Sentences with phrase «more on ballot access»

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Flanagan says he does think it's time for a «discussion» on voter access, and says some items he does support include having a larger font on ballots so they can be more easily read by voters.

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 bBallot 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.

Tobin, who ran for California Secretary of State in 2010 — garnering more than 214,000 votes as the Libertarian nominee — had served as Ralph Nader's national ballot access coordinator during the 2008 presidential campaign, a year when the feisty consumer activist, seeking the brass ring for the final time, appeared on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

Cuomo and his running mate Kathy Hochul in 2014 received more than 50,000 votes on the WEP line, qualify the party for ballot access this year.

As far as is known, activists in the following states are already working on getting ballot access bills Read more»

Flanagan said he does think it's time for a «discussion» on voter access, and said some items he does support include having a larger font on ballots so they can be more easily read by voters.

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.

It's a sharp turn away from the Bush administration, which despite a spotty civil rights record filed more ballot access cases on behalf of non-English speakers than any administration had before.»

In much the same way, when state parties drag their feet on ballot access drives, it often sets up emergency situations down the road which cost more to fix than it would have cost if there was effective collaboration from the outset.

Kent Mesplay, appearing on NBC San Diego's «Politically Speaking», describes ballot access barriers for third parties, and suggests that Roseanne Barr and himself ought to consider working more closely to secure Presidential Delegates.

We will continue our focus on Ballot Access and Marcellus Shale, hear reports from our Locals, and look ahead to 2012... Read more»

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»

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»

This meant that we had more money to hire staff and more money to spend on ballot access.

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.

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.

The Bond Act, as it reads on the November ballot, would provide access to classroom technology and high - speed internet connections, as well as offer funds to build more pre kindergarten classrooms, and replace the trailers that some overcrowded schools in New York City have been using to teach students.

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.»