Sentences with phrase «candidate on its ballot access»

On January 27, the Massachusetts Attorney General filed this brief in the State Supreme Court, in the lawsuit over whether the election law either permits or forbids using a stand - in presidential candidate on the ballot access petition of an unqualified party.

West Virginia is one of eleven states in which a group must list a candidate on a ballot access petition; there is no other way to get on the Read more»

The issue is whether Massachusetts law lets unqualified parties use a stand - in presidential candidate on its ballot access petition, and then, if the stand - in withdraws, whether the state party can replace him or her with the actual presidential nominee of that party.

Not exact matches

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.

According to Richard Winger, publisher of Ballot Access News, between 1892 and 2012 there were 401 instances in which a state required an independent or unqualified party candidate to collect more than 5,000 signatures in order to appear on the general election bBallot Access News, between 1892 and 2012 there were 401 instances in which a state required an independent or unqualified party candidate to collect more than 5,000 signatures in order to appear on the general election ballotballot.

Typically candidates can name a committee and list them on their designating petition, which is the green form where candidates collect signatures for ballot access.

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

A: Citizens Party Delegates will have the opportunity to field a strong Presidential ticket at our 2016 Presidential nominating Convention only if we have reached ballot access on a minimum number of states at least 30 days before the beginning of the convention and we have quality candidates that also meet the minimum requirements set forth by the national committee to seek our nomination.

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

The case has the potential to explore California's inconsistent behavior on candidate qualifications and ballot access.

The last time a minor party candidate achieved ballot access was in 2000, when Pat Buchanan ran on the Reform Party line.

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.

This is a ballot access case, which challenged the North Dakota law on how a minor party candidate for the state legislature gets on the ballot.

Candidates may begin collecting the 1,250 signatures necessary to secure ballot access on March 4.

This is the Secretary of State's omnibus election law bill, and it includes two ballot access improvements: (1) moving the non-presidential independent deadline from March to May; (2) eliminating a restriction on who can be an independent presidential or vice-presidential candidate.

On July 21, independent gubernatorial candidate Gatewood Galbraith submitted his ballot access petition in Kentucky.

On December 17, the Illinois Green Party, and its nominee for U.S. House, 2nd district, in the upcoming April 2013 special election, filed a lawsuit against the ballot access requirements for non-qualified parties and independent candidates.

† In each line the first note refers to candidates and results, the second (if any) to ballot access (the number of state + D.C. ballots, out of 51, on which the Socialist Party candidates appeared) ‡ ^ Endorsed the Citizens Party's candidates in 1984.

These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election ballot.

Candidates who have access to the ballot are required to file financial disclosure forms with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

On January 10, four Missouri state representatives introduced HB 1236, which deletes the accidental error in the 1993 ballot access reform bill that requires party petitions to include the names of presidential elector candidates.

The Green Party of Georgia, and the Constitution Party of Georgia, challenged Georgia's ballot access procedures for presidential candidates on May 25, 2012.

The two ballot access improvements are: (1) moving the independent non-presidential petition deadline from March to May; (2) letting independent presidential and vice-presidential candidates appear on the ballot even if they had been closely associated with a political party during the recent period.

New York's easy ballot access: New York's election rules allow any «nationally known and recognized» presidential candidates to appear on the ballot, making it easy to gain a ballot line compared to some other states.

The bill contains several ballot access improvements: (1) it moves the non-presidential independent candidate deadline from March to May; (2) it lets all qualified parties hold a primary if more than a single candidate files for any office in that party's primary; (3) it eases the requirements on who can be Read more»

Jimmy McMillan, the 2010 candidate for governor who made a viral splash at the sole televised debate that year, was denied access to the statewide ballot on Friday by the Board of Elections.

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;

On March 5, the Texas Secretary of State's web page posted this updated information for presidential candidate ballot access.

Recent ballot access lawsuits have forced the states of Ohio and Tennessee to include presidential candidates from the Constitution Party and other parties on the ballot for 2012.

On November 26, 2008, independent U.S House candidate Faye Coffield filed suit in U.S. District Court in Georgia, asking that the Georgia ballot access law for independent candidates for U.S. House of Representatives be declared unconstitutional

While there should be some minimal threshold to get a candidate on the ballot, we should err on the side of easier access rather than limiting it to a well funded and well connected few.

The case challenges North Carolina's ballot access procedure for independent candidates to get on the ballot for U.S. House.

«We will not succeed in placing Green candidates on the Georgia ballot without the participation of citizens willing to carry our ballot access petitions,» said Al Herman, Secretary - Treasurer of the Georgia Party.

On March 1, the 3 - judge U.S. District Court in San Antonio, Texas, confirmed new rules for the 2012 election, for ballot access for independent candidates and newly - qualifying parties.

In 1985 the 11th circuit ruled in Bergland v Harris that states must be more lenient on ballot access for president than for other office, and that Jenness v Fortson doesn't necessarily apply to presidential candidate procedures.

LENOIR, (Dec. 26)-- Two of the major Republican presidential hopefuls are learning what third party and independent candidates have known for years, that ballot access laws in most states are rigged against offering voters any real choices in primaries and on election day, said Jordon Greene, president of Free the Vote North Carolina in a statement issued today.

One of the big questions that emerged from the 2012 White House race is whether down - ballot candidates running on shoestring budgets would ever have access to the same data and technology President Barack Obama used to target voters.

In a few states, such as Minnesota, New Jersey, and Tennessee, where ballot access is difficult to achieve, getting candidates on the ballot is relatively easy.

In Massachusetts, achieving ballot access actually makes getting candidates on the ballot more difficult, although having party status provides other benefits, such as listing the Libertarian Party as a choice on voter registration forms.

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.»

«After four Presidential cycles of ignoring the ballot access needs of Georgia by those who have sought our nomination,» said Al Herman, treasurer of the Party and himself a past write - in candidate for the U.S. Congress, «it is refreshing, indeed, to finally hear a Presidential candidate taking seriously the potential to be realized by putting the Green Party on the ballot in Georgia.»

On August 15, U.S. District Court Judge George C. Smith denied ballot access to Greg V. Jolivette, an independent candidate for Ohio state house, 51st district.

Virginia requires petitions, both for general election access by independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties, and also for a candidate to get on a primary ballot.

The Democratic Party of Virginia has been opposed to the strict law on primary ballot access, and has been in the habit of collecting signatures for all Democratic presidential candidates recognized by the party.