Sentences with phrase «to get on the primary ballot»

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Three mayoral candidates are facing challenges that could jeopardize their hopes of getting on a primary ballot in September.

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.

Even getting on the primary ballot may be a challenge: New York State requires 15,000 signatures.

Petition gathering to get on the primary ballot begins this Monday.

But just as important as whether Levy gets on a primary ballot is the question of what impact a primary will have on the Republicans.

Lauretti is now collecting signatures to get on the primary ballot for lieutenant governor — with Boughton's help.

Lorigo, being a party member, only needed 25 % of the weighted vote at the party's convention on May 28, 2010 to get on the primary ballot instead of the majority required by non-party members.

The bill also lowers the number of signatures for a candidate to get on a primary ballot by 25 %, and shrinks the petitioning period for primary petitions from 38 days to 28 days.

The deadline to get on the primary ballot in Wisconsin is June 1.

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.

All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.

Rachel Barnhart, one of the people seeking the Democratic nomination for the congressional seat previously held by Louise Slaughter, says she has secured the required number of signatures to get on the primary ballot.

The Bridgeport mayor has been collecting thousands of signatures to get on the primary ballot, and some delegates surmised that Ganim might not go forward with his convention effort if he believes that a poor showing would make him look like a weak candidate.

In theory anyone could attempt to run by collecting enough signatures to get on the primary ballot but the reality of election politics today is that only those people who are connected to the party already and have the ability to raise money for themselves and the party have a real chance of success of being nominated to a high profile position.

He said Monday he has collected about 300 of the 1,000 petition signatures needed to get on the primary ballot.

Any candidate would need to submit 1,250 signatures from registered Democrats by April 12 to get on the primary ballot.

A former economist at Bear Stearns, David Malpass, 54, received enough votes from the Republican Party's state committee to get on the primary ballot.

Fowler had originally planned to run for mayor as a Democrat, but did not submit petitions to get on the primary ballot.

Collier, after declaring officially only on Monday, said she has been «overwhelmed by the positive response» and believes a growing pool of volunteers will be sufficient to collect the minimum 1,250 valid signatures needed to get on the primary ballot.

Levy said Conway signed on to his campaign just before the state GOP convention, where as a nonparty member he fell short of getting the 50 percent vote tally he needed to get on the primary ballot.

If he gets that, then the Suffolk County executive needs 50 percent of the vote plus one to get on a primary ballot — since his enrollment from Democrat to Republican doesn't take effect until next year.

He also ran into more controversy recently when the State Elections Enforcement Commission opened an investigation into a complaint by a Bridgeport resident who said he never signed a petition that allowed Ganim to get on the primary ballot.

An Andrew Heaney for Congress campaign staffer and two donors are objecting to every one of Republican Bob Bishop's 1,897 signatures to get on the primary ballot in the NY - 19 race.

Lazio reportedly raised around $ 2 million in the same period, while Paladino, who's petitioning to get on the primary ballot to challenge Lazio for the Republican nomination, raised $ 1.8 million — but all of it except for $ 100,000 was his own money.

I wanted to oppose him in 2008, but was unable to get on the primary ballot - there was too much insider politics against me... John's a good choice.

His campaign had to scramble this week for at least 3,750 signatures in order to get on the primary ballot.

This is the case that challenges California laws that say petitioners can't work outside their home district, when they are gathering signatures for candidates (for district office) to get on the primary ballot.

The filing deadline to get on the primary ballot in Wisconsin is June 1.

Another incumbent to watch is Rep. John Conyers Jr., who could easily make this list if he is forced to run a write - in campaign or seek office as an independent — the Michigan Democrat may have insufficient signatures to get on the primary ballot.

Right now, this minute, this hour, New Yorkers who care about their future, economic health and personal safety, in what knowledgeable people worldwide call the capital of the world, our New York City, can spend a small amount of their money, i.e., $ 175 to help ensure that Rudy Giuliani's deputy mayor, Joe Lhota, gets on the primary ballot,» Gelb said.

The source predicted that Levy would fail to get enough votes at the GOP nominating convention to get on the primary ballot, and that the tough - talking and still - barely known Paladino would defeat Lazio in the September primary.

Adding to the drama, to get on the primary ballot, Spitzer needs to collect 3,750 signatures from registered Democrats by Thursday — and he'll be running against Libertarian candidate Kristin Davis, the madam linked to the prostitution scandal that ended his governorship in 2008.

Each Democratic candidate needs 1,000 valid petition signatures from party members to get on the primary ballot.

It's not a trivial process to get on the primary ballot in New York.

The lower court had upheld the New York state law, which prevented a wife from helping circulate her husband's petition to get on a primary ballot.

Candidates in Maine face burdensome petitions to get themselves on primary ballots.

Also Schneiderman and Brodsky both have the political muscle to get on the primary ballot one way or another.

Paladino also said he expects to pull 25 percent of the delegates there and at the Conservative Party convention on May 28, the minimum amount needed to get on the primary ballot.

She submitted 640 signatures, but needed 500 to get on the primary ballot.

Cox's handpicked gubernatorial candidate, Democrat - turned - Republican Steve Levy, failed to muster the 50 percent of the weighted delegate votes needed to get him on a primary ballot, where he would have challenged the rank - and - file's top vote - getter, Rick Lazio.

His new lieutenant governor partner, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, has to scrape together enough signatures to get on the primary ballot, which would allow them to secure state funding for their combined campaign.

Hogan and Denno, as citywide candidates, must gather 1,000 valid signatures from Democrats to get on the primary ballot.

Though he has no job, the 32 - year - old Greene was able to pay the $ 10,440 required to get on the primary ballot, a circumstance that has some Democrats alleging Republican mischief.

Virginia requires petitions, both for general election access by independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties, and also for a candidate to get on a primary ballot.