(CNN) -- Presidential candidate Ralph Nader will be included on the Nov. 2 ballot in Florida on the Reform Party line, after the state's highest court turned back a Democratic effort to get him tossed from the ballot.

The Florida Supreme Court, by a 6-to-1 vote, rejected legal challenges brought by the state's Democratic Party and seven voters, who argued that Nader should be kept from appearing on the ballot as the Reform Party's candidate because it is no longer a viable national party.

A spokesman for the Nader campaign, Kevin Zeese, applauded the decision and said Nader is planning a nine-city tour of the state at the end of the month.

He also said Democratic efforts to keep Nader off the ballot in other swing states have caused him to step up his campaigning in states where the race is close between Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry.

They have kept us off the ballots in other states, so he will spend more time in battleground states than originally intended," Zeese said. "We hope Democrats engage on issues and stop anti-democratic efforts to prevent voters from having a choice"


So do you think this will cost Kerry enough votes to make a difference in the outcome in the battle ground states?