Comments on: New York Times Recommends Filing Fee In Place of Petitions for Candidate Ballot Access http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/08/08/new-york-times-recommends-filing-fee-in-place-of-petitions-for-candidate-ballot-access/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:28:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2085 By: ETJB http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/08/08/new-york-times-recommends-filing-fee-in-place-of-petitions-for-candidate-ballot-access/comment-page-1/#comment-765019 ETJB Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:25:48 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=7583#comment-765019 Well, allowing a political group or party to have ballot access based on some "reasonable" registration number is probably a good idea -- if the state does not have an open primary. Paying a fee in lieu of petition signatures...might be fairer although how much money and would their be limits on when someone could have a fundraiser? Would some of it be refunded as is the case in the UK? Well, allowing a political group or party to have ballot access based on some “reasonable” registration number is probably a good idea — if the state does not have an open primary.

Paying a fee in lieu of petition signatures…might be fairer although how much money and would their be limits on when someone could have a fundraiser? Would some of it be refunded as is the case in the UK?

]]> By: billvanallen http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/08/08/new-york-times-recommends-filing-fee-in-place-of-petitions-for-candidate-ballot-access/comment-page-1/#comment-764891 billvanallen Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:53:48 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=7583#comment-764891 why not simply 50,000 (or whatever) enrollee such as many other states -- something you would work on throughout the yeat and not just July-August independent nominating candidate petition period. why not simply 50,000 (or whatever) enrollee such as many other states — something you would work on throughout the yeat and not just July-August independent nominating candidate petition period.

]]> By: Brian Grant http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/08/08/new-york-times-recommends-filing-fee-in-place-of-petitions-for-candidate-ballot-access/comment-page-1/#comment-764848 Brian Grant Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:23:15 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=7583#comment-764848 A (fair) filing fee is a great idea. I would also like to see a party's permanent ballot status based on 50,000 votes or a lower number for any statewide office instead of just governor. In other words if a candidate gets 50,000 votes for comptroller then his/her party would be on the ballot for the next four years. A (fair) filing fee is a great idea. I would also like to see a party’s permanent ballot status based on 50,000 votes or a lower number for any statewide office instead of just governor.
In other words if a candidate gets 50,000 votes for comptroller then his/her party would be on the ballot for the next four years.

]]> By: Kimberly Wilder http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/08/08/new-york-times-recommends-filing-fee-in-place-of-petitions-for-candidate-ballot-access/comment-page-1/#comment-764768 Kimberly Wilder Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:49:45 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=7583#comment-764768 Wow! That would change the whole universe of third party politics in New York! Wow! If the filing fee was fair...that would make life so easy.. Hmmmm...I guess there is a value to collecting support from petitions. Maybe something like 20 voters should have to vouch for someone, and then the filing fee? Just thinking... Wow! That would change the whole universe of third party politics in New York!

Wow!

If the filing fee was fair…that would make life so easy..

Hmmmm…I guess there is a value to collecting support from petitions. Maybe something like 20 voters should have to vouch for someone, and then the filing fee?

Just thinking…

]]> By: Rationality and Science Education http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/08/08/new-york-times-recommends-filing-fee-in-place-of-petitions-for-candidate-ballot-access/comment-page-1/#comment-764748 Rationality and Science Education Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:36:33 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=7583#comment-764748 It is about 'Times' ......... ------ Donald Raymond Lake It is about ‘Times’ ………

—— Donald Raymond Lake

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