America's Third Party: David Jon Sponheim for President

ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION

Recognized party qualifications:

The party polled at least 5% percent of the entire vote in the state in the last election[32-610]

Primary ballot access:

1. Secretary of State
Selects nationally recognized candidates [32-614]
Announcement is made in mid-February (the Secretary of State determines the date)
2. Petition (for those not selected)
Petition: 100 signatures of registered party voters in each of the three districts [32-613]
Deadline: not less than sixty days before the primary election [32-613]

New party qualifications:

Petition: 1% of total votes cast for governor in the
previous general election
Deadline: February 1 (for primary) or August 1
(for the general election) [32-716]

General ballot access for new party and independent candidates:

Petition: 2,500 signatures [32-620]
Deadline: September 1 [32-621]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot: September 1
Primary date: first Tuesday after the second Monday in May [32-401]
Participation: Closed primary
Voter registration:

fourth Tuesday before the
election by mail, second Friday before the election in
person

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 fill out the “Write-In Affidavit” and turn it in no later than October 24, 2008. The affidavit can be adjusted to the candidate's home state as indicated below. The form must be notarized. Mail to:

Nebraska Secretary of State
Elections Division
P.O. Box 94608
Lincoln, NE 68509-4608

“The below Nebraska Revised Statute outlines the requirements and deadlines to be a write in candidate in Nebraska. For the office of President, there are no filling fee requirements.

Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-615

Any candidate engaged in or pursuing a write-in campaign shall file a notarized affidavit of his or her intent together with the receipt for any filing fee with the filing officer as provided in section 32-608 no later than ten days prior to the election. A candidate who has been defeated as a candidate in the primary election or defeated as a write-in candidate in the primary election shall not be eligible as a write-in candidate for the same office in the general election unless a vacancy on the ballot exists pursuant to section 32-625. A candidate who files a notarized affidavit shall be entitled to all write-in votes for the candidate even if only the last name of the candidate has been written if such last name is reasonably close to the proper spelling.
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/