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Posts tagged as “ballot access”

Nader will not be on Texas ballot

Ralph Nader will not be on the ballot in Texas, and, in fact, he says he did not really make an effort to get on in the Lone Star State.…

Nader campaign ‘in full force’ in West Virginia

Nader supporters in West Virginia have collected over 7,500 of the 15,118 signatures needed for their candidate to appear on the state ballot. Regional coordinator Albert Marino says the campaign plans to be finished much earlier than the August 1 deadline.…

Mass. LP will put Barr/Root on the ballot

CORRECTION: It was later discovered that this report was inaccurate. Please see the updated story.

There had been some question as to whether the “majority neo-pagan” Libertarian Party of Massachusetts would put Barr/Root on the ballot based on Barr’s past anti-Wiccan activism.…

Illinois Constitution Party must re-start the petition process due to bad date

It seems that the Constitution Party of Illinois had a pretty big foul up recently. Chairman Randy Stufflebeam reported to members that petitions they’ve been circulating for several weeks had an invalid date on them and cannot be used toward the party’s goal of collecting 25,000 signatures by June 23.…

Oklahoma group seeks independent candidates

The Oklahoma Coalition of Independents (OKIES) says in a news release that it “wants all Oklahomans to know about the three days when they can file to run for office at the state Capitol: June 2nd to 4th.…

Judge upholds ballot-access restrictions in NC

From the Libertarian Party of North Carolina, as reported by IPR member libertypoint:

RALEIGH — A Superior Court judge ruled May 27 that “there is no fundamental right for a voter to vote for the party of their choice” and threw out the state Libertarian Party’s challenge to North Carolina’s elections laws.…