ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Ralph Nader's Announcement To Join in Presidential Campaign.

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TOPIC: Ralph Nader announced Sunday that he will campaign for the presidency, despite the advice from former supporters that he may take votes away from a Democratic nominee, as reported by The Associated Press. According to ballot access experts, Nader, an independent, has the difficult task of accumulating approximately 700,000 signatures to be listed on the ballot in all 50 states. Nader, who is expected to campaign later this week in Texas, said he will use the same Internet fund-raising strategies he used in the 2000 election to finance his campaign.

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Vinay Bhagat founded and heads strategy for Convio, the company powering presidential candidate Howard Dean's online fundraising success. Convio provides software and services to help campaigns and nonprofit organizations use the Internet to more effectively attract, motivate and retain constituents for fundraising, marketing, advocacy and other forms support. In addition to Dean For America, Convio's clients include two other presidential campaigns, Easter Seals, American Diabetes Association, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and AVON Foundation. A few of the topics Bhagat can discuss include, lessons that other organizations can learn from the Howard Dean Internet phenomenon and the changing face of political campaigns in the Internet era. 512-652-2601 [e-mail]

Marion R. Just, professor of political science at Wellesley College, is also a research associate of the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is a consultant to the Local News Study for the Project on Excellence in Journalism and has consulted with the Markle Foundation on the "Web, White and Blue" 1998 political web site. She is a member of the advisory board of the Reform Institute and the editorial board of the Harvard International Journal of Press Politics. PR Contact: Arlie Corday 781-283-3321 [e-mail]

Professor Gerald Pomper, of Rutgers University, Eagleton Institute of Politics, is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar in the subjects of political parties and elections, including such specific topics as party regulation, campaign finance, and legislative districting. This expertise has been demonstrated in extensive publications, including a total of 18 books, a quadrennial series on U.S. national elections from 1976 to 2000, and many scholarly articles and papers. 732-932-9384

Professor Lynn Vavreck, of the University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Political Science, studies American politics using quantitative methods. Her substantive focus is on elections. She is interested in the behavior of candidates, voters, and the media. Vavreck is also particularly interested in whether what candidates and the media do affects voters. 310-825-4855

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