Imagine if you didn't need to worry
about ballot access and could simply focus on campaigning.
State Senator Alex Padilla, D - Los Angeles, who serves on the State Senate Elections Committee, was the first state legislator to express concerns
about those ballot access challenges, and his office says it's looking into legislative solutions.
To learn more
about ballot access requirements for political candidates in Idaho, see this article.
«The Carson campaign, that's now mostly
about ballot access, communications, social media, and getting Dr. Carson around the country,» he said.
While Independent Constitutionalist JL Mealer has been fighting for his right to participate in the televised debates, he hasn't had to worry
about ballot access.
Since there is no single standard for the whole nation, the public and even the media are ignorant
about ballot access laws.
Nader commends U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for fighting for voting rights for voters, but points out that the administration has been silent
about ballot access for candidates.
The Boston Globe has this article about Americans Elect, which contains a serious misstatement of fact
about ballot access laws.
A common, gigantic misconception is that we can't really think
about ballot access in most places until we hold our convention and formally nominate a presidential ticket.
Nader, who spoke in Oklahoma City
about ballot access reform, said Oklahoma has one of the most restrictive requirements for third parties to get on the ballot.
Giuffre talks
about ballot access, his reasons for running, and the assemblywoman's record.
To learn more
about ballot access requirements for political candidates in Arkansas, see this article.
To learn more
about ballot access requirements for political parties in Missouri, see this article.
For additional information
about ballot access requirements for state and congressional candidates, see this page.
Not exact matches
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Hawaii.»
The purpose of the meeting is to gain publicity and spread information
about his SB 195, which would ease
ballot access in Pennsylvania.
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Oregon.»
The Journal News, of Westchester County, reported on its Web site that a polling station in Hartsdale opened
about two hours late because election workers couldn't get
access to locked - up
ballots.
Dan talks
about giving equal right to
access the
ballot for the roughly 20 % of the voters with no party preference.
The September 9 Columbus Dispatch has this story
about the September 7 decision that enjoins the Ohio
ballot access law for newly - qualifying parties.
The Casper, Wyoming Star - Tribune has this article
about Wyoming's restrictive
ballot access laws.
There are currently many news stories and blog discussions
about the Virginia presidential primary
ballot access law.
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Ohio.»
Teachout's campaign this month filed
about 45,000 petition signatures to gain
ballot access, triple the amount needed.
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in New York.»
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in North Carolina.»
Aware that the Clinton campaign is already portrayed as dictating terms to the DNC, Baker raised the concern
about making
ballot access in primary states a criteria for getting on stage: If Sanders were locked out because of potential trouble qualifying in New Hampshire (given that he's not a registered Democrat), Baker was worried this would be seen as Clinton keeping him out.
Some commentators
about politics and election law have recently expressed the opinion that it would be illegitimate to change the Virginia presidential primary
ballot access law between now and the March 6, 2012 presidential primary in that state.
In order for a party to gain
ballot access, a party must obtain
about 85,000 valid petitions.
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Michigan.»
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Maryland.»
I am glad to announce that the Reform Party's Presidential candidate, Roque De La Fuente, has gained
ballot access in
about thirty states.
Once you have gathered the information you need to make a decision
about seeking
ballot access, open a dialogue with all state party members
about the possibility of running a
ballot access drive.
So far he has talked
about foreign policy, social spending, and
ballot access, including the possibility of the Justice Party suing the state of California in order to obtain
ballot access for 2012.
Philly News of June 29 has this article
about Pennsylvania
ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates.
Following up on a question
about her support for DC Statehood, Ms. Barr told the Statehood Green Party event,»... part of why I am involved in running as President, running as a nominee for the Green Party candidate for the Presidency is for more
ballot access, all across the board, in all fifty states.»
How
about moving deadlines for registering to vote and for changing parties closer to election dates, automatically registering eligible voters when they do business with state agencies, early voting, and making candidates»
access to
ballots easier?
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Virginia.»
For information
about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see «
Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Wisconsin.»
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has written passionately
about the need to break the ironclad link between educational opportunity and zip code and advocated a voucher system that would allow open
access to all public schools in a region, hemmed and hawed for weeks before issuing a statement against the
ballot question.
What's not to like
about an organization that is both centered on the most important form of journalism — investigative reports with «moral force» — and agile enough to be hiring an «engagement reporter» and to build innovative online tools like Electionland, which used citizen reports to home in on potential problems with
ballot access?
An election was held in April 2014 and the
ballots cast by the workers were «impounded» and not counted while the NLRB grappled with the joint employer issue — an issue that quickly became a lightning rod in academic, political and legal circles
about access to unionization, generally, and meaningful collective bargaining, specifically.
About the only bright spot for reproductive rights supporters was the defeat in Mississippi of a
ballot initiative that would have sharply restricted women's
access not only to abortion but also to various contraceptive methods by defining a person under state law as «a human being from the moment of fertilization.»