America's Third Party: David Jon Sponheim for President

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

Getting on the Ballot for 2012

Sign Up to be an Elector: Party nominations of candidates for the office of elector of president and vice president of the United States, one for each congressional district and two at large, shall be made by the state committee. [§ 6-102]
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Check Back Soon for Information about Petitioning Signatures
Filing Deadline: not later than seven weeks preceding the general [§ 6-128 (2)]

Major Party Qualifications:

Received 5% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election.

Primary ballot access:

Candidates for president run against each other in a
statewide primary, and delegates and alternate
delegates run in each congressional district

Ballot Access for Presidential Candidates

Petition: 5,000 signatures
Deadline: January 6, 2004

General ballot access for minor party candidates:

Nominate delegates to a national convention pursuant
to either the Republican Plan or the Democratic Plan
Or nominate candidates at a statewide convention
Or petition: 15,000 signatures [6-136]
General ballot access for independent candidates:
Petition: 15,000 signatures, at least 100 signatures
must come from each of the 16 congressional districts
Deadline: January 9, 2004

Last day to withdraw from the ballot: withdrawal not permitted
Primary date: first Tuesday in March [8-100]

Sources:
New York State Board of Elections (October 31, 2007). State of New York 2008 Election Law. ISBN: 978-1-4224-2192-5 Retrieved January 5, 2009, from http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/download/law/2008NYElectionLaw.pdf

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 submit a “certificate of candidacy” which may be drawn up by, and must be signed by the candidate. The “certificate” must contain the following:

• Name and address of presidential candidate
• Name and address of vice-presidential candidate
• Name and address of at least one elector

The certificate should be accompanied by, and make reference to the following:

• a signed “certificate of acceptance” from vice-presidential candidate – needs to be NOTARIZED
• a signed “certificate of acceptance” from at least one elector – needs to be NOTARIZED
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/