[EL] 3 Republican presidential candidates prefer to pay $5, 000 to getting 296 signatures

[Renee Christensen]

See D.C. Official Code section 1-1001.05 (b)(2) which provides that the valid number of signatures is 1,000 signatures or 1% of qualified electors of the same political party, whichever is less.  As of November 14, 2011, the number of registered Republican voters in the District was 29,585.  Accordingly, 296 signatures were required for ballot access.

Also, it may be of interest to know that the DC Council had recently enacted emergency legislation waiving this requirement if a candidate chose instead to adhere to party rules (attached).  As already noted, several of the Republican candidates chose this option.


Renee K. Christensen
District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics
441 4th St. NW, Suite 250 North
Washington, DC 20001
Direct: 202-727-4666
rchristensen at dcboee.org



From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Vince Leibowitz
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 5:07 PM
To: richardwinger at yahoo.com
Cc: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] 3 Republican presidential candidates prefer to pay $5, 000 to getting 296 signatures

Where do they come up with the idea of 296 valid signatures? Is that the percentage of a particular previous turnout in another election, as it is in some states, or is that just an arbitrary number?

V
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com<mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com>> wrote:
http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/01/05/newt-gingrich-ron-paul-and-rick-perry-all-pay-5000-extra-instead-of-getting-296-valid-signatures-in-d-c/

I think this behavior shows how onerous even a small petition requirement can be.

Richard Winger
415-922-9779<tel:415-922-9779>
PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147


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