http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/opinion/from-ralph-nader-dont-blame-third-parties.html 2016-10-05 23:17:56 From Ralph Nader: Don’t Blame Third Parties The former Green Party candidate for president in 2000 takes issue with an editorial. === To the Editor: “ How about Gov. Jeb Bush’s secretary of state conveniently misidentifying thousands of Floridians as ex-felons, barring them from voting, or her deceptive butterfly ballots, which drained votes from Mr. Gore? Al Gore, who lost his home state of Tennessee, nonetheless convincingly won the national popular vote. The Electoral College took victory away from him. A political Supreme Court decision (5 to 4) stopped the Florida Supreme Court’s order for a statewide recount and You should defend competitive elections with more choices instead of deriding candidates exercising their First Amendment rights of free speech, assembly and petition up against ballot access obstruction, harassment of signature-gathering petitioners and draining frivolous lawsuits. RALPH NADER Washington