CD118: How to Get Your Name on the Ballot

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Jennifer Briney

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🗓️ 7 February 2016

⏱️ 89 minutes

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In this special episode, we take a look at the different rules for getting on the ballot for the House of Representatives in all fifty States, and take a look at how some States made it way too hard for Independents to qualify. Executive Producer: Nickolas Zacharias Please support Congressional Dish: to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Ballot Access Information Alabama Signatures Needed: 2016 Range: 4,109 - 6,174 Fees: Filing Deadline: Alaska At-large state Signatures Needed: registered voters Fees: None Filing Deadline: Arizona Signatures Needed: 2014 Range: 2,784 - 4,381 Fees: None Filing Deadline: Arkansas Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: California As of the 2012 election, California has had a ; in order to get on the General Election ballot, you have to be one of the top two vote getters in the Primary election. [caption id="attachment_1992" align="aligncenter" width="484"] Top 2 Primary clearly benefits Republicans and Democrats[/caption] To appear on the Primary Election ballot, a candidate needs to either collect signatures or pay a fee, or a combination of the two. Signatures Needed: Fees: 2016: $1,740 Filing Deadline: Colorado Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Connecticut Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Either or Delaware At-large state Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Florida Signatures Needed: 2016 Range: 3,512 - 5,072 Fees: 2016: $6,960 Candidates can file an and get the fee waived if they don't pay anyone to collect signatures or collect campaign contributions. Filing Deadline: Georgia Signatures Needed: Signature range unavailable because the Georgia Secretary of State's office does not provide the necessary voter registration statistics online and would not provide the signature requirements by phone or email. Fees: Can be waived if the candidate turns in a Filing Deadline: Hawaii In Hawaii, candidates, regardless of party, and receive at least 10% of the votes cast for the office or receive a vote equal to or greater than the lowest vote received by the partisan candidate who was nominated. Signatures Needed: Fees: Filing Deadline: Idaho Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Illinois Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Indiana Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Iowa Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Kansas Signatures Needed: Fees: 2016: $1750 Filing Deadline: Kentucky Signatures Needed: Fees: Filing Deadline: Louisiana Signatures Needed: Fees: Filing Deadline: Maine Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Maryland Signatures Needed: 2016 Range: 4,624 - 5,155 Fees: Filing Deadline: Massachusetts Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Michigan Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Minnesota Candidates need to collect signatures or pay a filing fee to be on the General Election ballot Signatures Needed: Fees: Filing Deadline: Mississippi Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Missouri Signatures Needed: 2016 Range: 3,073 - 4,622 Fees: None Filing Deadline: Montana At-large state Signatures Needed: 2016: 10,194 Fees: 2016: $1,740 Filing Deadline: Nebraska Signatures Needed: Fees: 2016: $1,740 Filing Deadline: Nevada Signatures Needed: 2016 Range: 803 - 1,863 Fees: Filing Deadline: New Hampshire Signatures Needed: Fees: Filing Deadline: New Jersey Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: New Mexico Official petition counts until March 2016. Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: New York Signatures Needed: 2014 Range: 3,058 - 10,591 Fees: None Filing Deadline: North Carolina Signatures Needed: : 15,493 - 24,709 Fees: 2016: $1,740 Filing Deadline: North Dakota At-large state Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Ohio Signatures Needed: Fees: Filing Deadline: (the day before the Primary Election) Oklahoma In Oklahoma, candidates need to pay a filing fee or collect signatures in order to appear on the General Election ballot Signatures Needed: Approximately 15,000 signatures Fees: Filing Deadline: Oregon Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Pennsylvania Signatures Needed: Fees: Filing Deadline: Rhode Island Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: South Carolina Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: South Dakota At-large state Signatures Needed: 2016: 2,774 Fees: None Filing Deadline: Tennessee Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Texas Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Utah Signatures Needed: Fees: Filing Deadline: Vermont Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Virginia Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Washington As of the 2008 election, Washington has had a ; in order to get on the General Election ballot, you have to be one of the top two vote getters in the Primary election. To qualify for the Primary Election: Signatures Needed: Fees: 2016: $1,740 Filing Deadline: West Virginia Signatures Needed: 2016 Range: 1,404 - 1,543 Fees: 2016: $1,740 Filing Deadline: Wisconsin Signatures Needed: Fees: None Filing Deadline: Wyoming At-large state Signatures Needed: 2016: 3,302 Fees: Filing Deadline: Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: by (found on by mevio) Cover Art Design by

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0:00.0	I am so damn tired of being like to
0:08.4	I don't think I can't deny it anymore.
0:15.0	You can't stick to your story if you think it flies but I'm not going to buy it anymore.
0:31.0	Hello and thank you for turning into the 118th episode of
0:34.7	Congressional Dish. I'm your host Jennifer Braney. This is the long
0:38.2	awaited episode about how to get your name on the ballot for Congress in all 50
0:42.2	states and I'm actually really excited about this episode. name on the ballot for Congress in all 50 states.
0:43.2	And I'm actually really excited about this episode.
0:45.0	I've been working on it now since the summer and one of the reasons I'm so stoked on it
0:49.6	is that the whole idea behind this episode is, well, it's actually kind of selfish because it's based on this ridiculous recurring dream that I've been having over the last four years.
1:00.0	Now, the dream is always a little bit different, but it generally starts with me sitting in a padded wooden booth behind a table built for giants
1:07.8	waiting to speak on the floor of the House of Representatives.
1:10.8	Now I know it's morning, it's between 10 a.m. and noon eastern because I'm
1:14.0	waiting to do one of the random speeches. Because you see every day
1:17.8	members of the House of Representatives can speak on the floor for either one or
1:21.3	five minutes about anything they want to.
1:24.3	And I've seen some really good speeches about war and nuclear waste and providing food for
1:28.6	the poor.
1:29.8	And then I've also seen speeches about Little League Baseball victories and a congressman's favorite uncle and this.
1:36.0	Mr. Speaker, what do at H.S.M. Press at Alkam Brigade and at al-Narn News all have in common. Here's a hint.
1:48.0	Hashtag terrorists. That's right, foreign terrorist organizations like al-Shabaab, Hamas, Hezbollah all use an American company,
1:56.3	Twitter, to recruit other extremists.
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