Sentences with phrase «automatic ballot access»

The law says if you achieve that, your party gets automatic ballot access until the next gubernatorial election.

All either retained or received automatic ballot access following the 2014 election.

However, several states have threshold requirements for parties to obtain automatic ballot access to the next general election without having to submit voter - signed petitions.

Note: I forgot the Green Party, which, thanks to its 2010 gubernatorial candidate, Howie Hawkins, now has automatic ballot access through the 2014 election.

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

If the governor attracts at least 50,000 votes on the WEP, it will attain official party status and automatic ballot access for the next four years.

He would love to be Governor, but with automatic ballot access, McDermott says Libertarians can start eroding what he calls the «concentration of power» that the two main parties have.

Hawkins garnered nearly 60,000 votes in a previous bid for governor in 2010 — a showing that restored the Green Party's automatic ballot access in the Empire State.

That was enough to ensure that it became an official party for the next four years, meaning it would have primaries and automatic ballot access and appear on voter registration forms.

Whether the parties cross-endorse or not, most have one thing in common: automatic ballot access.

The way around the ballot petition process in New York is through automatic ballot access, where a political party gets fifty thousand votes for their gubernatorial candidate.

Aren't the Greens going to take advantage of their automatic ballot access and put up a candidate too?

He fell short of the 25 percent needed for automatic ballot access.

New supporters, know this: only «major» political parties in Georgia (Republicans and Democrats) get automatic ballot access, state - Read more»

The poll indicates the party would be in a position to grab the necessary 50,000 votes to keep its automatic ballot access without Cuomo.