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Article: in the political arena Dedicated amateurs flock to Perot cause
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 7, 1992
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NASHUA -- Supporters of independent Ross Perot say they have
collected 10,000 voter signatures to secure the Texas billionaire a
spot on the November presidential ballot in New Hampshire --
thousands more than they needed by law to make Perot an official
candidate here.
"I think their goal is to be in the Guinness book of records,"
said Nashua City Clerk Eleanor Benson, whose office last week was
verifying more than 1,000 nomination papers collected by the Perot
ranks in that city.
In order for Perot to get on the ballot as an independent
candidate, his campaign has to present 1,500 verified voter
signatures from both the 1st and the 2d congressional districts to
the secretary of state's ...