For Immediate Release                                June 20, 1996

Huron Valley Greens / Green Party of Michigan
Contact: Craig Harvey
E-mail harvey@ic.net
Phone: 313-971-8576, Voice-mail (Green Line): 313-663-3555
 548 South Main, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Web (Michigan): http://ic.net/~harvey/greens
Web (National): http://www.vais.net/~nader96   toll-free: 1-888-NADER96


DRAFT NADER EFFORT UNDERWAY IN MICHIGAN AND OVER 40 OTHER STATES

(Ann Arbor, MI) -- Voters in Michigan could see Ralph Nader's name on
their general election ballots for President this November, thanks to
a grassroots campaign by the Green Party of Michigan to get 32,000
signatures by July 18th.  

The Huron Valley Greens / Green Party of Michigan slate so far
includes consumer advocate Ralph Nader for President and Gaia Kile for
Washtenaw County Sheriff.

This effort is being done in coordination with Green parties across the
nation and other 3rd party coalitions.  Currently, Mr. Nader is on the
ballot in 6 states (Alaska, Colorado, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon,
Hawaii), and will be in California, where the draft Nader campaign was
born.  Additionally, 25 other states are likely to achieve ballot status
for Nader, and another 14 states (including Michigan) have campaigns
under way but are considered long shots due to the large number of
signatures needed and the late start to get them.  If the Michigan
petition drive falls short, a write-in campaign for Nader will be
launched.

Ralph Nader tells why he's running for president (NPR interview 4/3/96)
-- "Well, it's been building over the years -- that is, the recognition
that we really have one party: a corporate party with two heads,
Republican and Democrat wearing different makeup -- and increasingly
citizen groups are being shut out of their right to participate in
government policy -- health and safety policy, environmental policy. Big
money has taken over the elections, we all know that...  These two
parties can't even get out the vote.  Over half the people don't even
bother voting."

Nader's "power-to-the-people" platform that he has been pushing for
decades has gained support from all sides -- in the '92 New Hampshire
primary he drew 52% from registered Republicans and 48% from democrats. 
With 8% support in recent nationwide voter polls, Nader is not running
a traditional "horse race" campaign.  In fact, Ralph Nader is not
campaigning in the usual sense, at all.  He is neither soliciting nor
accepting campaign contributions and will spend no more than $5,000 of
his own funds on campaign-related activities.  

Nader, 62, vaulted to national prominence with his 1965 book, titled
"Unsafe at Any Speed," on the safety record of General Motor's Corvair.
The resulting uproar about American-made cars' problems prompted
Congress to adopt the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety and
Highway Safety acts, to require seat belts, and to toughen crash
standards.  The Harvard-trained lawyer has gone on to found 28 nonprofit
citizen advocacy groups, including Public Citizen and Public Interest
Research Group, and to champion environmental protection, corporate
accountability and campaign reform.

We need your help!  Contact:

        Green Party of Michigan
        548 South Main Street
        Ann Arbor, MI  48104
        (313) 663-3555
        Web - http://ic.net/~harvey/greens
        Email - harvey@ic.net

        National Draft Nader for President Clearinghouse:

        Toll-free:  1-888-NADER96 (1-888-623-3796)
          Web -     http://www.vais.net/~nader96