CapriUni,

Each state has it's own rules for getting on the ballot. Yes, I agree, there should be standardization of this for national elections throughout all 50 states, with the bar set very low for the number of valid signatures required--no more than 10,000 I would say, pr 5%of the eligible registered voters, or some such formula, regardless of a state's population.

As to Nader's attempt to get on the ballot in Arizona, the deadline has just passed. Nader has complied with all the rules in Arizona. The only thing that remains to be done is for the State of Arizona to complete the process of verifying the required number of signatures, which takes some time. There is little chance that Nader won't have the necessary number of signatures, as over 10,000 extra signatures were gathered as a buffer.

This Democratic attack on the process is just anti-democratic, no matter how you look at it, and is completely irrational to boot. But that doesn't stop them from worshipping the patron saint of lost causes, I suppose.