Missouri
ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
Getting on the Ballot for 2012 - General ballot access for new party candidates:
Sign Up to be an Elector We need one elector from each congressional district [115.315 (3)]
Download Petition Here Start collecting: Immediately Word Document, Print the Petition on 8.5"x 14"[115.325]
Signatures Needed: 10,000 signatures [115.315]
Other Information: Each page of said petitions must contain the names of registered voters from a single county.
Filing Deadline: 15th Monday immediately preceding the general election [115.329]
File declaration of candidacy with the Secretary of State [115.327]
Select a provisional chairman and treasurer for the party [115.315 (4)]
No filing fees
New parties are qualified to put candidates on the
general ballot. If after the first election, the party
wins more than 2% of the vote, it becomes an
established party. If it subsequently fails to poll
over 2% at the polls, established status is lost
[115.317]
General ballot access for independent candidates:
File declaration of candidacy with the Secretary of State [115.327]
Choose one elector from each congressional district [115.321 (2)]
Petition: 10,000 signatures [115.321 (3)] [115.325]
Deadline: 15th Monday immediately preceding the general election [115.329]
No filing fees
Recognized party qualifications:
Polled 2% in the two consecutive preceding general elections [115.013]
Primary ballot access:
File written request to appear on the ballot [115.761 (1)]
Fee: $1,000 [115.761 (1)]
If a candidate cannot pay the fee, they must submit
a petition with 5,000 signatures and a sworn
statement that they cannot pay the fee [115.761 (2)]
Deadline: between the 15th Tuesday and the 11th
Tuesday prior to the presidential primary [115.761]
Last day to withdraw from the ballot: 42 days before the election
Primary date: first Tuesday after the first Monday in February [115.755]
Participation: Open primary
Voter registration:
fourth Wednesday before the
primary election; 28 days before the general election
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
The candidate will need to file a notarized “Candidate Declaration Form United States President” and a notarized “Declaration Of Intent Candidate Vice President And Elector Nomination Form” (which needs to include the Vice-President candidate’s name, and the names of 11 presidential electors in Missouri pledged to the candidate).
These two forms will need to be accompanied by 11 notarized “Declaration of Candidacy” forms for each of the Missouri electors. 9 of the electors must come one from each of Missouri’s 9 congressional districts, and 2 can be “at large”.
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/
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