Comments on: Montana Ballot Access Case Filed http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/04/08/montana-ballot-access-case-filed/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=7619 By: MC http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/04/08/montana-ballot-access-case-filed/comment-page-1/#comment-321653 MC Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:57:19 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=3162#comment-321653 Had the Green Party collected the 5,000 signatures for a political party, Kelly would be running as a Green. Kelly has run on the Democrat and Republican ticket in the past. A political party still needs .05-percent of the total in the last governor's race or 5000 signatures. And as I read Montana law there is a provision for hardship cases on the filing fee. 13-10-203. Indigent candidates. If an individual is unable to pay a filing fee, the filing officer shall accept the following documents in lieu of a filing fee: (1) from a successful write-in candidate, a verified statement that he is unable to pay the filing fee; (2) from a candidate for nomination, a verified statement that he is unable to pay the filing fee and a written petition for nomination as a candidate that meets the following requirements: (a) contains the name of the office to be filled and the candidate's name and residence address; (b) contains signatures numbering 5% or more of the total vote cast for the successful candidate for the same office at the last general election; (c) the signatures are those of electors residing within the political subdivision of the state in which the candidate petitions for nomination; and (d) the signatures have been certified by the appropriate election administrator by the procedure provided in 13-27-303 and 13-27-304. Had the Green Party collected the 5,000 signatures for a political party, Kelly would be running as a Green. Kelly has run on the Democrat and Republican ticket in the past. A political party still needs .05-percent of the total in the last governor’s race or 5000 signatures. And as I read Montana law there is a provision for hardship cases on the filing fee.

13-10-203. Indigent candidates. If an individual is unable to pay a filing fee, the filing officer shall accept the following documents in lieu of a filing fee:
(1) from a successful write-in candidate, a verified statement that he is unable to pay the filing fee;
(2) from a candidate for nomination, a verified statement that he is unable to pay the filing fee and a written petition for nomination as a candidate that meets the following requirements:
(a) contains the name of the office to be filled and the candidate’s name and residence address;
(b) contains signatures numbering 5% or more of the total vote cast for the successful candidate for the same office at the last general election;
(c) the signatures are those of electors residing within the political subdivision of the state in which the candidate petitions for nomination; and
(d) the signatures have been certified by the appropriate election administrator by the procedure provided in 13-27-303 and 13-27-304.

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