The College Republicans' and College Democrats' presence on campus has certainly been visible, but the presence of third party representation this election year has been missing.

According to the Office of Student Activities, Penn State used to have an organization called the Campus Greens, but they are no longer in existence.

Meanwhile, another third party on campus, the College Libertarians, are no longer an active group.

Daniel Leathers said he would technically be the Libertarians' president this year, but is too busy to organize the group.

Leathers said the difficulty in organizing people is the main reason why he feels there are not many third party clubs and organizations on campus.

"I think a lot of people would be Libertarians if they knew what being a Libertarian was all about," Leathers said.

Leathers said he plans on voting for Sen. John Kerry because he feels President George W. Bush has done a "horrible" job as president. He also cites that since Pennsylvania is a swing state, he wants to make sure Kerry wins.

"Republicans and Libertarians are the same in that they both feel a smaller government is better," Leathers said. "But Bush has done more to expand the bureaucracy and the government, all under the goal of fighting terror."

Leathers said both major parties are not ideal and that if he were in another state, he would support the Libertarian position.

While the Libertarian party's candidate, Michael Badnarik, is not feared to place Kerry's chances of winning in jeopardy, former Green party candidate -- now an independent -- Ralph Nader, is. Many people, including several Democrats, felt the Green Party played a major role in Bush's victory in 2000. Overall, Nader won 2.7 percent of the vote, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Al Gore won the state of Pennsylvania, so Nader did not have a tremendous influence.

Nader, however, is still trying to get on the ballot in Pennsylvania as an independent, after already being rejected.

Last week, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Commonwealth Court must review Nader's petition to join the ballot in Pennsylvania, the Associated Press reported.

"Obviously, there's some concern," Kerry spokeswoman Khristyn Brimmeier said. "We saw in 2000 the effect he had on the outcome in many of the states."

Nader has accused Gore of running a lackluster campaign in 2000 and said the Democrats should have easily beaten Bush.

"Really, a vote for Nader is a vote for Nader," said Gus Linton, co-coordinator for the Nader campaign in Montgomery County. "Really, there's not enough distance between the two major party candidates. Both are for the war, and neither candidate is addressing the major issues such as the economy, crime and health care."

Brimmeier said she disagrees with Linton and said that a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush.

"The reality is that his campaign is being funded by some Republicans," she said.

"I mean, obviously Mr. Nader's history in activism is good, but in this case he's wrong."

Linton said it was wrong that Nader was never allowed to participate in the debates, considering Ross Perot participated in the 1992 debates and saw a surge in the number of votes he received.

Linton places the blame on Democrats this year for trying to stop Nader from getting on the ballots in Pennsylvania and other swing states and said that Nader could make a difference if he were just on the ballots in more states.

College Republicans President Andy Banducci said that if a candidate garners enough signatures, he or she should be on the ballot.

"People should vote for the candidate who most accurately reflects their views," he said.