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Ballot access requirements to run for Congress AS AN INDEPENDENT in Georgia:
Arguably the worst state in the nation in regards to Congressional ballot access. We take this as a challenge. If a progressive independent candidate can achieve victory in Georgia, then we can accomplish the same nationwide!
GEORGIA
5% of the total registered voters eligible to vote in the last election for the office being sought.
5% of the total registered voters eligible to vote in the last election for the office being sought.
PLAN B:
We would like to encourage potential Congressional candidates to take the above information as a challenge, and rise to the occasion, but since Georgia's petition signature requirements are so RIDICULOUSLY high, it may make sense for candidates to take the path of least resistance and run for Congress as a write-in candidate:
Write-in candidates:
A write-in candidate can only run in the general election. A candidate cannot run as a write-in if he or she ran for the same office as a political party candidate in the immediately preceding primary election.
A write-in candidate must file a notice of intention of write-in candidacy with the Georgia Secretary of State no earlier than January 1 in the year of the election and no later than the first Monday in September in the year of the election.
After the notice of intention is filed, a notice must also be published in a newspaper with general circulation in the state.
Once this notice has been published, the candidate must file with the Georgia Secretary of State a copy of the published notice, as well as an affidavit stating that the notice has been published. The affidavit can be filled out by the candidate or by the publisher or an employee of the newspaper.
A write-in candidate can only run in the general election. A candidate cannot run as a write-in if he or she ran for the same office as a political party candidate in the immediately preceding primary election.
A write-in candidate must file a notice of intention of write-in candidacy with the Georgia Secretary of State no earlier than January 1 in the year of the election and no later than the first Monday in September in the year of the election.
After the notice of intention is filed, a notice must also be published in a newspaper with general circulation in the state.
Once this notice has been published, the candidate must file with the Georgia Secretary of State a copy of the published notice, as well as an affidavit stating that the notice has been published. The affidavit can be filled out by the candidate or by the publisher or an employee of the newspaper.
