Progressive Party Not to be on Ballot in Missouri

Progressive Party of Missouri

greenpartymo.org

Contact: Midge Potts

reallygirly@gmail.com

Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf

nilvsdcbs@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 27th, 2010

Progressive Party Candidates Will Not Be on General Election Ballot

Ladendorf Says He Is Still a Candidate/Protest Vote in SW Missouri's Congressional Race

Springfield, MO - On Monday, the Progressive Party of Missouri announced that they were not able to accumulate the ten thousand valid petition signatures necessary for an unrecognized party to get placed on the state's 2010 ballot. The deadline for turning in petitions to the Secretary of State was July 26th. The party had planned to run at least two candidates for federal offices in the November general election.

"It is an uphill battle for any parties that are on the outside of the established political system," said Midge Potts, who stated that she has decided to end the US Senate campaign she began over a year ago in her home town of Springfield. "I feel I was successful in raising awareness about several issues that the mainstream politicians often try to gloss over, including global nuclear disarmament, equality for all Americans regardless of sexual orientation, ending the imperialist wars in the Middle East, legalizing cannabis, and discontinuing bad trade agreements such as NAFTA. I just hope all the remaining candidates in the race to replace Senator Kit Bond are allowed to fully address the issues important to Missourians in fair inclusive debates."

Nicholas (NIL) Ladendorf said he will still be running for US Representative in Missouri's 7th Congressional district as a write-in candidate. "The silver lining in this may be that without emphasis on my party I can run on the issues instead of running against Glen Beck's war on the word Progressive," said Ladendorf, a cartoonist and stay at home dad who lives in Springfield. "I have been in correspondence with the Secretary of State's office to ensure that voters can write in my initials on the ballot since many are familiar with me as NIL. After my official notification of my intention to be a write-in candidate in the general election is received by the state, I expect to be invited to every debate and forum in which my opponents are participating. I am looking forward to challenging the other candidates on their issue positions, especially on the need to legalize marijuana and hemp to stimulate America's ailing economy."

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