Nader Sues After Missing Texas Ballot

Nader sued Texas on Monday after failing to collect the 64,076 signatures required to get on the Texas presidential ballot.

Reuters reports that Nader's lawsuit, "filed in federal court in Austin, charges that Texas' ballot access law is unconstitutional because it sets stricter standards for independent candidates than it does for third-party challengers:"

For example, third-party candidates are given 75 days to collect nearly 20,000 fewer signatures required for inclusion on the ballot, the suit says. Nader had 60 days to collect his signatures.

Texas Secretary of State Geoff Connor said the law had been on the books for 20 years, and other independent candidates have made it onto the ballot.

"Further, the Texas process for independent or minor party candidate ballot access has been upheld by the courts on a number of occasions over the years," Connor said in a statement.