Sentences with phrase «to gain ballot access»

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

As a result, the process to gain ballot access varies greatly from state to state, and in the case of a third party may be affected by results of previous years» elections.

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.

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

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 Coordinated Campaign Committee and Ballot Access Working Group of the Green Party of the United States are standing by, willing to work with you as your state party goes through the process of gaining ballot access and running in elections.

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.

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

In some cases, 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.

Plaintiffs Win Belanger and Provoncha filed suit against challenger Luke Hudak (D) and the Essex County Board of Elections on Thursday, July 23 on the grounds that 92 of the signatures Hudak collected to gain ballot access are invalid.

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

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 small handful of candidates who have succeeded in collecting enough signatures to gain ballot access were unable to be fully competitive in their elections due to the amount of time and money expended simply to get their name on the ballot

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

To date less than five minor parties have gained ballot access in North Carolina, and only one, the Libertarian Party, was able to maintain it for a length of time.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is important, because for a political organization to gain ballot access, it must have 60,000 voters registered as members.

In addition, our newest and most dramatic success story is that under State Chairman Bill Merrell, the Reform Party of New York has gained ballot access and made a huge impact on New York politics.

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

PLATTSBURGH All seven Democratic candidates running for New York's 21st Congressional District filed enough signatures to gain ballot access for the June primary.

The Reform Party of New York has announced that it has aided 328 candidates in win elections since it gained ballot access last year.