Indiana State Senator Greg Walker has again introduced his ballot access bill. It lowers the vote test from 2% of the Secretary of State’s vote, to one-half of 1%. It lowers the statewide petition for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties from 2% of the Secretary of State’s vote, to exactly 4,500 signatures, with 500 signatures from each of the 9 U.S. House districts.
Before 1987, the vote test was one-half of 1% and the statewide petition was also one-half of 1% of the last Secretary of State’s vote.
Currently Indiana requires more signatures for a presidential candidate running in the general election, as a percentage of that state’s last presidential vote, than any other state, when the states are compared using the easiest method in that state.
Does Indiana require more signatures for independent candidates than it does for partisan candidates?
Indiana treats independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, equally. Currently they both need 2% of the last Secretary of State on a petition.
For parties entitled to a primary, currently some important statewide offices (President, Governor, US Senator) require 4,500 signatures for primaries. But other Dem and Rep statewide candidates, for lesser office, don’t run in primaries but are chosen in state conventions. Qualified parties that nominate by convention never need any petitions.
And what about candidates of so-called qualified parties?
EQUAL or NOT EQUAL for ALL INDIVIDUAL candidates for SAME office in SAME area —
super-difficult for moron so-called lawyers and worse moron so-called judges since 1968 – 52 years and counting.
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PR and AppV and TOTSOP