Michigan says candidates discussed in the news media automatically appear on presidential primary ballots. Also, candidates may qualify by petition. The petition requirement is one-half of 1% of that party’s last general election presidential vote.
Rocky De La Fuente did not get put on the Michigan presidential primary ballot automatically, so he circulated a petition, which was submitted earlier this month. He needs 12,823 valid signatures and he submitted 20,166. Michigan does not have registration by party, so any registered voter may sign. See this story, which says that if he qualifies, he will be the first presidential candidate in history to get on a Michigan presidential primary ballot by petition.
What other states has he qualified in?
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas.
we just turned in his signatures in Massachusetts, and are very close to done in North Carolina.
Shawn, thank you very much for telling us that. It is very impressive that he would collect 10,000 signatures in North Carolina. If he has the resources to do that, why didn’t he do Tennessee, which is 2,500? And Virginia, 5,000?