Article: INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE DEADLINE FOR STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY APPROACHING

Article: Validation procedures and the burden of ballot access regulations.
Yale Law Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......lawsuits claiming that certain state ballot access laws violated the constitutional rights...2) Like most plaintiffs in federal ballot access cases, Nader focused on the core statutory...are not the only burdens that state ballot access regimes impose. In many states, Nader...

Article: Crashing the Parties: Report From the Century Foundation on the Nader Campaign and the Debate Over Ballot Access.
AScribe Law News Service;  September 21, 2004 ;     453 words ......Crashing the Parties: The Problem of Ballot Access, a new report from The Century Foundation...democracy reformists criticize current ballot access laws as an unjustifiable and excessive...getting on the ballot. Others recognize ballot access procedures as legitimate means of ...

Article: Pruning the political thicket: the case for strict scrutiny of state ballot access restrictions.
University of Pennsylvania Law Review;  December 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......schemes and have addressed the validity of many ballot access restrictions. Ballot access restrictions represent the organizational...found it politically expedient to utilize ballot access restrictions as a method of warding off unwanted...

Article: Ballot access on the '96 ticket. (third parties want a chance)(includes a related article on how ballot access requirements differ by state)(Cover Story)
Insight on the News;  September 11, 1995 ;     700+ words ......small, information-dense newsletter, Ballot Access News, he is director of the Coalition...San Francisco. Winger is an expert on ballot-access laws, a man who readily reels off arcane...a new grassroots group devoted to ballot-access issues. I live, breathe and sleep ballot...

Article: Crashing the Parties: A New Report from The Century Foundation on the Nader Campaign and the Debate over Ballot Access
U.S. Newswire;  September 21, 2004 ;     537 words ......Crashing the Parties: The Problem of Ballot Access," a new report from The Century Foundation...democracy reformists criticize current ballot access laws as an unjustifiable and excessive...getting on the ballot. Others recognize ballot access procedures as legitimate means of ...

Article: Nader wins Reform Party endorsement Independent presidential candidate also gains ballot access in seven states
Oakland Tribune;  May 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the national Reform Party, giving him ballot access in at least seven states, including...lines in each state or try to gain ballot access through other means. In an interview...the Reform Party has already secured ballot access for its nominee are Colorado, Kansas...

Article: Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform calls for relaxed requirements to aid 3rd parties
THE JOURNAL RECORD;  September 17, 2007 ;     304 words ......and services for consumers, so free ballot access should likewise result in better candidates...Friday. As chairman of Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform, Jones announced the group had...parties. Oklahoma has the strictest ballot access laws in the nation, said Jones. The...

Article: Ralph Nader gets ballot access in seven states
Charleston Gazette;  May 13, 2004 ;     273 words ......the national Reform Party, giving him ballot access in at least seven states, including...lines in each state, or try to gain ballot access through other means. In an interview...the Reform Party has already secured ballot access for its nominee are Colorado, Kansas...

Article: Nader wins national Reform Party endorsement; Move gives presidential candidate ballot access in at least 7 states
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 13, 2004 ;     258 words ......the national Reform Party, giving him ballot access in at least seven states, including...lines in each state, or try to gain ballot access through other means. Other states in...the Reform Party has already secured ballot access for its nominee are Colorado, Kansas...

Article: Ballot Access
The Washington Post;  July 28, 1997 ;     503 words ......Close to Home, July 20} are wrong about ballot access in Virginia and Maryland. Having worked...Reform Party have experienced in gaining ballot access in Virginia and Maryland. It is instructive...states once a third party has gained ballot access. In Massachusetts, for example, ...

Article: Hoffman may appeal case for ballot access
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  July 30, 2008 ;     158 words ...Hoffman may appeal case for ballot access Edition: FINAL Section: Local &...Hoffman says he's considering taking his ballot access case to the federal level. Hoffman...the supreme court denied his right to ballot access, and denied the constitutional rights...

Article: An analysis of the 2004 Nader ballot access federal court cases.
Fordham Urban Law Journal;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......federal court in his eight federal ballot access or vote-counting cases, which were...discusses each of Nader's 2004 federal ballot access cases. (4) These cases are grouped...concludes that Nader's 2004 federal ballot access cases had merit, and that the federal...

Article: Nader wins Reform Party endorsement, ballot access in eight states
AP Worldstream;  May 12, 2004 ;     288 words ......the national Reform Party, giving him ballot access in eight states, including Florida...the Reform Party has already secured ballot access for its nominee include Colorado, Kansas...more than 92,000 signatures to gain ballot access as an independent candidate in Florida...

Article: Nader facing ballot-access hurdles; Local ordinances stymie campaign's signature gathering.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  May 4, 2004 ;     608 words ......of a failed effort to use a simple ballot-access procedure in Oregon and highlights...the states has had its deadline for ballot access yet, said Nader campaign spokesman...Democrats have not interfered with its ballot-access efforts. But Texas, with its difficult...