Nevada
ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (775) 684-5705
Email: nvelect@govmail.state.nv.us
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
Major party qualifications:
Have at least 10% of the total number of registered voters in the state
Or petition: 10 % of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for the offices of Representative in Congress [293.128]
Deadline: last Friday in April before any primary election
General ballot access for major party candidates:
File declaration of candidacy and slate of delegates
after the state convention[298.020]
No filing fees
Recognized minor party qualifications:
Polled for any of its candidates equal to or more
than 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for
the offices of Representative in Congress in the last
general election
Or petition: 1% of the total number of votes cast
at the last preceding general election for the offices
of Representative in Congress (in 2004, this was approximately 5,015 signatures),
Deadline: second Friday in August [293.1715]
Currently, the Green, Libertarian, Independent
American, and the Natural Law parties are
recognized minor parties in Nevada
General ballot access for minor party candidates:
Party files a list of its candidates with the Secretary
of State
Deadline: first Tuesday in September [293.1725]
General ballot access for unrecognized party and independent candidates:
File declaration of candidacy
Petition: 1% of votes cast in the previous election
for U.S. Representative (in 2004, this will be approximately
5,015 signatures)
Filing fee: $250
Deadline: second Friday in August [298.109]
Last day to withdraw from the ballot: no statute
Primary date: NONE
Voter registration:
5th Saturday 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
Nevada law prohibits write-in candidacies or write-in votes of any kind. (NRS 293.270)
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/
