Page 4-Wednesday, May 14, 1980-The Michigan Daily Anderson should be off May ballot JOHN ANDERSON is no longer running in the Republican presidential race. There is no reason his name should appear on the May 20 primary ballot. Attorney General Frank Kelley's ruling that An- derson's name must appear beside the names of true contenders George Bush and Ronald Reagan will only baffle and discourage voters. The vote in primary elections is sparse enough without con- fusing, bureaucratic laws that allow voters to choose a candidate who is not running. If Anderson's name remains on the ballot, the true candidates will not get their fair share of the votes. Kelley has said that Anderson delegates will become uncommitted delegates who select the REPUBLICAN candidate they will represent PARTY at the Republican convention in July. The voters should PRESIDENT OF THE have that choice. UNITED STATES Those who would have VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE selected Anderson as a first Q JOHN B. ANDERSON choice for Republican Q GEORGE BUSH presidential candidate ElBENJAMIN FERNANDEU should have the opportunity ElRONALD REAGAN to vote for their second E HAROLD STASSEN choice since Anderson is no w UNCOMMITED longer running. If Ander- son's name is left on the ballot many justifiably will think he is running and unknowingly give their votes to uncommitted delegates. If Anderson's name is off the ballot, voters will be able to choose his replacement themselves. Bush and his followers are understandably upset about Kelley's ruling. No doubt many of the votes Anderson will receive in next week's election would go to Bush if the ballots were printed as it should be. In an encouraging move, the state GOP has said it will go to court to try to force Anderson's name off the ballot to keep the election "pure." The statute that requires a candidate to with- draw his or her name from the ballot by March 21 is one of many that were written with no provision for major third party candidates. The statutory with- drawal deadline is silent on what should be done when a candidate changes his party and decides to run as an independent. Americans express a clear desire each election year for another choice in addition to the can- didates from the two major parties, yet ironically, election laws virtually ignore third party can- didates. Anderson will need supporting votes in the August 5 primary and the November 5 election. But votes in next week's primary should go to those candidates who are triue contenders for the Republican no-ination. Daily Photo by MAUREEN O'MALLEY " LEFT, A man and his son; show that men are indeed for the ERA, as they march in Chicago last Saturday to urge the Illinois congress to approve the amendment. Right, a woman and her daughter hoist the Homemakers of America flag, representing another of the diverse groups that participated in the march. Baseball, ho-togs apple pie and ERA When Phil Donahue stepped up T he ralliera werei to the speaker's podium during By Elisa Isaacson their trek down Columi last weekend's ERA rally in by purple, gold and w Chicago, he told his ap- ners identifying them proximately.100,000 listeners why patriotic. (Primarily anti-abor- and as cities; accordin he loved them. "You smile, and tion, these people claimed that religious affiliations, th you care, and youre for children, passage of the ERA would preferences, their fam s, mohedsfathers, necessarily mean full legal sup- beliefs; and joined apple pie, hot dogs, and horses, port for abortions as well. "Take professions and thf and cats, and the ERA." Gloria Steinem and all those brackets. That version of Americana un- people," one man said, "They're hatfiablladi at om the cro always both pro-ERA and pro- As I looked out over t flowing. And it was evident fror abortion, too. If the ERA is I realized how incongr this one event alone that the fight passed, women will want the that in this day and ai for equality of the sexes was not right to be un-pregnant, just like country where while e -freult ftesxswsntmen.") far from peeniti as the anti-ERA cliches would present, it is have us believe, championed only THE FACES of the anti-ERA intellectual concern,t by young, radical lesbians, but by marchers had a haunted look people who fear the the most representative cross- about them; they were utterly Erma Bombeck on section of the United States convinced of their righteousness, "Twenty-four words hz anyone could imagine: but they lamented in pained been so misunderstood everybody from labor union voices that the entire legal four words 'One size fits members to Mormons to system is against them. If only - presidential candidates to people understood the evils of the The Chicage marche professionals to homemakers and ERA and abortion, these demon- the ERA because it i students and kids. strators insisted, they would not because it is fair, an 6 united in bus Drive, 'hite ban- as states g/to their eir sexual political by their 7eir age the crowd, uous it is ge, in this quality is at least an there are ERA. As ce said, ave never since the all.' " rs are for s logical, d because a THESE ENERGETIC mar- chers were proof that the Nor- man Rockwell America is the same America that is now working for ratification of a Con- stitutional amendment that would make them all citizens in the true legal sense of the word. Yet there seems to be a grave misunderstanding still filtering its way from the perpetrators to the public. The anti-ERA group that marched along the outskirts of the park sang "God Bless America" as they held aloft their miniature coffin and wooden cross, suggesting that the masses on- the lawn- were -perhapsun- be supporting it. "we're pro- life," they said, eying the ERA rallers suspiciously. It was as if that small gathering wore invisible glasses of such a strange tint that they failed to register the celebration of life, family, and community coming from the lawn. Sitting on the bank of the park were four generations of females, all from the same family and ranging in age from two years old to 70. A six-year-old girl stood quietly by the loudspeaker, wearing a but- ton that read, "It's my future." Her mother and father were nearby, acting as marshals for therally. anything less would be ludicrous, in terms of our country's foun- ding principles. The optimism at Grant park was infectious, and it should be strong enough to reach Springfield today. If it doesn't, I am sure that when Americans a generation from now read history books they will be shocked to find that in 1980 there was still no equal rights amendment in the Constitution. Elisa Isaacson is co-editor of the Daily's Sunday magazine. She attended the ERA rally in Chicago Satur- day. I 111 I --- - - --- - --- --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - kti 3f# 5#k L 1 is :#a tn.: ^.ats. aii9aa t"x t . h Sirs'a .t'~S w sa " "Aria