The Texas petition deadline for new parties is May 24. Only one party submitted a petition, the Green Party. The party submitted 90,000 signatures to meet a requirement of 43,991. See this story.
This is only the second time that the Texas Green Party has submitted enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. The first time was in 2000, and the party polled enough votes in 2000 so that it was automatically on the ballot as well in 2002. Parties in Texas must poll either 5% for any statewide race, or 2% for Governor. Parties that get 2% for Governor enjoy qualified status for the next four years, but parties that get 5% for any statewide race only gets qualified status for the next two years.
Wow, great news.
An impressive # and hopefully safe for any challenges from the Secretary of State or Democratic Party.
I’d really like to know if the Greens could keep the remaining signatures for future ballot qualification, unless it gets 2% for Governor or 5% for any statewide race.
For Derek-no. There is a specific window every two years in which signatures can be collected. I think it is either 60 or 75 days.
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