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 b
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
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.