Chair of the Democratic Party of Maine, Dorothy Melanson, testified under oath in a public hearing before Maine’s secretary of state last Monday that the national Democratic Party is funding efforts throughout the country to stop Nader-Camejo from appearing on ballots.

In this space last week I said I was tempted to vote for Kerry come November, and it is tempting, as he’s the only one left with any chance of dethroning King George. Yet, I find his party’s anti-democratic maneuverings reprehensible (if not criminal). If Kerry wants the progressive vote, this is not the way to go about it.