Summary

POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROSS PEROT AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE PARADING THROUGH AUSTIN, TEXAS, TODAY...A PRELUDE TO DELIVERING SIGNATURES HE NEEDS TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE'S NOVEMBER ELECTION BALLOT. PEROT NEEDS 54,275 VALID SIGNATURES TO WIN A BALLOT SLOT AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE COLLECTED FOUR TIMES THAT MANY SIGNATURES. THE TEXAS DRIVE -- BECAUSE OF ITS SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS -- IS SEEN AS THE FIRST MAJOR TEST OF PEROT'S EFFORT. PEROT HAS ALREADY QUALIFIED TO BE ON BALLOTS IN UTAH AND TENNESSEE.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 96024
Story Slug ROSS PEROT PARADE
Location AUSTIN, TEXAS
Format VO/SOT
Date 05/11/1992
Archive Time 48:31
TRT 2:23
Supers AUSTIN, TEXAS H. ROSS PEROT
Video Description BOXES OF PETITIONS, PEROT RALLY--PEOPLE CHEERING, PEROT TALKING TO CROWD, PARADE.
Description POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROSS PEROT AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE PARADING THROUGH AUSTIN, TEXAS, TODAY...A PRELUDE TO DELIVERING SIGNATURES HE NEEDS TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE'S NOVEMBER ELECTION BALLOT. PEROT NEEDS 54,275 VALID SIGNATURES TO WIN A BALLOT SLOT AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE COLLECTED FOUR TIMES THAT MANY SIGNATURES. THE TEXAS DRIVE -- BECAUSE OF ITS SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS -- IS SEEN AS THE FIRST MAJOR TEST OF PEROT'S EFFORT. PEROT HAS ALREADY QUALIFIED TO BE ON BALLOTS IN UTAH AND TENNESSEE.
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Keywords

POLITICS
RUNNING CAMPAIGN
92 ELECTION
WHITE HOUSE
TRAIL
RALLY
SUPPORT
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