How very Republican of Nader to accuse the Dems of "dirty tricks" simply because they caught Nader's folks cheating:
Nader's campaign had submitted more than 22,000 signatures to Arizona election officials June 9 - far more than the 14,694 valid signatures required by state law to compete against President Bush and Kerry.
Two Democratic voters had filed a lawsuit last week, backed by the Arizona Democratic Party, questioning the validity of Nader's nominating petitions and other documents. The Democrats argued that more than 70 percent of the signatures were invalid.
As a Maricopa County Superior Court judge prepared to hear arguments in the case, Nader campaign attorney Richard Mahrle conceded there were 'technical errors' in the ballot petition and said Nader would not contest the lawsuit.
