Sentences with phrase «on ballot access for»

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.

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However, some proponents do not believe the proxy access right goes far enough and a shareholder submitted proxy access proposal is on the ballot for the upcoming meeting.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

According to Ballot Access News, the Kansas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case this week on whether or not the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate can withdraw his name from the November bBallot Access News, the Kansas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case this week on whether or not the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate can withdraw his name from the November ballotballot.

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.

Typically candidates can name a committee and list them on their designating petition, which is the green form where candidates collect signatures for ballot access.

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.

On February 27, the Oklahoma Senate unanimously passed SB 668, which eases ballot access for newly - qualifying parties in midterm years, but does not reduce the number of signatures in presidential years.

For a party to receive automatic ballot access in New York, a gubernatorial candidate must receive at least 50,000 votes on its line.

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.

On May 22, as reported here earlier, a U.S. District Court ruled that California's ballot access law for newly - qualifying parties is probably unconstitutional, and enjoined the state from enforcing the deadline.

July 28, 2011: Dan Winslow, Chief Ballot Access Attorney for Americans Elect, Gives Interview July 28, 2011: Los Angeles Times Front - Page Story on Americans Elect July 27, 2011: Americans Elect Says It May Wish to Run Congressional Candidates

The original decision in this case, handed down on February 3, 2012, struck down the state's ballot access law for newly - qualifying parties.

On January 31, 2012, the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and the Oklahoma Green Party filed a lawsuit, challenging the state's ballot access procedure for newly - qualifying parties, which this year required 51,739 valid signatures due March 1 (the state defends the early deadline on the grounds that all parties, even newly - qualifying parties, must choose nominees in the June primaryOn January 31, 2012, the Oklahoma Libertarian Party and the Oklahoma Green Party filed a lawsuit, challenging the state's ballot access procedure for newly - qualifying parties, which this year required 51,739 valid signatures due March 1 (the state defends the early deadline on the grounds that all parties, even newly - qualifying parties, must choose nominees in the June primaryon the grounds that all parties, even newly - qualifying parties, must choose nominees in the June primary).

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.

Nader, who spoke in Oklahoma City about ballot access reform, said Oklahoma has one of the most restrictive requirements for third parties to get on the ballot.

The North Carolina ballot access reform bill, HB 32, which has already passed the House, is set for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next week, which means it will then receive a vote on the Senate floor if it passes Committee.

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.

This is a ballot access case, which challenged the North Dakota law on how a minor party candidate for the state legislature gets on the ballot.

In February 2012, a U.S. District Court in Tennessee had struck down the state's ballot access law for newly - qualifying parties, and had also ordered the state to print the two plaintiff parties on the 2012 ballot.

On December 17, the Illinois Green Party, and its nominee for U.S. House, 2nd district, in the upcoming April 2013 special election, filed a lawsuit against the ballot access requirements for non-qualified parties and independent candidates.

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 campaign of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Tuesday has formally filed for ballot access in New York's presidential primary on April 19.

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.

Leading Detroit Free Press: U.S. Rep. John Conyers» campaign scrambles to get him on August ballot The battle for ballot access has begun for U.S. Rep. John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who has served in Washington for nearly 50 years.

On March 22, two bills to ease ballot access for minor parties advanced.

On April 26, the New Mexico Secretary of State's office approved the ballot access petitions filed earlier this month for the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and the Independent American Party.

On May 8, the Oklahoma Senate agreed to a conference committee for HB 1058, the ballot access bill that has passed both chambers, but in different forms in each house.

On April 10, the Missouri Senate Elections Committee unanimously passed HB 1236, the bill that improves ballot access for newly - qualifying parties.

Aware that the Clinton campaign is already portrayed as dictating terms to the DNC, Baker raised the concern about making ballot access in primary states a criteria for getting on stage: If Sanders were locked out because of potential trouble qualifying in New Hampshire (given that he's not a registered Democrat), Baker was worried this would be seen as Clinton keeping him out.

The Green Party of Georgia, and the Constitution Party of Georgia, challenged Georgia's ballot access procedures for presidential candidates on May 25, 2012.

But for everyone else — including Chris Christie, John Kasich and Rand Paul, whose campaigns say they are on track to be on the ballot everywhere — ballot access is an expensive challenge.

The U.S. District Court had put them both on the ballot on February 3, on the basis that the ballot access law for newly - qualifying parties is unconstitutional and that these two plaintiff political parties had shown they have a modicum of support.

Now that the Arizona Green Party is safely on the ballot for 2012, due to successfully getting a ballot access bill through this year's legislature, Arizona Greens are now organizing a search for volunteer members who will petition to restore the Green Party's ballot status in neighbor states New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada.

The Libertarian Party has appeared on the ballot in at least 46 states in every election since 1980, except for 1984 when David Bergland gained access in only 36 states.

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»

Indiana ballot access laws, since 1983, have been so restrictive, the Libertarian Party is generally the only party that appears on the ballot for statewide office and Congress.

Wilson points out that some of the Republican Party officials who are criticizing the state chair of the Republican Party for signing a Libertarian Party ballot access petition, themselves signed petitions to put Libertarians on the 2010 ballot.

He also has racked up a good number of delegates for ballot access, should the race develop into a full - on primary, which it is expected to.

Jimmy McMillan, the 2010 candidate for governor who made a viral splash at the sole televised debate that year, was denied access to the statewide ballot on Friday by the Board of Elections.

In 1996, the U.S. Taxpayers Party, collected nearly 65,000 signatures for Presidential candidate, Howard Phillips, to be on the November election ballot, however, the state denied him ballot access and invalidated many signatures citing an unstated requirement prohibiting the notary from collecting any of the signatures;

On March 5, the Texas Secretary of State's web page posted this updated information for presidential candidate ballot access.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

Recent ballot access lawsuits have forced the states of Ohio and Tennessee to include presidential candidates from the Constitution Party and other parties on the ballot for 2012.

The Reform Party of North Carolina hopes Roque De La Fuente's ballot access lawsuit will pave the way for laxer ballot laws, and break the establishment's stranglehold on the North Carolina ballot.

On November 26, 2008, independent U.S House candidate Faye Coffield filed suit in U.S. District Court in Georgia, asking that the Georgia ballot access law for independent candidates for U.S. House of Representatives be declared unconstitutional

On July 4, the Ohio Green Party put out a press release, blasting the legislature for passing HB 194, the omnibus election law bill that the state claims cures the constitutional defect in the old ballot access law that was struck down in 2006.

On January 10, a U.S. District Court held oral arguments in Green Party of Tennessee et al v Goins, a lawsuit in which the Green and Constitution Parties challenge the Tennessee ballot access law for new and previously unqualified parties.

Because ballot access is so difficult, no minor parties are on the ballot, and the petition deadline for new parties was March 13.

August 9, 2011: Libertarian Party Sues Ohio Over Inadequacy of New Ballot Access Law, and Also Over Due Process August 8, 2011: Ohio Secretary of State Refuses to Keep Minor Parties on 2012 Ballot July 26, 2011: Ohio Libertarians Ask Secretary of State to Leave the Qualified 4 Minor Parties on Ballot for 2012