Sentences with phrase «petition requirement»

The independent petition requirement for legislative races is typically less than 100 signatures.

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.

But the procedures, specified by the legislature, included difficult petition requirements, at least relative to other states: 15 percent of the number of ballots cast in the preceding gubernatorial election.

The statewide petition requirement for the more important statewide offices (U.S. Senator, Governor) would fall from 10,000 Read more»

The independent petition requirement for legislative races is typically Read more»

North Dakota also has very stringent petition requirements for independent candidates for the legislature.

The Senate version keeps the same petition requirement as the existing law, in presidential election years; but it lowers the Read more»

«The arduous petition requirements is probably the biggest thing.

Georgia has most restrictive petitioning requirements in the country according to Ballot Access News which stated in May, 2003: «Georgia is the showcase example of why the Voter Freedom Act [H.R. 2268] is needed.»

The bill eases petitioning requirements for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, by approximately 25 %.

North Carolina has the nation's 3rd highest petition requirement for independent candidates for the legislature, 4 % of the number of registered voters.

There have also been a few independent candidates in Georgia who tried very hard, but none succeeded in meeting the 5 % petition requirement since 1964.

On February 16, the Georgia House Government Committee passed HB 949, which reduces petition requirements for minor party and independent candidates by approximately 25 %.

North Carolina independent candidate petition requirements are so bad, no independent has ever qualified for any statewide office (except President), and none has ever appeared on a government - printed ballot for U.S. House either.

The most difficult petition requirement that the U.S. Supreme Court has ever upheld concerning presidential ballot access was the Texas requirement, which was and continues to be a petition of 1 % of the last gubernatorial vote.

The case had been filed by the Green Party and the Constitution Party, and it alleged that Georgia's petition requirement for presidential candidates to get on the November ballot is too strict.

Caputo called the suggestion that Paladino is falling short of the petition requirement «ridiculous,» adding:

The 2012 petition requirement will equal 2 % of the highest vote - getter's vote among the four 2011 statewide major party candidates.

But according to the Board of Elections, Dionisio has captured the Independence Party and Reform Party endorsements, fulfilling his petition requirement to run on those lines in the general election.

But the petition requirements for legislature aren't too restrictive, so in 2012 both the Constitution Party Read more»

In 2013, H.B. 494 was introduced to eliminate all petitioning requirements and move Georgia «from worst to first» in terms of ballot access restrictions nationally

If Georgia had a petition requirement for president of 1 % of the last gubernatorial vote, the state's requirement this year would be 25,762 signatures.

In 1971 the legislature passed a new law, lowering the petition requirement from 7 % of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1 % of the last vote cast.

In 1970 the Socialist Labor Party had won a ballot access decision against the petition requirement for new and minor parties, and the judges had put the SLP on the November 1970 ballot.

On July 17, U.S. District Richard W. Story dismissed the Green Party and Constitution Party ballot access lawsuit which challenges Georgia's petition requirement for minor party and independent presidential ballot access.

According to a member of the Council, the final recommendation will be to retain the 1 % statewide petition requirement, and the 5 % district petition requirement.

Since the 1964 revisions, no one has complied with the 5 % petition requirement to get on the ballot for U.S. House, and even in the period 1943 - 1964, no minor party candidates qualified, although during the 1943 - 1964 period some independent candidates did qualify.

But the petition requirements for legislature aren't too restrictive, so in 2012 both the Constitution Party and the Socialist Party placed one or two legislative candidates on the November ballot.

The 11th circuit remanded the case back to the U.S. District Court, but then the legislature lowered the petition requirement to 1 % of the number of registered voters and the case ended.

Charter Petition Framework and Content Understand the petition requirements and learn how to structure a quality charter petition December 15, 2010

Charter Petition Framework and Content Understand the petition requirements and learn how to structure a quality charter petition November 3, 2010

The group hired a lawyer and took the issue to court and last week Circuit Judge Bonnie Wheaton ruled that the Naperville Smart Meter Awareness Group didn't meet the petition requirements and their request for a referendum was denied.