Sentences with phrase «on ballot access»

This total represents the number of signatures gathered across the nation so far on ballot access petitions.

Instead, the term is used to indicate competitive environment on a ballot access level.

The lesson here is that we can not wait on ballot access, and that means that we can not wait on matching funds.

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

The second edition, unlike the first edition, contains a chapter on ballot access laws.

On January 27, the Massachusetts Attorney General filed this brief in the State Supreme Court, in the lawsuit over whether the election law either permits or forbids using a stand - in presidential candidate on the ballot access petition of an unqualified party.

Every Thursday, the Americans Elect web page posts the number of signatures collected on ballot access petitions to date.

Polanco wants to change not only how New Yorkers vote but who they can vote for, by providing free legal counsel to candidates participating in the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program who raise less than $ 10,000, and easing restrictions on ballot access for candidates.

The meaning of a signature on a ballot access petition was explained well by U.S. District Court Judge Philip Pratt, a Nixon appointee, in Hall v Austin, 495 F.Supp.782 (eastern district of Michigan, 1980).

Swaney and Halbert have both been very active in working on ballot access problems in their respective states.

Telseca said the party is less focused on ideology and more on ballot access.

On July 14, Americans Elect web page posted the national cumulative total of signatures obtained on ballot access petitions across the nation.

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.

This story and thought provoking questions was designed to stimulate a healthy discussion on the Ballot Access process.

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

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

To learn the latest status on the ballot access battle in Ohio and how you can help, visit the Libertarian Party of Ohio website.

May 23, 2011: Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Making Miniscule Improvements in Ballot Access May 9, 2011: Tennessee Legislature Passes Bill that makes Only Slight Improvements to Ballot Access May 5, 2011: Tennessee Senate Moves Vote on Ballot Access Bill to May 9

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.

The Americans Elect web page says 2,057,241 signatures have collected on ballot access petitions around the nation.

On January 6, the Massachusetts Libertarian Party filed this brief with the Massachusetts Supreme Court, in the party's lawsuit over whether the law permits an unqualified party to list a stand - in presidential candidate on its ballot access petition.

Tobin has a long history of work on ballot access and election reform issues and founded the Free and Equal Elections Foundation in 2009.

The issue is whether Massachusetts law lets unqualified parties use a stand - in presidential candidate on its ballot access petition, and then, if the stand - in withdraws, whether the state party can replace him or her with the actual presidential nominee of that party.

Until 2009, every court that had ever heard a case on whether an unqualified party could list a stand - in vice-presidential candidate, or a stand - in presidential candidate, on its ballot access petition, had always approved the idea.

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»

Americans Elect posts its national signature total (on ballot access petitions for itself) weekly.

Americans Elect's webpage regularly updates the number of signatures that have been collected on ballot access petitions.