TABLE 1 |
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Number of Signatures Required to Qualify For |
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Primary Ballot (Registered Party Candidates) * |
President of the United States | 2000 signatures |
United States Senator | 2000 signatures |
State Governor | 2000 signatures |
United States Representative | 1000 signatures |
County offices (other than County Commissioner) | 150 signatures |
State Senator | 100 signatures |
County Commissioner | 50 signatures |
State Representative | 25 signatures |
TABLE II |
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Number of Signatures Required to Qualify For |
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General Election Ballot by Nomination Petition * |
or by Write–In Vote in Party Primary ** |
Presidential elector | 4000 signatures |
United States Senator | 4000 signatures |
Governor | 4000 signatures |
United States Representative | 2000 signatures |
County office (other than County Commissioner) | 300 signatures |
State Senator | 200 signatures |
County Commissioner | 100 signatures |
State Representative | 50 signatures |
The Party is not proposing that independents be allowed to choose the Party's nominee without Party participation; on the contrary, to be listed on the Party's primary ballot continues to require, under a statute not challenged here, that the primary candidate have obtained at least 20% of the vote at a Party convention, which only Party members may attend.
The record shows that there are approximately 876,000 registered voters in Maine. In Maine there are two Congressional seats, 35 state senate seats, and 151 state representative seats. If each electoral division has an equal number of voters, then each Congressional district would have approximately 438,000 voters, each state senate district would have approximately 25,000 voters, and each state representative district would have approximately 5,800 voters. The requirements for primary petition signatures for these three districts are 1,000, 100 and 25, respectively. Therefore, the numbers [of Party members' signatures] that an aspiring Libertarian candidate for each of these positions would need amount to 0.22%, 0.4%, and 0.43%, respectively, of the registered voters in each district.
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