Not exact matches
A party meets the requirements for
ballot access if a candidate nominated by the political party at one of the two immediately preceding statewide general elections
received at least 5 percent of the vote, or if a combination of candidates nominated by the political party for a combination of districts that encompass all of the voters of the entire state polled at least 5 percent of the vote in each of their respective districts.
For a party to
receive automatic
ballot access in New York, a gubernatorial candidate must
receive at least 50,000 votes on its line.
All either retained or
received automatic
ballot access following the 2014 election.
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.
Donovan's campaign just announced he has
received endorsements from 12 GOP county chairs who together account for 27.57 percent of the weighted convention vote, putting him comfortably past the 25 percent mark necessary for
ballot access.
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.
According to Garland Favorito, one of Georgia's leading
ballot access activists, HB 949 is not dead, and will
receive a vote on the House floor on Monday, March 5.
But Hawkins, who helped the Green Party achieve automatic
ballot access four years after
receiving more than 50,000 votes, says he's technically running closer to Astorino than Astorino is to Cuomo in a recent Marist College poll.
As of 2014, a lawsuit by the Green Party and Constitution Party for
ballot access is still pending in federal court and has
received an initial favorable ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals
In other U.S. House races, Jim McDermott of Alaska's At - large (only) Congressional District
received 11,051 votes, or 5 %, in a 4 - way race, which retained
ballot access for the state.
In his race for Alaska's only U.S. House district, Jim McDermott
received 11,051 votes, or 5 percent, in a 4 - way race, which retained
ballot access for the state.
Lorigo said he has also
received calls from David Bellavia, who has Tea Party support and is reportedly mulling an independent run (he would have 12 days from the date Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls the special election to collect 3,500 valid signatures to gain
access to the
ballot.