The group's measure was cleared in March by the Secretary of State's office for circulation, meaning supporters have until Sept. 21 to collect some 366,000
valid voter signatures needed to qualify it for the ballot.
To get on the ballot, the former mayor would have to gather 79,939
valid voter signatures in Texas by May 9 from people who had not voted in either the March 1 Democratic or Republican primaries.
Now Stringer is also trying to turn Spitzer's candidacy (which could very well be short lived, unless he manages to collect a sufficient number of
valid voter signatures by Thursday) as a fund - raising tool.
Not exact matches
To qualify for party primaries, congressional candidates must submit 1,250
valid signatures from
voters in their districts.
Doheny (or anyone else) could force a primary by gathering the
valid signatures of 1,250
voters.
GOP Congressman Michael Grimm lost the Independence Party's ballot line when he did not turn in enough
valid signatures from
voters in the district, but he appealed the decision arguing that a systemic problem with the Board of Elections unfairly placed obstacles in his
signature - gathering efforts.
Valid signatures for this effort could have come from any registered
voter, enrolled in a party or not, so any inability to qualify under these circumstances should send a message loud and clear that this candidacy has no grassroots support,» Latimer said.
«The typical reasons (
signatures are ruled invalid) are that they are not registered
voters, they are not registered Republicans, or their addresses are not
valid,» Conklin said.
One - fourth of 1 % of the number of registered
voters currently is 15,327
valid signatures.
Counties used this time to count any absentee ballots or provisional ballots not yet counted, to reconcile the number of
signatures on the roster of registered
voters with the number of ballots recorded on the ballot statement, to count any
valid write - in votes, to reproduce any damaged ballots, if necessary, and to conduct a hand count of the ballots cast in 1 % of the precincts, chosen at random by the elections official.
A new party is created for statewide office if its organizers submit the
valid signatures of 15,000 registered
voters, and it automatically stays on printed ballots if its gubernatorial candidate logs 50,000 votes on its line during the election.
(Either would require the
valid signatures of 15,000 registered
voters from around the state, though a primary petition would require signatories to be enrolled Democrats.)
Elliot Quiñones [No Photo Available]-- The BOE commissioners ruled off the special election ballot for filing fewer than the required 450
valid signatures from registered
voters in the 17th Council district.
A slate of candidates led by incumbent Mayor Pedro Segarra has submitted the number of
valid signatures necessary to qualify for a spot on the Sept. 16 primary ballot, the registrars of
voters» office has determined.
The board ruled Perez Williams had submitted petitions with at least 1,250
valid signatures of registered Democratic
voters, the minimum required to gain a spot on the ballot.
To appear on the June 24 primary ballot, candidates must secure 1,250
valid signatures from Republican
voters in the 24th District.
The law requires
signatures equal to 4 % of the number of registered
voters, or approximately 20,000
valid signatures in the typical district.
Mr. McIntire's group and other anti-tax supporters need to gather 14,714
valid signatures from registered
voters in the county by early May to put the initiative on the state's September ballot — or...
Assuming the batch contains 241,153
valid signatures, state
voters will get a fourth chance to approve charters — free and public schools that operate independently of traditional districts and are allowed to use unconventional techniques.
That means supporters of the proposal now can begin the task of gathering 305,591
valid signatures of registered
voters from 44 of 88 Ohio counties.