Not exact matches
Mangano, who is awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, has yet to declare that he is not seeking a third term, but his only remaining option to
qualify for the Nov. 7 general election would be to distribute petitions to be an
independent candidate under a nonestablished minor
party.
Connecticut Representative Tim Bowles (D - Preston) has introduced a bill to lower the statewide
independent candidate petition, and the statewide petition for newly -
qualifying parties, from 7,500 signatures, to 5,000 signatures.
If a minor
party nominee does decide to
qualify using the
independent procedure, he or she is not permitted to have a ballot label other than «
independent.»
The bill lowers the number of signatures for newly -
qualifying parties, and statewide
independent candidates, from 2 % of the last gubernatorial vote cast, to one - fourth of 1 % of that same base.
In 2012, no Green
Party, Libertarian
Party or American
Independent Party candidate
qualified for the November ballot.
Americans Elect is the first statewide petition in that state (whether newly -
qualifying party or statewide
independent candidate) to have completed a petition successfully since the Libertarians did it in 2000.
The
party may have got this idea from the Independent Party, another ballot - qualified Oregon minor party that has been nominating that way for several years
party may have got this idea from the
Independent Party, another ballot - qualified Oregon minor party that has been nominating that way for several years
Party, another ballot -
qualified Oregon minor
party that has been nominating that way for several years
party that has been nominating that way for several years now.
It also moves the deadline for newly -
qualifying parties (but not for
independent candidates) from primary day, to 22 days after the runoff primary.
In 2012, two states had petition deadlines for either newly -
qualifying parties or
independent candidates declared unconstitutional.
Petitions for newly -
qualifying parties, and for
independent candidates for President, and
independent candidates for all other office, will be due June 29.
However, it turns out that the 2009 law that changed
independent candidate petition deadlines from September to June also changed the deadlines for
qualified minor
parties to submit their nominees for the November ballot.
The Tenth Circuit had already ruled in 1984 that Colorado must let voters register into unqualified
parties, if those unqualified
parties are active enough to have at least
qualified their nominees for the November ballot using the
independent candidate petition procedure.
The
Independent Party of Connecticut is ballot -
qualified for president, and has the freedom to nominate a presidential candidate.
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»
Independent candidate R. Nelson «Oz» Gribel will also need signatures although, oddly enough, it's easier to
qualify that way for the general election ballot than for the
party primary ballot.
The March 28 Birmingham News has this editorial, in support of Senator Cam Ward's SB 15, which eases ballot access for newly -
qualifying parties and
independent candidates.
An
independent candidate seeking placement on the general election ballot must file an affidavit of identity (the same as that filed by
party candidates) and a
qualifying petition.
On August 21, the
Independent Party of Connecticut, which is ballot -
qualified for President, nominated Rocky Anderson for President.
Three candidates are somehow in the mild slugfest for county Surrogate Court judge — Democrat Sara McGinty, who won her
party's primary, though not its endorsement at convention, and has a dubious distinction of being listed as «not
qualified» by the Third Judicial Department
Independent Judicial Elections Qualification Commissions, though the Ulster County Bar Association lists her as «
qualified.»
On Sunday, July 15, the ballot -
qualified Independent Party of Delaware held its state convention in Bridgeville.
As noted earlier, on the evening of August 21, the ballot -
qualified Independent Party of Connecticut nominated Rocky Anderson for President.
But Corcoran and his supporters countered by pointing to his two decades of experience as a trial lawyer, his ranking by an
independent panel as more
qualified for the job than Walsh and his long service to the
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.
The bill cuts the number of signatures for newly -
qualifying parties, and
independent candidates, from 3 % of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1.5 %.
«To us, the best chance... to put forward the real values of this
party, I believe, that tonight you need to nominate one of our own to run for governor,» Mertens said, «someone who's
independent of the two major
parties, someone who has worked hard to build this
party, someone who is
qualified to be governor.
Additionally, a candidate can not run as an
independent if he or she tried and failed to
qualify as a political
party candidate in the primary.
A
qualified signer may be a «registered member of the
party from which the candidate is seeking nomination,» a «registered member of a political
party that is not entitled to continued representation on the ballot,» or an
independent.
A candidate may not run as an
independent if he or she is representing a
party that failed to
qualify for the primary election.
On December 19, Alabama State Senator Cam Ward (R - Alabaster) said he will re-introduce his bill to lower the number of signatures for newly -
qualifying parties and non-presidential
independent candidates.
It cuts the number of signatures in half (for newly -
qualifying parties, and non-presidential
independent candidates), and provides for a later petition deadline for
party petitions.
It will reduce the number of signatures for newly -
qualifying parties and
independent candidates.
This is the bill to lower the number of signatures needed for newly -
qualifying parties and
independent candidates to get on the ballot.
The Green
Party and Constitution
Parties didn't need independent presidential petitions because they are ballot - qualified p
Parties didn't need
independent presidential petitions because they are ballot -
qualified partiesparties.
According to this story, new regulations will allow
qualified minor
parties to have representatives on county canvass boards, and there is also now a procedure for representatives of
independent candidate campaigns.
Mercedes - Benz owners that purchased their vehicle privately or through 3rd
party independent dealerships do not
qualify to use Mercedes - Benz Star Access.
In addition to third
party runs, anyone who legally
qualifies to be President can run as an
independent.
A neutral third
party, may be an attorney, mental health professional or other person with appropriate training,
qualified and
independent, who is appointed by individual Motion or Court action.
Mediation involves the use of an
independent and
qualified third
party to help couples talk through how they will divide their assets or decide what to do with their children.
3.7 That the Australian Government fund a register of experts to help NTRBs and native title
parties access
qualified,
independent and professional advice and assistance.
One of the rules, however, in
qualifying for a Section 1031 Like Kind Exchange, is that an
independent third
party must take possession of the net sales proceeds and hold them until the closing on the purchase of the replacement property, so that you never have possession of, nor control over, the funds.
But you also protect your funds by not allowing them to become the asset of the
independent third
party, the
qualified intermediary, so that they might be lost or stolen.
A
Qualified Intermediary, as an
independent third
party, is needed to facilitate a 1031 exchange transaction and hold the funds on behalf of the investor.
In addition, not anyone can perform these evaluations; a
qualified,
independent third
party must address these components.
The
Qualified Intermediary must be an
independent entity who is not the Investor, an agent of the Investor, or a related
party to the Investor and who enters into a written Like - Kind Exchange Agreement,
Qualified Escrow Account Agreement and the Assignment, Acceptance, Notice and Direction to Convey documents.