1.   A popular independent candidate could create problems for the Democrats by taking away votes.

2.   But Perot is listed as an independent candidate, and he promised a nominating process open to all comers.

3.   Football League President Gordon McKeag is set to resign his post and stand again as an independent candidate.

4.   Neither group competed as a political party in the elections, instead giving their backing to independent candidates.

5.   Texas state law does not allow for the substitution of an independent candidate once he has won a spot on the ballot.

6.   That same signature would remain valid on the petition of an independent candidate, she said.

7.   Three independent candidates are also planning to contest the election.