The deadline for the appeal was August 1. All Militant readers who have not yet made a contribution, however, are urged to still send one in. Every donation will be counted in the final total that will be reported in the Militant that comes off the press August 12. Please send checks to the Socialist Workers National Campaign Committee and send them to P.O. Box 42651, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101.

The appeal is helping to cover the expenses to get the presidential slate of Róger Calero and Arrin Hawkins on the ballot in some 15 states. It is also helping fund stepped up campaigning, including a visit to Alabama and Mississippi by SWP vice-presidential candidate Hawkins (see article above). Fund organizers in local areas are making a final push to collect the remaining outstanding pledges and reach out to some campaign supporters who have not yet made a donation yet.

On August 2, campaigners reached a total of 4,900 signatures collected to put the socialist ticket on the Nebraska ballot, passing out thousands of pieces of campaign literature in the process in Omaha and Lincoln, where the campaigners were based (see front-page article).

The Nebraska drive comes on the heels of successful efforts to garner substantially more than the required number of signatures to get the SWP on the ballot in New York, Washington, D.C., and Minnesota. In a four-week stretch ending August 1, some 44,000 people signed petitions in those states to put the socialist slate on the ballot. Many thousand pieces of campaign literature were handed out as the signatures were being collected. Campaign supporters in Louisiana are also preparing to file for the SWP ticket after successfully organizing to secure the nine required electors in that state and raise the necessary funds for the filing fee.

The SWP national campaign opened its ballot push in Wisconsin on August 4. Campaigners in that state will collect some 3,500 signatures, substantially more than the 2,000 required by the state, to put Calero and Hawkins on the ballot there. The effort will be concentrated initially in Milwaukee and Madison. Organizers there are planning to hold a rally on Saturday night, August 7, in Milwaukee.

Anyone wishing to find out how you can help the SWP campaign can contact the national center of the Socialist Workers Campaign: P.O. Box 380846, Miami, Florida 33138. Tel: (305) 756-4436. Email: miamiswp@bellsouth.net.
 
 
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Nebraska: socialist campaigners meet ballot drive goal, get support from meat packers, other pro-union workers
Socialists file for Mississippi ballot
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