Five minor party White House tickets cleared for WA ballot
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(UPDATED, SHOWS GREEN PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WILL BE CHANGED TO AJAMU BARAKA )
Five minor party tickets will appear on the ballot in Washington, alongside the Democratic and Republican candidates for president and vice president.
They are:
--Socialist Workers Party – Alyson Kennedy / Osborne Hart
--Green Party – Jill Stein / Howie Hawkins (Hawkins to be replaced by Ajamu Baraka on ballot)
--Socialism & Liberation Party – Gloria E. La Riva / Eugene Puryear
--Constitution Party - Darrell L. Castle / Scott N. Bradley
--Libertarian Party – Gary Johnson / Bill Weld
State law says that major party tickets nominated by their national conventions are automatically awarded ballot access. Minor parties and independent tickets are also provided fairly easy access by gathering the signatures of at least 1,000 registered Washington voters at a convention or conventions within the state any time between May 7 and July 23. The state Elections Division checked the validity of the signatures, and found that each campaign had submitted sufficient numbers to qualify. Friday was the deadline to submit all required documents, including petitions, slate of electors and proof that legal public notice was given for their conventions.
Six minor party tickets were on the 2012 ballot.
Write-ins are permitted. Candidates may also submit a declaration of write-in candidacy no later than 18 days before the Nov. 8 General Election.
Here is our 17-page guide to the process is here.
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Secretary of State
Steve Hobbs
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