Bernie Sanders Files Approximately 80,000 Signatures to be on New York Presidential Primary Ballot

On February 3, Bernie Sanders filed approximately 80,000 signatures to be on the New York Democratic presidential primary ballot. The requirement is 5,000 signatures. Hillary Clinton had filed 70,000 the day before.


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Bernie Sanders Files Approximately 80,000 Signatures to be on New York Presidential Primary Ballot — 8 Comments

  1. Are there jurisdictions in this country where you can have a petition refused for excessive signatures?

  2. Looks like neither Bernie or Hillary wanted to take chances on handing in too few signatures.

  3. California law seems to set a limit on how many signatures can be submitted to get on a primary ballot, but a state court ruled a few years ago that if the candidate submits too many signatures, that doesn’t mean he or she is disqualified. It just means that the excess signatures should be refused.

    Ohio law also sets a limit on how many signatures a statewide candidate may submit. The requirement is 5,000 but no one may submit more than 15,000.

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