The problems, they say, range from forged signatures and signatures of people who are
not registered voters in the district to signatures of scores of people that appear more than once.
Although the number
of registered voters in the district has grown by about 9 percent since Congressman Tim Bishop (D - Southampton) was first elected in 2002, turnout changes very little with each passing election.
Republicans, who have
fewer registered voters in the district, are considering several candidates and are hopeful because the deciding issues may not be local ones but the stewardship of President Obama.
Republicans were required to collect 5 percent of the vote from the gubernatorial election
from registered voters in each district to create the «Stop de Blasio» line that Republican Assembly candidates Rebecca Harary and Jon Kostakopoulos will run on in November.
Petitions bearing 5,616 signatures, representing approximately 23 percent of
the registered voters in the district, were filed at the Park District offices Wednesday, requesting that a binding referendum be placed on the March 20 ballot, according to Jim Davies, cochairman of the association.
For district offices, including the state legislature, U.S. House, and local office, the bill lowers the signature requirement for unaffiliated candidates from 4 percent to 1 percent of
the registered voters in that district.
According to Article IV of the California Constitution, the candidate must be a United States Citizen, a resident of California for three years, a resident of the legislative district for one year and
a registered voter in that district by the time nomination papers are filed.
If the number of
registered voters in the district in which the candidate seeks nomination is less than 2,000, a candidate may submit a petition containing four signatures for each dollar of the filing fee, or 20 percent of the total number of registered voters in the district in which he or she seeks nomination, whichever is less.
The voter registration list comes from the Board of Elections («BOE») and is the list of
all registered voters in your district.
In the poll of 404
registered voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, 36 percent said they had a favorable opinion of Assemblyman Michael Cusick, and only 13 percent had an unfavorable opinion of him.
Lower the number of signatures an unaffiliated candidate for district offices (including U.S. Congress and the General Assembly) must collect from 4 % to 1 % of
the registered voters in that district as of January 1 of the election year.
The Republicans have a definite edge over the Democrats in active,
registered voters in the district, which includes Broome and Tioga Counties, and parts of Chenango and Delaware Counties.
One - third of
registered voters in the district are Republican, one - third are registered Democrats and 30 percent are not affiliated with a party.
One - in - three
registered voters in District 23 cast a vote in that general election, all according to Ballotpedia.
Hikind won his re-election against a serious Republican challenger with just 12,317 votes, or one - in - four
registered voters in the district, all according to Ballotpedia.
As an established party candidate, Schmidt would need to submit a petition in December with valid signatures from 600
registered voters in the district, and would then be on the March primary ballot.