Nader for President 2004
...as of Sept. 22, 2004 the campaign had 26 or 27 national staff.
...as of late April 2004 the campaign had 19 national staff and about a dozen staff in the field.

Campaign Manager Teresa Amato Most recently President of Citizen Works after serving as Campaign Manager for Nader's 2000 presidential run.     Spokesman Kevin Zeese (started late January 2004, before Nader announced)  Zeese has worked on drug issues since he earned his law degree in 1980.  President of Common Sense for Drug Policy since 1994; now on leave.  Chief Counsel for National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), 1980-86, and National Director of NORML, 1983-86.  Recently Zeese has also been active in the Campaign for Fresh Air & Clean Politics' Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland.  J.D., George Washington University, National Law Center, 1980; B.S., Political Science, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1977.       Finance Niyi Shomade   Field Jason Kafoury Served as national coordinator for Democracy Rising.       National Volunteer Coordinator Amy Auer And More From Oct. 2004 Monthly FEC Report (Covers Sept. 2004): Michael Austin,   Amy Belanger,   Matthew J. Bradley,   Adam Burrowbridge,   Rob J. Cirincione, Jr.,  Craig Collins-Young,  Stephen Conn,   Pedro Cuesta,   Jeffrey Gaffney,   Braddock Graham,   Toby Heaps,   Forrest Hill,   Marcia Jansen,   Smita Khatri,   Lucretia Krause,   Ken Krayeske,   Benjamin Marcus,   Stephen Merritt,   Davis Mosmeyer,    Mike Muller,   James Nidel,   Jah-Asia Nuru,   Rachel Odes,   Tim Papienski,   Clarissa Peterson,   Kelly Phong,   Joseph Shroeder,   William Sidman,   Grant Smith,   Heather Vargas,   Dorothy Watson,   Timothy B. Williams,   Matthew Zawisky State Coordinators (9/23/04) AL Mark Leszkiewicz MS Michael J. Dixon AK Barbara Williams MO AZ Cheryl Rohrick MT Reed B. Perry AR Jim Macri NE Irma Sarata and Diana McIntyre-Wright CA No. Todd Chretien   So. Lynda Aurelius Hernandez NV CO Chris Wetherill NH Aaron Rizzio CT Ralph Ferrucci NJ Kristin Kline   Eastern-Elizabeth Arnone DE NM Carol Miller DC NY Howie Hawkins   NYC-Kevin Christoffersen FL NC W-Adam McBroom   E-Larry Sparrow GA ND Tom Unzicker HI Johnny Jackson (Maui)  Robert Stiver (Oahu)  Co-Coord. Juan Velasquez OH Julie Coyle ID Jonathon S. Howard OK IL Christina Tobin OR Travis Diskin IN PA Dan Martino  WPA-Justin McVay IA David Larson RI David Richardson KS SC Simon Demory KY SD Tom Diggins LA Jason Jones TN Andy Hamm ME TX Debbie Russell MD Virginia Rodino UT Dustin Baker VT Ashley A. Smith MA Mike Richardson VA Jim Polk MI Margaret Guttshall WA Sally Soriano MN Danene Provencher WV Vince George WI Bill Linville WY Clint Coppernoll Early Field-Ballot Access Ballot access is a major hurdle for third party and independent candidates.  The Nader campaign focused its initial ballot access efforts on 11 states where requirements for independent candidates are particularly onerous: Texas (May 10): two months (March 10-May 10) to obtain 65,000 valid signatures from people who did not vote in either major party primary - goal is 90,000 signatures.  [Austin-Debbie Russell; Dallas-Scott Crow; Houston-Bill Blome; San Antonio-Cesar Maxit]  Arizona (June 9): need approximately 14,694 valid signatures - goal is 19,000 signatures.  [Rodney Martin]  Illinois (June 14):  25,000 valid signatures - goal is 40,000 signatures.  [Elce Redmond] Indiana (June 30): need 29,552 valid signatures - goal is 41,000 signatures.  [Dallas Stoner] Oklahoma (July 15): need 37,027 valid signatures - goal is 52,000 signatures.  [Kelly Osborne] Michigan (July 15, 4 p.m.): 30,000 valid signatures - goal is 40,000 signatures with100 signatures from at least half the congressional districts. Signatures must be collected within 180 days.  [Margaret Guttshall] North Carolina: need 99,439 valid signatures by July 20.  [Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Wilmington-Coastal and Other areas-Gregory Vickrey; Western North Carolina] Pennsylvania (August 2): need 25,697 valid signatures - goal is 40,000 signatures.  [Sasha Azar] Maryland (August 20): need 10,000 valid signatures - goal is 13,500 signatures.  [Virginia Rodino] Virginia (August 20): need 10,000 valid signatures with 400 from each congressional district - goal is 15,000 signatures with at least 700 from each congressional district.  [Jim Polk] Idaho (August 24): need 5,016 valid signatures - goal is 6,500 signatures.  [Jonathon S. Howard]

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