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ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone:651-215-1440
Toll Free:1-877-600-8683
Email: elections.dept@state.mn.us
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION

Getting on the Ballot for 2012

We have to collect 2,000 signatures to get on the ballot for 2012. We cannot start collecting these signatures until 2012, not more than 70 days nor less than 56 days before the state primary. (M.S. ยง204B.09) The Minnesota Office of Secretary of State has the official petition forms, which comply with requirements found in Minnesota Rules 8205.
Information taken from this source.

Major party qualifications:

Polled at least 5% of the total number of votes in the preceding state general election [200.02. 7]
Currently the Republican, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, Green, and Independent parties qualify (however, status is pending for 2003-2004)

General ballot access for major party candidates:

Notify the Secretary of State of nomination by delegate convention [208.03]
Petition: 5% of the total number of individuals
who voted in the preceding state general election
(in 2004 this will be approximately 8,552
signatures).
Deadline: state primary date, which is held on the
first Tuesday after the second Monday in
September [204D.03])

Minor party qualifications:

Received at least 1% of the votes in each county
[200.02 (23)]

General ballot access for minor party and independent candidates:

Nominate a slate of presidential electors [204B.07]
Petition: 1% of the total number of voters in the
preceding general election (in 2004, the will be
approximately 1,710) or 2000 signatures, whichever
is less [204B.08]
Deadline: the state primary date [204B.09]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot: no statute
CAUCUS STATE: NO PRIMARY
Precinct caucus date: first Tuesday in March [202A.14]

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 candidate must file a WRITTEN REQUEST BY WRITE-IN CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICE on or before October 29, 2008. The form requires the name at least one candidate for presidential elector, and the name of the vice-presidential candidate. The total number of names of candidates for presidential elector on the form may not exceed the total number of electoral votes (10) to be cast by Minnesota in the presidential election.

Submit the form to:

Minnesota Secretary of State
Elections Division
180 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
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/