Here's the issue in a nutshell: Wisconsin has certain criteria for determining who gets on the ballot and who doesn't. One of the criteria for getting on as a candidate for President is: you need nomination signatures from every Congressional district.
Nader's campaign, apparently, got enough signatures, but missed a Congressional district.
The state Elections Board said, well, okay, you can play anyway. The state Democratic Party has filed suit to enforce the rules strictly. They won the other day, but Nader's going to appeal.
The big question is: why was Nader's campaign so incompetent? Is the UN running it? I want him on the ballot, but you've got to follow the rules.
On the other hand, the Elections Board has a long history of making exceptions to their own rules - they like to err on the side of ballot access, just like the Democrats do.
Oh, wait, it's the Dems who want to follow the rules to the letter this time.
Here's the Journal Sentinel story: JS Online: Nader turned away again
And just for fun, here's that paragraph from the Wisconsin State Journal editorial again, opining that Nader should get onto the ballot:
Democrats who have been whining since 2000 about how judges supposedly stole the election from their candidate Al Gore asked a local judge at a hearing Monday to prevent voters from casting a ballot for a candidate at all.
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