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DATE: FRIDAY, March 20, 1992                   TAG: 9203200235
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

BILLIONAIRE CONSIDERS PRESIDENCY

Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot - aiming at running for president as an independent if he can get on the ballot in all 50 states - plans to name a vice presidential running mate within a week and vows to spend $50 million to $100 million "or whatever it takes" to finance a campaign.

Perot said in an interview Thursday that he planned to make his running-mate selection quickly because ballot laws in some states require early listing of the vice presidential candidate.

Getting on the November ballot in all of them, a prerequisite he set for his candidacy, would require a herculean effort because each state has different requirements, some much more stringent than others.

In New York, Perot backers need the signatures of 20,000 registered voters. In California, the figure is 134,781, or 1 percent of the state's registered voters.

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