Sentences with phrase «access to the ballot for»

The commission is considering easing access to the ballot for candidates by lowering the number of signatures needed to get onto the ballot - but is not ready to open access to the ballot for voters.

Richard Lee Winger (born August 27, 1943) is an advocate in the United States for minor political parties, in particular for what he considers more equitable laws allowing access to the ballot for minor parties.

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The bill comes after U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe declared June 26 as the primary for Congressional races in order for the state to comply with a law governing timely access to military and overseas ballots.

Not surprisingly, the Working Families Party is opposed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call to end Wilson - Pakula, which allows party leaders to grant waivers for ballot access to non-party candidates.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

The Assembly legislation would move the filing deadline for petitions in 2012 to April 16, reduce the number of designating signatures for Assembly ballot access from 500 to 375.

According to Ballot Access News, the Kansas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case this week on whether or not the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate can withdraw his name from the November bBallot Access News, the Kansas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case this week on whether or not the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate can withdraw his name from the November ballotballot.

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Hawaii ballot access.

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms governor ballot access.

Dean Corren was initially thought to have a financial advantage because he qualified for public funding, according to Ballot Access News.

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms New Jersey ballot access.

To learn more about ballot access requirements for political parties in Missouri, see this article.

To learn more about ballot access requirements for political candidates in Arkansas, see this article.

For a party to receive automatic ballot access in New York, a gubernatorial candidate must receive at least 50,000 votes on its line.

By the evening of January 1, 2013, the December 1, 2012 print edition of Ballot Access News will probably be posted here, and even though normally past print issues are not updated, in this case, that issue will be updated to include the vote for president by state for each candidate.

Yesterday also saw the Libertarian Party put out a request for donations to help fund ballot access petition drives in New Hampshire and South Dakota.

I have been an ally in the fight to protect voters rights for many years and will continue to advocate for increased access to the ballot box.»

Minor party activists are working very hard to influence state legislators in at least four states, to either support bills for easier ballot access, or to oppose bills that make it worse.

Both of the Michigan Libertarian Party ballot access cases are still actively trying to win a court ruling that will make it possible for voters to vote «Libertarian» for President without the need to cast a write - in vote.

Ballot papers distributed by party, with equality of access for candidates to electorate.

The Green Party expects to start its petition for 2012 ballot access after Labor Day.

July 28, 2011: Dan Winslow, Chief Ballot Access Attorney for Americans Elect, Gives Interview July 28, 2011: Los Angeles Times Front - Page Story on Americans Elect July 27, 2011: Americans Elect Says It May Wish to Run Congressional Candidates

«Laws that would allow for automatic voter registration, early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, and consolidation of primary elections will empower voters and give greater access to the ballot,» she said.

These are all attempts to persuade the legislature to pass SB 195, which eases ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates.

The bill is apparently an attempt to repair the old law for minor party ballot access, because the old law was held unconstitutional in 2006.

Candidates who do not seek nomination via the assembly process may petition for direct access to the primary ballot.

PA has long been home to some of the most unjust and frustrating ballot access requirements in the nation, requiring Greens and independent candidates to collect many thousands more petition signatures to run for office than their duopoly counterparts.

Michael Knebel the party's candidate for Nebraska Treasurer appears to have just broken the 5 % mark, meaning that the LP will retain ballot access in Nebraska.

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.

Selecting the Working Families Party ballot line specifically would contribute to the passage of the state's DREAM Act, which would qualify undocumented youth who meet in - state tuition requirements to access state financial aid and scholarships for higher education.

Non-partisan too, the stranglehold of the 2 big parties is so much of our problem, they control ballot access and force us all to pay for their primaries and we get to choose between the candidates they choose for us (which are basically the same).

The Arizona League of Women Voters will ask the Arizona legislature to ease ballot access for independent candidates.

However, the Governor doesn't seem to understand that the U.S. Constitution requires all states to provide ballot access procedures for independent candidates, separately and distinct from members of political parties.

Dan talks about giving equal right to access the ballot for the roughly 20 % of the voters with no party preference.

The contrived nature of the system is even more abundantly clear when it comes to the discriminatory burdens placed on the nation's minor parties and independent candidates, whether the issue is unfair ballot access laws or the arbitrary and exclusionary 15 percent polling threshold imposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) on the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Greens — or any other third - party presidential candidate, for that matter — to appear in the nationally - televised debates this autumn.

Some state parties which failed to achieve ballot access in 2004 have not run a single candidate for any office in the last eight years.

These pages include maps showing state by state breakdowns of party ballot access and the campaign's quest to reach the 20 state threshold for matching funds:

The LP can potentially save hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2014 and 2016 — and countless volunteer hours — if Gov. Gary Johnson, Libertarian for President, and down - ticket Libertarian candidates meet state requirements to achieve ballot access.

It has two ballot access improvements: (1) it moves the independent candidate petition deadline (for office other than President) from March to May; (2) it makes it clear that the law, barring independent candidates from the ballot if they had too close an association with any political party, doesn't apply to actions taken outside Montana.

In February 2012, a U.S. District Court in Tennessee had struck down the state's ballot access law for newly - qualifying parties, and had also ordered the state to print the two plaintiff parties on the 2012 ballot.

Howie Hawkins is again running for governor — for the third time — and the party needs at least 50,000 votes to maintain ballot access under New York state law.

However, Democratic party chair Jay Jacobs argues the process is also democratic (note the lowercase «d») because in the contentious five - way race for Attorney General, the party made a decision to allow all candidates access to a primary ballot instead of letting delegates narrow the field at the convention.

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms New York ballot access.

The legislation provided the following changes to the state's ballot access laws for political parties: [8][9]

Klein, interestingly enough, ran on no fewer than four ballot lines in 2012, gaining access to the GOP line thanks to some peace making with erstwhile opponent Bronx County Chairman Jay Savino, who is now facing federal corruption charges for an alleged scheme to put fellow IDC Sen. Malcolm Smith on the Republican mayoral ballot through bribery.

Since the Civil War, all states have chosen electors according to popular vote, but ballot access rules (for the general...

The company had boasted of never failing to ensure ballot access for a client.

The December conference is not expected to nominate a presidential ticket, but may produce interim candidates for the purpose of gaining ballot access.

Kent Mesplay, appearing on NBC San Diego's «Politically Speaking», describes ballot access barriers for third parties, and suggests that Roseanne Barr and himself ought to consider working more closely to secure Presidential Delegates.

Leading Detroit Free Press: U.S. Rep. John Conyers» campaign scrambles to get him on August ballot The battle for ballot access has begun for U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who has served in Washington for nearly 50 years.