Texas is the only state that won’t let people sign petitions for newly-qualifying parties or independent candidates if they voted in the primaries. The Texas primaries for all office were on Tuesday, March 5. Although not all votes have been counted, it appears that only about 3,300,000 people voted in either the Democratic or Republican primaries.
By contrast, in the 2020 presidential primaries, approximately 4,200,000 Texans voted. In 2016, approximately 4,300,000 Texans voted. So ballot access this year will be somewhat easier than in 2020 and 2016. The only two petitions likely to come close to succeeding in Texas are petitions to create the No Labels Party and the Texas Independent Party. The Texas Independent Party backs Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Each petition needs 81,030 signatures. Petitioning cannot begin until March 12, and the deadline is May 28.
The Libertarian and Green Parties are ballot-qualified in Texas.
I am pretty sure that a Texas registered voter who did not vote in the primary can only sign a petition for one minor political party and for one independent candidate for each office.
Technically if a primary party did nominate a candidate for a particular office, voters of that party can sign petitions for an independent candidate for that office.
Signing of the supplementary party petition cannot begin until after the precinct conventions on March 12.
Supplementary?
Thank you, Jim. I amended the post.
Jim Riley used that word “supplementary” because the Texas law says the petition starts by circulating at the petitioning party’s meetings. Attendees are “signers” and if there weren’t enough people attending the meetings to meet the 81,000 requirement (which, of course, there never are that many people at the party’s meetings), then the petition “supplements” the list of attendees.
The deadline for a party qualification petition is May 28 (75 days after precinct conventions).
March 12 + 75 = April 56 = May 26. But May 26 is a Sunday and May 27 is Memorial Day, so the deadline is extended to May 28.
HOW SOON BEFORE TX GERRYMANDER HACKS INCREASE THE UNEQUAL BALLOT ACCESS REQUIREMENTS ???
N-E-W-S [ESP OLDE NE TX SLAVE COUNTIES] TX SECESS EFFORTS STILL GOING ???
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Precinct convention attendees sign in, just like primary voters do. In days of yore these rosters sheets had to be filed with the voter registrars 30 days after the convention. If there were insufficient attendees, a supplementary petition could be circulated for 45 days.
Since then, the 30 days and 45 days have been consolidated into 75 days. But the documents are two different things.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/criminal-appeals-court-judges-targeted-062303523.html
Ken Paxton successfully ousts three Republican criminal appeal court judges
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ONE MORE TYRANT STATE MONARCHY/OLIGARCHY ???
SEE HITLER CONTROL OF COURTS – ESP IN 1944-1945 AFTER ATTEMPT TO KILL HIM IN JULY 1944
LATER – ALLIED BOMB DIRECT ON NAZI KILLER JUDGE IN NAZI COURTROOM.
What do major party supplement petitions have to do with minor party ballot access petitioning?
Oh wait, Richard Winger answered it.
Craziest thing I ever heard.