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...down GOP rules for New York's presidential primary on the ground that they set unfair barriers to would-be candidates. (To reach the ballot, each must collect tens of thousands of signatures from registered Republicans in all 31 state districts.) Under the order by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman, the Party must allow candidates on the Republican ballot if they collect 1.41 percent from each district (about 150 signatures), more in line with the Democrats' requirements. TIME's Laurence Barrett says Korman's decision is both commonsensical and democratic: "These rules are some of the most egregious examples...
Hubbard's reasons for backing Perot stand in sharp contrast to those of many other Perot proponents. Take Rusty Korman. Korman, 40, earns more than $125,000 a year in a jewelry business in Austin, Texas...
Last spring, Hubbard and Korman were among those Perot bedeviled to form an old collection of supporters--those for and against abortion rights, members of both parties, people from all regions and backgrounds...
...pretty damn grass roots," gnarls Korman,the jewelry store owner. "I'm looking at afireman, an out-of-work computer guy, some highschool students. It's an incredibly interestingmix of people. It's an unbelievably diverse crowdof volunteers. If there's one area that's lacking,there's not as much minority involvement as Iwould like...
...brought out a sleeping giant in people,"Korman says. "There's a lot more despair out therethan some would like to believe...It takes someonefrom outside the political system. Or it will takea call to arms...