BY EMILY FITZSIMMONS

SEATTLE - The Washington State Board of Elections informed the Socialist Workers Party July 24 that Jeff Powers, SWP candidate for governor, was certified to be on the September primary ballot. Powers had submitted over 2,000 signatures to the board.

The signatures were presented in lieu of paying a $1,210 filing fee. Each valid signature was worth $1.

James Harris, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, and Laura Garza, Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, were earlier certified on the ballot for the November election. The socialist campaign submitted over 500 signatures to obtain that goal - well over the 200 required.

Powers, a switchman on the Burlington Northern railroad, explained that media and speaking requests were coming into the campaign headquarters from all over Washington State. "We will be going to Bremerton, Everett, Yakima, and Spokane in the next few weeks to be interviewed by newspapers and radio talk shows," Powers said. "In Yakima and Spokane, I will be in candidate debates which will be televised on cable TV."  
 
 
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