Sentences with phrase «statewide candidate petition»

Actually, that is the number of signatures needed for a statewide candidate petition.

Not exact matches

Paladino campaign manager Michael Caputo called Redlich a «crackpot candidate who doesn't understand the petitioning process and can not find canvassers loony enough to collect his 15,000 statewide signatures.»

Barron petitioned his way into the November gubernatorial election on what he's calling the Freedom Party line to protest the lack of any candidates of color on the statewide Democratic ticket.

Connecticut Representative Tim Bowles (D - Preston) has introduced a bill to lower the statewide independent candidate petition, and the statewide petition for newly - qualifying parties, from 7,500 signatures, to 5,000 signatures.

[We are] planning on circulating independent nominating petitions for our statewide candidates in order to create an issue - themed additional voting line...» the letter states.

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

Indiana is one of only two states in which no statewide minor party or independent candidate petition has succeeded, since 2000.

It also lowers the petition signature requirements for unaffiliated statewide candidates from 2 percent to 0.25 percent of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial or presidential race.

Americans Elect is the first statewide petition in that state (whether newly - qualifying party or statewide independent candidate) to have completed a petition successfully since the Libertarians did it in 2000.

Connecticut Representative Timothy Bowles (D - Preston) has introduced HB 6098, to lower the statewide minor party and independent candidate petition from 7,500 signatures to 5,000 signatures.

1 A party is qualified if it meets one of three conditions: (1) in the last gubernatorial election, one of its statewide candidates polled at least two percent of the statewide vote; (2) the party's membership is at least one percent of the statewide vote at the last preceding gubernatorial election; or (3) voters numbering at least 10 percent of the statewide vote at the last gubernatorial election sign a petition stating that they intend to form a new party.

Deadline to submit petitions to county board of elections for verification prior to submitting to State Board of Elections (applies to unaffiliated candidates for statewide office)

The deadline to file petitions for statewide candidates is just a couple of days away and Carl Paladino claims he's well beyond the threshold to get on the ballot in the race for governor.

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.

Major party candidates seeking a statewide nomination must collect petition signatures from June 5 to July 24.

For statewide partisan offices (including congressional offices), petitions must contain signatures equaling 3 percent of the total number of votes cast for the party's candidate for the same office in the last general election.