Americans Elect's webpage regularly updates the number of signatures that have been
collected on ballot access petitions.
The Americans Elect web page says 2,057,241 signatures have
collected on ballot access petitions around the nation.
Not exact matches
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.
On December 19, 2017,
Ballot Access News reported that proponents had
collected roughly two - thirds of the required signatures.
Candidates may begin
collecting the 1,250 signatures necessary to secure
ballot access on March 4.
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;
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.
How to
access and / or help
collect petition signatures see we can get
on the November 2014
ballot for governor will be posted within the next 72 hours.