Article: Perot's Montgomery Army Wants to Form a 3rd Party; Group Would Work to Keep Issues Alive

Some Montgomery County supporters of Ross Perot agreed last night to help form a third political party in Maryland and rejected efforts to get the Texas billionaire's name off the Nov. 3 presidential election ballot.

Meeting at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, about 150 Perot supporters voiced hope that the third party would force Democratic and Republican candidates to face what the Perot backers consider essential issues, such as jobs and the federal budget deficit.

The group soundly rejected a suggestion by Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer that Perot's name be removed from the Maryland

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