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Indiana Ballot Access History: “Worse, Worse, Worse, Worse”

Regarding ballot access petition deadlines in Indiana: “…Even more dramatic, the deadline was on September 1 until 1986. Also the number of signatures before 1983 was only one-fourth what it is today. The number of votes for a party to remain on was also only one-fourth of what it is today, until 1983. It was one-half of 1% for Secretary of State, to both get on and stay on, back then. Indiana only required 500 signatures before 1933. And the original deadline back in 1889 was 20 days before the general election.

“The trend has been worse, worse, worse, worse in your state.”

– Richard Winger, Ballot Access News
[with thanks to Tom Brown]

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  1. Indiana Ballot Access “Explained” « If We Only Connect Says:

    February 23, 2008 at 8:29 am

    [...] individual or minor party to run for a state office in Indiana, state law required the submission of 500 signatures.  The submission deadline for these signatures was 20 days before the general election.  Over the [...]


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