Roseland Theater

 

This old theater in downtown southwest Portland is currently a rock concert venue. However, it has an interesting connection to presidential politics. In 2004, Ralph Nader was making his third bid for the presidential nomination. In Oregon, a candidate can be placed on the state's presidential ballot if she or he has an assembly of 1,000 people. In April, Nader appeared at the Roseland for the assembly, but only 741 showed up. So he had to resort to the usual method of collecting petition signatures.