Sentences with phrase «ballot signature requirement»

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However, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that certain ballot access requirements, such as filing fees and submitting a certain number of valid petition signatures do not constitute additional qualifications and thus few Constitutional restrictions exist as to how harsh ballot access laws can be.

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.

Stout, who met the signature requirement to appear on the Conservative line, said he will run on that ballot line alone in the general election if he does not win the Democratic primary.

These are called opportunity to ballot petitions and are substantially the same as designating petitions (i.e., the petitions are held to the same signature and filing requirements, etc.), except that they do not require a candidate to be named.

NY1's Bobby Cuza is at the Bronx Board of Elections with Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who announced he has collected some 10,000 signatures — far in excess of the 1,500 requirement, which more or less guarantees he'll be on the September primary ballot in spite of Democratic leaders efforts to bounce him from the party.

The chart below shows election years and the signature requirement for initiatives designed to appear on the ballot in that year, with gubernatorial election years bolded.

With the low minimum requirement of signatures for Council candidates as required by law this year, it is more feasible to stop their name from appearing on the ballot than, say, for Mayor or Borough Prez due to the volume of signatures and the small window allotted to file such objections.

In 1996, the U.S. Taxpayers Party, collected nearly 65,000 signatures for Presidential candidate, Howard Phillips, to be on the November election ballot, however, the state denied him ballot access and invalidated many signatures citing an unstated requirement prohibiting the notary from collecting any of the signatures;

Alaska ballot access laws • History of I&R in Alaska • Signature requirements • All ballot measures including referrals

How this political neophyte with no resources met the stringent requirements to get on the ballot — she needed 1,250 signatures of registered Democrats living in the district — has raised questions whether Rangel operatives somehow are behind her candidacy.

The New York Times of January 31 has this story about the requirement that presidential candidates in France need 500 signatures of mayors or other local officials in order to get on the ballot.

First, it is rare that a major party is pushed off the ballot due to signature challenges (meaning that he didn't collect enough valid signatures on his nominating petitions in order to meet the legal requirement).

The requirement for ballot access in Virginia is 10,000, so a number above that is required in order to get enough valid signatures.

State election officials had said the Democratic lawmaker had fallen short of requirements to make the ballot because two people collecting signatures for him were not registered voters, as required by state law.

Last month, the Green Party and the Constitution Party filed a lawsuit against Georgia's signature requirement to get on the ballot for President.

The 5,000 signature requirement is not terribly difficult but Kentucky is a state in which the minor parties traditionally don't get on the ballot in the odd - year gubernatorial election years.

CNN: Spitzer says he exceeded signature requirement for NYC ballot Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer said he expects to be on a New York primary ballot in September after a last - minute signature collection blitz ended Thursday.

The city Board of Elections had validated 902 signatures for Rosasco two weeks ago following challenges to his petition by the Queens Democratic Party, just above the 900 minimum requirement to get on the ballot.

Collecting signatures from registered party members is a requirement to earn a spot on the ballot.

With a permanent place on the ballot secured by his last run, he was able to devote more time this summer to campaigning, rather than dealing with the requirement to gather enough petition signatures.