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

Recognized party qualifications:

Received 4% of the vote in any statewide office [652:11]

Primary ballot access:

Fee: $1,000
Or petition: 10 signatures from each of the 21
counties [655:48]
Deadline: first Monday after the first Wednesday
in January [655:50]

General ballot access for non-recognized and
independent candidates:

File declaration of candidacy with the Secretary of State
Fee: $250 [655:19-a]
Petition: 3,000 signatures (1,500 from each of
the two congressional districts) [655:42]
Deadline: between the first Wednesday in June
and the Friday of the following week [655:14]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot:
withdrawal not permitted
Primary date: Tuesday selected by the Secretary of State which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election [653:9]
Participation: Semi-closed. Unaffiliated voters may
vote for either Republican or Democratic candidates.
After voting, the unaffiliated voters are automatically
members of the party for whom they voted
Voter registration: 10 days before the election; day
of election at the polls

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

All write-in Votes are Counted. No filing needed.
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/