In March 2012, Ohio will hold a primary for seven parties. However, except for the Democratic and Republican Parties, no one will appear on any party’s primary ballot for U.S. Senate. Minor party members who might have wanted to run for U.S. Senate in their own party’s primary all were unable to get 500 signatures to appear on the statewide primary ballot, mostly because the deadline was shortened unexpectedly.
However, an Ohio Green, Joseph DeMare, is a declared write-in for the U.S. Senate Green Party nomination. Even though he is running unopposed, he cannot appear on the November 2012 ballot as a Green unless he receives 500 write-in votes on March 6. If he is able to surmount this hurdle, he will be the first minor party candidate for statewide office to ever get enough votes in an Ohio minor party primary to be on the November ballot. See this story.
DeMare had to struggle to persuade the Ohio Secretary of State’s office to accept him as a declared write-in candidate. When the Green Party first asked the Secretary of State’s office about filing as a declared write-in, the office said write-ins are not permitted in primaries for U.S. Senate. The office changed its mind after seeing evidence that there had been past declared write-in candidates for U.S. Senate in Republican and Democratic primaries.
Ohio Libertarians are as well.. John Fockler is their Write in US Senate.
I had read somewhere that Anita Rios was also seeking the Green nomination by write-in.
PEACE
It is just amazing that no-one could get off their sorry behinds to go out and get 500 signatures.
Sorry. That’s too harsh. Most people really do not understand how to get signatures.
It is very hard work.
Always rooting for the Green Party.
OK: Senatorial Candidates certified by the State.
Green: Anita Rios and Joseph Rosario DeMare (Both Write in)
Libertarian: John Fockler (Write In)
Democratic: Sherrod Brown, Mark A. McGinnis (Write-In)
Republican: David W. Dodt, Donna K. Glisman, Eric LaMont Gregory, Josh Mandel, Michael L. Pryce, RussellP. Bliss, Jr. (Write-In)
To be Nominated, A write in for US Senate must get 500 or more votes statewide, and win the election by party.
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RE the last paragraph in the posting —
Is there a government of LAWS in each State — or just ad hoc made up stuff for each election cycle ???
EVIL MONSTROUS. More and more jails for the EVIL rotten LAWLESS election law bureaucrats ??? Duh.
More – see the Treason trial and beheading of King Charles I in 1649 — setting the stage for lots of later stuff in Europe regarding LAWLESS monarchs/oligarchs.
See the 1689 English Bill of Rights Act — regarding the EVIL during the King James II regime — look for the election related language.
and of course the later 1776 DOI and its long list of complaints — with the later WRITTEN State Constitutions and the later WRITTEN 1787 U.S.A. Constitution.
Green Party voter – the state of Ohio shortened the deadline from sometime in March to Dec. 30 sometime around Dec. 22, which obviously messed up the planned petition drives. Green Party Watch reported on this story.
Hi Green Party Voter. It *is* hard work! Joe is my brother and I am helping on his campaign. With lots of help from great volunteers, we collected and turned in 622 petition signatures (in spite of the shortened deadline) but more than 1/3 were disqualified for any number of reasons (people “wrote” their names instead of signed it, they were registered Dem or Rep and didn’t realize it or the address didn’t match). Onward to the Primary!