Noah Bierman, Boston Globe, May 20, 2010 On the rain-slicked steps of the State House, long shot gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross yesterday ended her bid for the Democratic nomination after failing to gather enough signatures to make the ballot. The announcement was not a surprise, with Ross acknowledging in recent days that she might fall short of the 10,000 certified voter signatures she needed to qualify. On Tuesday, Secretary of State William F. Galvin, whose Elections Division has been monitoring the certification progress by city and town officials, told the Globe that Ross had only about 5,700 names. ... Lacking