We're a small organization in this state, and we're just getting things off the ground still. Ridgway said his efforts as Reform Party chair in his home state have been put on the back burner because he is also trying to get a new business off the ground. Donavan said that in her home state of Connecticut, getting lists of registered Reform Party members has proven cumbersome. Some of the local county registars are still working with pencil and paper in some parts of the state. Both Buchanan's allies and party leaders backing other candidates like scientist John Hagelin say the party's primary process is in disarray.
Every state has completely different requirements.
It's a total madhouse. Bowes said it may be a product of trying to do too much too fast. Hagelin's people have been trying to accuse us of fraud. That's just crazy. The reality is, we are not equipped to have a truly open primary.