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ARIZONA A4 Saturday, May 2o, 2002 www.azdailysun.com Arizona Daily Sun sTATEBriefs-, State High Court upholds filing deadline for hidepenent candidates tion to Republican Evan Mecham, who had gathered only 40 percent of the total votes cast. 1 State lawmakers changed the deadline about a decade ago. Last year the Court of Appeals said Bayless enunciated no good reason for a deadline that early. But Judge Patricia Escher, filling in a temporary vacancy on the high court and writing Fridays ruling, said it wasnt necessary for Bayless to justify the deadline. deadline, something he said was not fair because none of the parties, including the Republicans and Democrats, even had held their conventions by that point.

Brownes arguments were so that the Arizona Court of Appeals last year voided the law. In doing so, that court set the stage for independents waiting to see who wins the major party primaries and then deciding if they want to give voters another choice exactly the way the law was more than a decade ago. Browne was the official Libertarian Party candidate for president in 2000 that is, everywhere by Arizona where the local party put its own favorite on the ballot. Brownes efforts to run here as an independent instead were rebuffed by Secretary of State Betsey Bayless, saying his August filing missed the June 14 deadline. A federal judge refused to put his name on the 2000 ballot but left it to state courts to decide the validity of that deadline.

Until about a decade ago, independents did not have to file to run in the general election until after the September primary. That allowed candidates to sit back, see who the parties nominated and decide if they wanted to run. Thats exactly what happened in 1986 when Democrat Bill Schultz entered the gubernatorial race as an independent after being unhappy with the primary victory of Carolyn Warner. He took enough votes from Warner to give the elec By Howard Fischkr Capitol Media Services PHOENIX In a blow to independent campaigns, the Arizona Supreme Court on Friday upheld a June 14 deadline for candidates to file to run in the November election. The high court rejected arguments by Harry Browne who had attempted to run as an independent in the states presidential primary two years ago.

His petitions were rejected because they were filed after the (SO AH, No Coupons! No Gimmicks! No Fine Print! ORIG. 18.00-s24.00, COTTON, CREW, LOGO ORIG. 32.0049.50, SHORT-SLEEVE KNITS WOVENS ORIG.S25.00-S59.50, DENIM TWILL Sierra Vista man gives liver donation to dad SIERRA VISTA (AP) Tom Armstrong Sr. was going to die unless he got a new liver. His only hope was a cadaver or live transplant, said his son, Tom Armstrong a Sierra Vista resident who eventually donated part of his liver to his father.

Tom who lives in Ingleside, 111., near Chicago, had liver cancer and hepatitis which destroys the liver. A donated liver from a cadaver seemed like a remote possibility. Tom Jr. and his brother, Michael, volunteered to have a battery of tests to see if one of their livers was compatible with their fathers. While Toms and Michaels livers were compatible with their fathers liver, the location of ducts and blood vessels in Tom Jr.s liver matched Tom Sr.s more closely than the plumbing of Michaels liver, Tom Sr.

said. A liver transplant surgery was scheduled for Feb. 20, 2002. Recovery was not easy for Tom He was in a lot of pain and lost 26 pounds as a result of the surgery. It was tough, psychologically, too.

I realized how vulnerable I was. I never felt that vulnerable before, Tom Jr. said. Boating accident on Colorado River kills three KINGMAN (AP) Three California men were killed in a boating accident on the Colorado River, authorities said. The San Bernardino County, sheriffs office said investigators suspect alcohol played a role in the Parker Strip accident early Thursday.

The victims were riding in a boat that struck the shore in an area known as Bass Point. The victims were identified as Kevin Russel, 39, of Palmdale, Chris Kline, 33 of Castaic, and Howard Sanders, 39, of Mammoth Lakes. About 70 IBM employees in Tucson to lose jobs TUCSON (AP) About 70 IBM employees in Tucson will lose their jobs in the latest round of layoffs at the company. But officials said Thursday that many workers will be offered other positions with the company. The 1,600 people at the IBM Tucson site are the companys primary research and development group for storage software and hardware.

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