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Maintaining ballot status remains one of the major activities of the Arizona Libertarian Party -- and we achieve this through adding registered Libertarians to the voter rolls. Now, this can be done online, please see if you can add to our numbers by getting family, friends, neighbors, acquaintances, and colleagues to register Libertarian. And, while ballot status gives Libertarian candidates access to the ballot, we need to make effective use of our access and complete the other half of that equation: running Libertarians for public office. Since the deadline for filing candidate nominating petitions has passed, another alternative to get on the ballot in November is to run as a write-in for the Primary Election in September, but if not enough Libertarians remember to write you in during the Primary, you will not get to the General Election. This year, July 24, 2008 is the deadline date for filing for the Primary Election as a write-in candidate (http://www.azsos.gov/election/candidate/writein.htm). Once you have filed the proper paperwork, as long as you receive at least as many write-in votes in the Primary as the number of signatures that would have been required for the nominating petitions (and you receive the most votes), your name will be printed on the General Election Ballot. For Libertarians, this number is as few as 4 to as many as 85 votes, depending on the public office (Federal & State, Maricopa, Pima, Yavapai). Finally, please make sure to participate in the Primary, since some of our candidates may need your help to get votes to qualify for the General Election. Before casting your primary ballot, be sure to check the Write-In List at the polls or online, for Libertarians who are using the write-in method to get on the General Election ballot! Below you'll find a listing of public offices for which the Arizona Libertarian Party is seeking candidates to run, and the minimum number (in parenthesis) of write-in votes required to advance you to the General Election. Remember, since only Libertarians can vote in our Primary, after you have filed the paperwork to run as a write-in, please recruit at least that many registered Libertarians to vote for you by writing you in during the Primary. To get lists of registered Libertarians in your election district, please contact your county Libertarian Party, or the Arizona Libertarian Party. Step up, join in, have fun, and spread the Libertarian message! | ||
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Public Offices: We've prepared a brief summary of qualifications required for these public offices. Federal Public Offices: For each of the Congressional seats, any registered Arizona Libertarian may file, regardless of where in Arizona you reside. The paperwork required to file as a candidate for the Federal public offices can be downloaded and printed from the Arizona Secretary of State's Federal Write-In Candidate page. Download, print, and complete (but don't sign): Take the completed documents to the -- they will notarize your signature there. Important note on Arizona laws on political activity (not Federal campaigns): A "$500 Threshold Exemption Statement" (or "Political Committee Statement of Organization", if you know you will collect or spend more than $500) must be filed BEFORE making any expenditures, accepting any contributions, distributing campaign literature or CIRCULATING PETITIONS, since Arizona law prohibits campaign activities before such filing! State Public Offices: For each of the Corporation Commission seats, any registered Arizona Libertarian may file, regardless of where in Arizona you reside. For the State Senate and State Representative seats, you need to live the district that is to be represented. All the paperwork required to file as a candidate for the State public offices can be downloaded and printed from the Arizona Secretary of State's Write-In Candidate page. Download, print, and complete (but don't sign):
Take the completed documents to the -- they will notarize your signature there. County/Local Public Offices: The paperwork required to file as a write-in for the County or Local public offices can be obtained from your County Elections Department (Coconino, or Maricopa, or Pima, or Yavapai, or see a complete list here). If you can't find the forms on their website, in most cases, you should be able to use the forms from the Arizona Secretary of State's Write-In Candidate page. Download, print, and complete (but don't sign):
Take the completed documents to the your County Elections Department -- they should notarize your signature there. | ||
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Remember, all paperwork MUST be filed by 5:00pm on July 24, 2008 with the appropriate elections department, so that you can be a write-in candidate in the Primary Election, with the opportunity to become a Ballot-listed candidate in the November election. |
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