 
around the country as a catalyst for the creation of a new model of 
electoral politics, not to run any campaign.  The campaign will be run by 
the people themselves and will be just as serious as citizens choose to make 
it.  It will be a campaign for democracy waged by the private citizens who 
choose to become public citizens." (from Nader's Nov. 27, l995 announcing 
his entry into the California Green primary).

Nader is already on the ballot with Green Parties in California, Maine and 
New Mexico; citizens in dozens of other states are organizing draft Nader 
movements.  Greens are working throughout the US, and in over 70 nations 
around the world, to offer voters a different type of politics based on the 
Greens' ten key values:

  -ecological wisdom        -social justice         -grassroots democracy
  -peace and non-violence   -decentralization  -community-based economics
  -feminism                 -respect for diversity  
  -personal and global responsibility         -future focus/sustainability


For more information:

Committee to Draft Ralph Nader for President   (510) 444-7336

California Secretary of State                  (916) 657-2166


NOTE TO THE PRESS - Technically, there are several variations that are 
acceptable as write-ins.  Whatever is written must contain the words "Ralph 
Nader" and "President".  Variations acceptable include "Ralph Nader For 
president" or "Ralph Nader-President", or "Ralph Nader, President of the 
US", or simply "Ralph Nader, President".


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