{"article":{"id":256649,"heading":"Alexander\/Mendoza: Seniors Give Voters a Choice in California Election","author":"Lynn Lomibao","created":"2012-10-26 12:13:02","modified":"2013-11-11 01:11:23","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:11:23","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Who would have imagined that two great grandmothers in their 80s would make it possible for Californians to vote for a socialist ticket in the upcoming November General Election?  Well, 88-year-old Ann Alexander and 83-year-old Maggie Phair made that all possible.  Ann Alexander is the mother of Stewart Alexander, the Presidential nominee for the Socialist Party USA, and Maggie Phair is a lifelong socialist and political activist.   <br><br> With only days before the California deadline to qualify as a California Write-In candidate for president, Presidential candidate Stewart Alexander collected the necessary Presidential Elector petition signatures to qualify as a Write-In presidential candidate.  The signatures had to be collected from registered California voters and be individually notarized.   <br><br> Maggie Phair played an integral role in organizing the write-in campaign effort, and Ann Alexander followed the campaign volunteers to assure that all the write-in petitions were completed and notarized.  On Tuesday, the California Secretary of State contacted the Alexander\/Mendoza campaign with the good news: &ldquo;The petitions are certified and the campaign is qualified for write-in.&rdquo;  <br><br> Stewart Alexander officially has ballot access and on the ballot in three states -- Ohio, Florida and Colorado --  and has write-in status in Alabama, Delaware, Indiana, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Michigan.  The Alexander\/Mendoza campaign is expecting to qualify for write-in for Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota and Alaska.  <br><br> The Stewart Alexander\/Alex Mendoza campaign gives California voters a true left alternative.    Stewart Alexander says his campaign is about helping seniors in particular and working people in general, &ldquo;For this critical election, seniors came through to give working people an alternative in California.&rdquo;  <br><br>  <br>  <br> For more information search the web for: Stewart Alexander; Alexander\/Mendoza <br>  <br>  <a href=\"http:\/\/stewartalexanderforpresident2012.org\/\">http:\/\/stewartalexanderforpresident2012.org\/<\/a> <br><br> Pre-Election Message by Stewart Alexander for The Socialist: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2012\/09\/29\/18722632.php\">http:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2012\/09\/29\/18722632.php<\/a> <br><br> Civil Discourse with Presidential Candidate Stewart Alexander: <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/civildiscoursenow.com\/video\/civil-discourse-now-sept-23-2012-part-2\">http:\/\/civildiscoursenow.com\/video\/civil-discourse-now-sept-23-2012-part-2<\/a> <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br>  <br><br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Maggie Phair, 83-years-old played an integral role in organizing the write-in campaign effort, and Ann Alexander, 88-years-old followed the campaign volunteers to assure that all the write-in petitions were completed and notarized.  On Tuesday, the California Secretary of State contacted the Alexander\/Mendoza campaign with the good news: \u201cThe petitions are certified and the campaign is qualified for write-in.\u201d ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2012\/10\/256649.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}