Sentences with phrase «gain access to the ballot»

However, Tracey will gain access to the ballot not through the caucus, but through a petitioning process currently underway.)

In some cases, candidates may need to obtain signatures via the petition process to gain access to the ballot.

The campaign had submitted 4,444 signatures to gain access to the ballot line, but a hearing officer of the state Board of Elections found 3,160 of those were invalid.

In some cases, political parties and / or candidates may need to obtain signatures via the petition process to gain access to the ballot.

Per the election procedures Nkromo must collect a designated number of signatures to gain access to the Ballot.

«Where you remove influence of political parties and who gains access to the ballot.

Lorigo said he has also received calls from David Bellavia, who has Tea Party support and is reportedly mulling an independent run (he would have 12 days from the date Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls the special election to collect 3,500 valid signatures to gain access to the ballot.

Not exact matches

While it's too early to determine how solid Spitzer's lead is — it is still unclear if he will have enough petition signatures to gain ballot access — 67 percent of voters in the poll believe the former governor should be given a second chance after resigning amid a prostitution scandal in March 2008.

The measures, backed in 26 state Legislatures around the country, would require a presidential candidate release their tax returns in order to gain ballot access.

The purpose of the meeting is to gain publicity and spread information about his SB 195, which would ease ballot access in Pennsylvania.

In some cases, political parties and / or candidates may need to obtain signatures via the petition process to gain ballot access.

Unlike in 1988, Fulani failed to gain ballot access in every state, deciding to concentrate some of that campaign funding towards exposure of her candidacy and the Party to the national public.

The aim of this lawsuit is to gain ballot access by keeping the Oklahoma Board of Elections from enforcing unconstitutional ballot restrictions.

Teachout's campaign this month filed about 45,000 petition signatures to gain ballot access, triple the amount needed.

Klein, interestingly enough, ran on no fewer than four ballot lines in 2012, gaining access to the GOP line thanks to some peace making with erstwhile opponent Bronx County Chairman Jay Savino, who is now facing federal corruption charges for an alleged scheme to put fellow IDC Sen. Malcolm Smith on the Republican mayoral ballot through bribery.

The December conference is not expected to nominate a presidential ticket, but may produce interim candidates for the purpose of gaining ballot access.

Judge Browning consistently ruled in favor of the ability of minor parties and independent candidates to gain access for the ballot.

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.

On June 21, a Maryland judge ruled that the Libertarian Party had submitted enough petition signatures to gain ballot access in Maryland.

Or, in many states, they do not meet petition requirements in which a certain number of voters must sign a petition for a third party or independent candidate to gain ballot access.

The once - imprisoned mayor of Bridgeport, the state's largest city, will embark on a petition drive Tuesday across the state to try to gain access to the August primary ballot.

The burgeoning third party gained ballot access in Wyoming for the first time in 2012, and its U.S. House candidate, Daniel Clyde Cummings, earned enough votes in November's general election for the group to remain a registered third party in the state through 2014.

The Green Party gained access to 44 state ballots in 2000 but only 27 in 2004.

For a party that only four years ago had to struggle to gain ballot access for the next election cycle, the Green Party has achieved a new level of permanency in state politics.

Many interested citizens have worked hard to aide these people gain ballot access, and to promote their campaigns.

The ballot line, created by state Democrats and Cuomo's re-election campaign to promote the 10 - point women's agenda, does not have many down - ballot candidates gaining access after their petitions were tossed.

As it vies to gain ballot lines, the Reform Party is hoping that funds can be used to build parties in easy ballot access states.

In order for a party to gain ballot access, a party must obtain about 85,000 valid petitions.

Tennessee requires only a couple dozen signatures for most candidates to gain ballot access so that they can run for office

This means that during an election year, a party must expend a large amount of resources to gain ballot access, and exhausts them before it can campaign for governor.

Today, some states require huge numbers of signatures and / or votes for third parties to gain ballot access, while other states are much more reasonable.

North Carolina is one of the hardest states to gain ballot access in.

While Democrats need 1,250 signatures to gain ballot access, Wilson needs just 5 percent of enrolled WFP signatures in New York's 21st Congressional District.

Bruce Majors finished second in a 3 - way race for Delegate to the U.S. House for Washington D.C. with 13,462 votes, or 5.8 %, gaining ballot access for the LP in the district for the first time ever.

The following documents must be filed in order to gain ballot access: [7]

The candidate filed nomination petitions to run in the general election but did not submit enough valid signatures to gain ballot access.

Though the number of signatures required to gain ballot access as an independent is related to the number of registered voters who are not affiliated with recognized political parties, the affiliation of those signing the petitions does not matter as long as they have not already signed a political party candidate's petition.

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In ballot access victories for the LP resulting from U.S. Senate campaigns, Joseph Kexel won 61,904 votes (2.1 percent), gaining ballot access in Wisconsin; Scotty Bowman won 84,198 votes (1.8 percent), retaining ballot access in Michigan; and Paul Passarelli won 25,059 votes (1.7 percent), allowing the LP to run a U.S. Senate candidate in Connecticut in 2016, as well as a U.S. House 2nd District candidate in 2014, without petitioning.

I am glad to announce that the Reform Party's Presidential candidate, Roque De La Fuente, has gained ballot access in about thirty states.