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 We need a total of 21 electors in Pennsylvania
Signatures Needed: 2% of the votes of the highest vote getter
in the previous election (this is approximately 20,000 –25,000 signatures)
We cannot collecting Signatures Until 2012
Here is information for getting on the ballot released in February 2008
$200 filing fee in addition to signatures

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Donations or contributions from corporations, labor organizations, federal government contractors and foreign nationals are prohibited. Federal law requires us to obtain and report the name and mailing address of anyone making donations that exceed $50 as well as the occupation and name of employer of anyone making donations that exceed $200 in a calendar year. Please Email Us if your Donation Exceeds $50.

Primary ballot access:

Only the Democratic and Republican party candidates may run in the primary
File declaration of candidacy [25 P.S. 2839.1.]
Fee: $200 [2873]
Petition: 2,000 signatures (100 from each of the 10 different counties) [2872.1.]
Deadline: 10th Tuesday before the primary [2873]

Minor party qualifications:

Has less than 15% of registered voters statewide,
but had a candidate on the previous ballot who
polled more than 2% of the votes [2872.2]

General ballot access for minor party and independent candidates:

File candidate affidavit [2911(e)]
Petition: 2% of the votes of the highest vote getter
in the previous election (this is approximately 20,000 –25,000 signatures) [2911]
Filing fee: $200 [2873]
Deadline: second Friday subsequent to the primary [2913(c)]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot: 85 days before the election
Primary date: fourth Tuesday in April [1-8-11]
Participation: Closed primary
Voter registration: 30 days before the 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.....