Sentences with phrase «small qualified parties»

One solution would be to let small qualified parties nominate by convention instead of by primary.

The party recommends that the Wilson - Pakula Law be repealed for large political parties such as the Democratic and Republican Parties, but preserved for smaller qualified parties.

This bill lowers the number of signatures for a member of a small qualified party to get on the primary ballot of that party for Governor.

The issue in the lawsuit is whether a state may require a small qualified party to attract as much as 15 % of the primary voters to choose that party's primary ballot, if it wants to have nominees for the legislature on the November ballot.

Not exact matches

It makes many miscellaneous election law changes, including a provision that says the qualified smaller parties must notify the state of their presidential and vice-presidential nominees in August.

Hassan Ayariga posited that, he does not see the other smaller political parties qualifying to contest in the general elections because they can not meet the requirements of having two - thirds of district offices across the country.

Massachusetts and Maine have the nation's most restrictive laws on how a candidate gets on the primary ballot of a small ballot - qualified party.

Republican Tim Herbst, the former first selectman of Trumbull, has surpassed $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations, putting him in position to qualify for public campaign financing as he seeks his party's gubernatorial nomination.

Compared to the last tally (the May 21, 2012 tally), every qualified party has a slightly smaller share of the registration now than it did in May, except for the Libertarian Pparty has a slightly smaller share of the registration now than it did in May, except for the Libertarian PartyParty.

Oregon requires qualified political parties that have registration smaller than one - half of 1 % to poll at least 1 % of the vote for any statewide office, every two years, in order to remain on the ballot.

Liff noted that the County's screening panel, which includes representatives from the borough's many smaller bar associations, has in the past rejected the prefered candidate of former party boss Vito Lopez and typically find the same judges to be qualified as the peer - review committees run by the bar associations.