Comments on: March 5th Is THE Day For 3rd Parties http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » So What’s Next For Ron Paul? http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-388473 Donklephant » Blog Archive » So What’s Next For Ron Paul? Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:33:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/#comment-388473 [...] March 5th is coming up soon. That’s the day when he could begin to mount a new campaign centered around his “freedom” platform. And you could keep him going with your moneybombs. Because he wouldn’t be beholden to trying to win primaries at that point. He could run a national campaign and harness the energy and enthusiasm you’ve built through Meetup and Facebook and MySpace, etc. [...] [...] March 5th is coming up soon. That’s the day when he could begin to mount a new campaign centered around his “freedom” platform. And you could keep him going with your moneybombs. Because he wouldn’t be beholden to trying to win primaries at that point. He could run a national campaign and harness the energy and enthusiasm you’ve built through Meetup and Facebook and MySpace, etc. [...]

]]> By: Rob http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-387464 Rob Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:29:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/#comment-387464 Because he's afraid of a Clinton/Romney election... and rightfully so. Because he’s afraid of a Clinton/Romney election… and rightfully so.

]]> By: David Gaines http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-387443 David Gaines Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:10:42 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/#comment-387443 Texas is quite a difficult state when it comes to getting presidential candidates on the ballot. They only let you circulate petitions within a specified period of time (I believe it's 60 days starting on March 5th) and the total required is very high - 45,000 signatures or so. Those interested in ballot access in Texas, or anywhere, should take a look at Richard Winger's Ballot Access News website (www.ballot-access.org). Winger has done more than anybody I can think of to bring the issue of ballot access to the attention of the public at large and his command of every detail of petitioning requirements in all 50 states and D.C. is scary. If access to election ballots is the cornerstone of a democracy, then reading his stuff makes you aware of how fragile ours is, and has been for some time. It's amazing how difficult it is to actually run for office, especially in places like Texas, because of ballot access obstacles. Texas is quite a difficult state when it comes to getting presidential candidates on the ballot. They only let you circulate petitions within a specified period of time (I believe it’s 60 days starting on March 5th) and the total required is very high – 45,000 signatures or so.

Those interested in ballot access in Texas, or anywhere, should take a look at Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News website (www.ballot-access.org). Winger has done more than anybody I can think of to bring the issue of ballot access to the attention of the public at large and his command of every detail of petitioning requirements in all 50 states and D.C. is scary. If access to election ballots is the cornerstone of a democracy, then reading his stuff makes you aware of how fragile ours is, and has been for some time. It’s amazing how difficult it is to actually run for office, especially in places like Texas, because of ballot access obstacles.

]]> By: Jeremy http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-387406 Jeremy Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:47:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/12/30/march-5th-is-the-day-for-3rd-parties/#comment-387406 Lol! you just aren't going to let go of this third-party thing are you Justin? I'm curious why it is you insist on coming back to this topic over and over again. Lol! you just aren’t going to let go of this third-party thing are you Justin? I’m curious why it is you insist on coming back to this topic over and over again.

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