AP: Supreme Court refuses to hear Nader's appeal of Pa. ruling

Posted on Mon, Jan. 08, 2007

Supreme Court refuses to hear Nader's appeal of Pa. ruling
Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Pennsylvania court ruling
that requires former independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader and his running mate
to pay more than $80,000 for costs incurred by a group who challenged their nominating
papers in the 2004 general election.

The nation's highest court declined Nader's and Peter Miguel Camejo's petition for a review
of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling. In August, the state Supreme Court upheld a lower
court decision requiring the candidates to pay transcription and stenography costs and
handwriting-expert fees that the voters' group incurred in its successful challenge.

The lower court disqualified nearly two-thirds of the 51,000 signatures the Nader campaign
submitted, barring his and Camejo's names from being included on the statewide ballot. It cited
widespread evidence of fraud, including signatures from "Mickey Mouse," "Fred Flintstone" and
thousands of supposed voters whose names had been randomly created.

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