1.   Mills had told Jones last week that the state party recognized Buchanan as the Reform nominee.

2.   Other possible Reform nominees did not pose a similar threat to Bush, he said.

3.   Reform Party nominee Ross Perot does not currently appear to be a major, decisive factor in any state.

4.   Reform Party nominee Ross Perot is addressing the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Louisville, Kentucky, today.

5.   Rival Reform nominee John Hagelin vowed to challenge the FEC ruling in federal court.

6.   Bysiewicz made her determination after Hagelin and Buchanan backers each submitted paperwork declaring their man to be the real Reform nominee.

7.   In a related development, a California judge ruled Wednesday that Buchanan, not Hagelin, is the Reform nominee.

8.   In North Carolina, the state Reform Party sued to stop the Board of Elections from printing ballots with Buchanan as the Reform nominee.

9.   They also cited a ruling by a California judge last week declaring him the Reform nominee and ordering Hagelin to stop campaigning as such.