This article in Russia Today describes ballot access requirements for the March 18, 2018 presidential election in Russia. Parties with parliamentary representatives are on the ballot automatically. Other parties need 100,000 signatures to place a presidential nominee on the ballot. Independent candidates need 300,000 signatures. The signatures are due January 31, which is 46 days before the election.
In the United States, the earliest independent presidential deadline is North Carolina’s deadline in late April. Independent candidates for statewide office in North Carolina in 2020 will need 70,666 signatures, if the law isn’t changed before 2020; and the deadline will be 197 days before the November 3, 2020 election. A lawsuit, Leifert v North Carolina State Board of Elections, m.d., 1:17cv-147, is pending that challenges the independent requirements.
Gee – also UN-equal requirements in Russia —
along with ANY partisan stuff for Russia Prez.
How many feet/yards of snow/mud in Russia on Mar 18 ???
Does Russia has computer robots to check signatures and to set up purges of non-Putin signers ???
PR and NONPARTISAN AppV
It’s a good thing that the Russian petition deadline is 46 days compared to 197 days in the United States. That means that Russian presidential candidates have an additional 151 days to live before being mysteriously killed.