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Maine
ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (207) 624-7650
Email: cec.elections@state.me.us
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
Recognized party qualifications:
Listed on the ballot in either of the last 2 elections, held municipal caucuses and a convention, and its candidate for governor or president polled at least 5% in either of the last 2 elections [21A-301]
(Currently, the Republican, Democratic, and Green Independent parties have qualified)
Primary ballot access:
Petition: 2,000 – 3,000 signatures [21A-412]
Or filing fee: $2,500 [21A-412]
Deadline: December 1, 2003 [21A-412]
General ballot access for non-recognized and independent candidates:
Petition: 4,000- 6,000 signatures [21A-354]
Deadline: August 15 [21A-354]
(In 2000, two non-recognized party candidates
were on the general ballot: the Libertarian and
Constitution parties)
Last day to withdraw from the ballot:
60 days before the election
Primary date: February 8, 2004 [21A-411]
Voter registration: 10 days before the election by
mail; day of election in person; 15 days prior to the
election to change parties provided that the voter has
been enrolled in a qualified party for at least 3 months.
[21A-142]
Source:
The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....
Write-In Information
The 2008 President, Vice-President and Electors forms are available from the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions: 207-624-7736, and will need to be filled out as follows:
1) A write-in candidate for the general election may indicate a party or political designation by writing that party or political designation in the appropriate space on the “Declaration of Write-in Candidacy”. The candidate may indicate the name of a qualified party (Democratic, Green Independent, or Republican), or choose a political designation that meets the following requirements:
• May not exceed three words in length;
• May not incorporate the candidate’s name, or the designation or an abbreviation of the designation of a party that is qualified to nominate candidates by primary election; and
• May not consist of or comprise language that is obscene, contemptuous, profane or prejudicial, promotes abusive or unlawful activity or violates any other provision of Maine law with respect to names.
2) The “Declaration of Write-In Candidacy” form and a consent form for each of the 4 electors named on the “Declaration” form must be submitted no later than October 30, 2008.
Bureau of Corporation, Elections and Commissions
Julie Flynn, Deputy Secretary of State
101 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
3) Two of the four electors must be from the 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts respectively, the other two can be from anywhere in Maine.
4) The Electors Consent forms must be notarized, and must be signed and dated by their municipal registrar/clerk certifying each elector's voter registration.
Source:
Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/
