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2016
Ballot Access Laws
Sept. 20, 2016, 5 p.m.
Sept. 20, 2016, 5 p.m.
How did these candidates get on the ballot? Why are they in particular on the ballot, while others who may have been running don’t appear? For that matter, how do the candidates of the two major parties get on the ballot? The answers to these questions depend on your state’s ballot access laws.
2012
March Common Ground E-Newsletter
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Going for broke: could GOP convention elect nominee?
March 5, 2012, 7:54 p.m.
March 5, 2012, 7:54 p.m.
What if, following Super Tuesday, all four GOP candidates are still in the game and no clear frontrunner has emerged?
GOP field narrowing, but are candidates really gone?
Jan. 20, 2012, 5:49 p.m.
Jan. 20, 2012, 5:49 p.m.
The South Carolina Republican Presidential Preference Primary is scheduled for Saturday, January, 21st and while in most of our minds there are only four candidates still vying for the GOP nomination, one look at the ballot will tell a slightly different story.
