Ballot Access News reports that Cindy Sheehan got only a couple of hundred more valid signatures than required, placing her officially on the ballot.
The Sheehan campaign collected about 20,000 raw signatures, after a last minute push.
San Francisco election officials today certified Cindy Sheehan for the November ballot against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She had to get 10,198 signatures. Officials said she turned in 214 more than she needed.
Sheehan is the first independent House candidate to qualify for the California ballot since 1996. California’s requirement for independent candidates for U.S. House is the 4th most difficult in the nation (only Georgia, Illinois, and North Carolina have more severe requirements). She has the endorsement of the local Peace and Freedom Party and Green Party.
More of IPR’s coverage of Cindy Sheehan
and her campaign here.
Wait…
What?
Well that sucks, cause I already sounded the alarm. I think the only fair thing left to do is warn you. =/
No, I’m being sarcastic. Really.
Are you saying that she is more preferable than any alternative? I need to know so that I can sound the alarm.
Down with Spence.
Ya, pretty rude being on the other side of it, isn’t it? hehe
Down with Pelosi.
Not bad at all.
If I’m not wrong, that’s more money than McKinney and Baldwin combined….
She’s also raised more than 300k so far,which is a pretty spectacular number.
She didn’t have their nomination, just their endorsement. She wasn’t able to be on either party’s primary ballot because of her registration history, and didn’t want to run as a write-in in either.
Why did Sheehan have to petition if she had the nomination of ballot-qualified parties? I’m assuming the LP candidate didn’t collect 10,000 signatures.
That’s a safe bet in SF.
Im betting Sheehan outpolls the Republican (and the Libertarian, obviously).
Is there a Libertarian running in that race?