America's Third Party: David Jon Sponheim for President

ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (850) 245-6200
Email: DivElections@mail.dos.state.fl.us
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION

Major party qualifications:

Has more than 5% of the total registered voters in
the state [97.021]

Primary ballot access:

Party submits candidate list to the Secretary of State
by December 31 [9-103.101(2)(a)]

General ballot access for major or minor party candidates:

Party is affiliated with a national party holding a
national convention
Party submits the name of the candidate and a list of
electors to the Department of State
Deadline: Prior to September 1 [103.021(4a)]
Party is not affiliated with a national party holding a
national convention
Petition: 1% (in 2004, this will be approximately
93,023 signatures) of the registered electors of the
state [103.021(4b)]
Deadline: July 15 [103.021(4b)]

General ballot access for independent candidates:

Petition: 1% (in 2004, this was approximately
93,023 signatures) of registered electors of the state
[103.021(3)]
Deadline: July 15 [103.021(3)]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot:

42 days
before the election

Primary date: Second Tuesday in March

Source:
The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....

Write-In Information

A presidential write-in candidate may have a blank space provided on the general election ballot for his/her name to be written in if:

1) The candidate files an Oath of Candidate (Form DS-DE 85) with the Division of Elections between 8 a.m., July 1 and Noon, July 8, 2008.

Form DS-DE 85 may be downloaded from the Division of Elections website at: http://election.dos.state.fl.us/forms/pdf/DSDE85.pdf

2) Not later than August 29, 2008, the candidate submits a list containing the names and addresses of 27 persons to serve as electors to the Department of State.

NO NOTARIZATIONS REQUIRED.

The Oath of Candidate form must be filled out and signed by both Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates.
Source:
Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/