TARGETED STATES FOR BALLOT ACCESS WITH SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS (Unofficial)
(The names in parentheses are presidential candidates' home states: most major candidates represent states without easy ballot access for minor party candidates.)
Probable Targeted States for SP Ballot Access in Election 2008:
Number of petition signatures needed are indicated after each state's name:
New Jersey---800
Mississippi---1,000
Louisiana----$500 fee & 12 party electors
Utah---1,000
Hawaii - 669 signatures
South Carolina---10,000 /or minor party
Vermont---1,000 /or-minor party - Achieved!
Arkansas---1,000
Iowa---1,500
Florida---paper work, SP electors
Rhode Island---1,000
Tennessee---25 electors
Wisconsin---2,000
Washington---1,000 (convention with 1,000 attendees)
Ohio---5,000--attorney challenge
California---Peace & Freedom Party
Minnesota---2,000
Colorado---$500 fee
More Difficult States:
Alaska---3,128
Maine---4,000
Wash. DC---3,900
Kansas---5,000
Kentucky---5,000
Conn.---7,500
Delaware---290 party / 5,800 cand.
Idaho---5,984
Montana---5,000
Nebraska---2,500
Nevada--5,746
No. Dakota--4,000
So. Dakota---3,356
Virginia (FairVote person indicated he could help us---10,000 !!!!)
Wyoming--3,868
New York---15,000
Extremely Difficult:
Michigan---38,084
Texas---74,101
Georgia---42,489
Oregon---18,356
Pennsylvania---27,000 estimated
Illinois---25,000
Indiana---32,742
Maryland---32,500 estimated
Massachusetts---10,000
New Mexico---16,764
Oklahoma---43,913
West Virginia---15,118
Arizona---21,500 estimated
Missouri---10,000
North Carolina---69,734
HELP BRIAN GAIN BALLOT ACCESS!
The campaign has targeted approximately 20 states with a good chance of Brian gaining access to targeted state ballots as a presidential candidate. We will have to organize petitioning campaigns in each of these states to qualify. Petitioners are an ideal way to maximize an effective signature collection. We would prefer to use volunteers. However, if unavailable, we may have to hire professional petitioners, if we have the money, to meet the various state deadlines.
For those states with very difficult criteria to qualify in (i.e. 20,000 signatures) we will still have to go through various administrative processes in order just to qualify as a "Write-in" candidate. And we wish to apply for "Write-In" status in those states where we cannot be put on the ballot. So volunteers from every state in the union will be needed to assist our efforts. Please contact us through our "contact" page, call, or write to inform us of your availability to work one hour per week or 8 hours per week. Every effort will help us. Thank you.
Usually professional petitioners are paid $1 per signature. With your donation of $10, $25, or $50, for the state of your choosing, we could assure ourselves a successful effort in those targeted states! In addition, if we collect the minimum needed to qualify for federal matching funds, then your donation will have a double impact!
Please give now, during this early period of the campaign, because it is so crucial before each state's ballot access deadlines. Click on Brian's "donate" page and pay with a credit card, or mail your donation to the address listed above. Thank you.
If you would like more information about Brian Moore please write or call:
Address:
Brian Moore, Nominee for President, Socialist Party, 2008
PO Box 5742
Spring Hill, FL 34611
Telephone: (352) 686-9936
Or you can email us.
If you would like to become active in the cause and become a volunteer please contact us today or fill in the form located here. Thank You!