***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[rexanglorum]

AOC is, and I can’t emphasize this enough, an absolute queen and a treasure.

 

[Deleted member 42060]

Happy late 4th of July .

 

[rexanglorum]

Happy late 4th of July .

On the West Coast the Party is just getting started, king.

 

[ICE CITY CF]

Kanye can only get on the ballot in two states at this point. The deadlines to file have passed in all the others.

I just looked it up, Delaware and Louisiana.

It's far more states than that, no? The table below is from ballotpedia.org.

Spoiler: Independent candidate ballot access requirements, 2020

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[TD]State[/TD][TD]Signatures required[/TD][TD]Signature formula[/TD][TD]Filing fee[/TD][TD]Filing fee formula[/TD][TD]Filing deadline[/TD][TD]Notes[/TD]
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[TD]Alabama[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/20/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Alaska[/TD][TD]3,212[/TD][TD]1% of voters who cast a ballot for president in last election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/5/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Arizona[/TD][TD]Pending[/TD][TD]3% of registered voters in the state[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]9/4/2020[/TD][TD]Precise signature total available after 1/2/2020.[/TD]
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[TD]Arkansas[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]California[/TD][TD]196,964[/TD][TD]1% of the total number of registered voters in the state[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/7/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Colorado[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$1,000.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]7/9/2020 (qualifying by petition)
8/5/2020 (qualifying by fee)[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Connecticut[/TD][TD]5,250[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/7/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Delaware[/TD][TD]7,141[/TD][TD]1% of the total number of registered voters in the state[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]9/1/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Florida[/TD][TD]132,781[/TD][TD]1% of registered electors[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]7/15/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Georgia[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]8/14/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Hawaii[/TD][TD]4,377[/TD][TD]1% of voters who cast a ballot for president in last election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/5/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Idaho[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/25/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Illinois[/TD][TD]Pending[/TD][TD]10% of original requirement (by court order)[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/7/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Indiana[/TD][TD]44,935[/TD][TD]2% of the total votes cast for secretary of state in the last general election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]6/30/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Iowa[/TD][TD]1,500[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/14/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Kansas[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Kentucky[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]9/4/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Louisiana[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed (at least 500 signatures from each congressional district)[/TD][TD]$500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/21/2020[/TD][TD]Candidates can obtain ballot placement either by submitting a petition or paying the requisite filing fee.[/TD]
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[TD]Maine[/TD][TD]4,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]6/1/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Maryland[/TD][TD]10,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Massachusetts[/TD][TD]10,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/25/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Michigan[/TD][TD]30,000[/TD][TD]30,000, with at least 100 signatures from each of at least half of the state's congressional districts[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]7/16/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Minnesota[/TD][TD]2,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/18/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Mississippi[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$2,500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]9/4/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Missouri[/TD][TD]10,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]7/27/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Montana[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]5% of all votes cast for the successful candidate for governor at the last general election, or 5,000, whichever is less[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/19/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Nebraska[/TD][TD]2,500[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/1/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Nevada[/TD][TD]9,608[/TD][TD]1% of the total number of votes cast for all representatives in Congress in the last election[/TD][TD]$250.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/14/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]New Hampshire[/TD][TD]3,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$250.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]9/2/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]New Jersey[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]New Mexico[/TD][TD]16,251[/TD][TD]2% of the total number of votes cast for president in each congressional district in the last election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]6/25/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]New York[/TD][TD]45,000[/TD][TD]500 signatures (or 1% of enrolled voters, whichever is less) from at least one-half of the state's congressional districts[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]5/26/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]North Carolina[/TD][TD]70,665[/TD][TD]1.5% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]3/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]North Dakota[/TD][TD]4,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/31/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Ohio[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/5/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Oklahoma[/TD][TD]35,592[/TD][TD]3% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election[/TD][TD]$35,000.00[/TD][TD]$5,000 per each presidential elector[/TD][TD]7/15/2020[/TD][TD]Filing fee may be paid in lieu of filing petition signatures.[/TD]
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[TD]Oregon[/TD][TD]20,014[/TD][TD]1% of all votes cast for president in the last election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/11/2020[/TD][TD]An independent candidate may also gain access by the nomination of an assembly. This assembly must be attended by at least 1,000 voters; the gathering must occur at one place in less than 12 hours. The signatures of the attendees must be filed with the secretary of state no later than 70 days before the general election.[/TD]
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[TD]Pennsylvania[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$200.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Rhode Island[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]Pending[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]South Carolina[/TD][TD]10,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]7/15/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]South Dakota[/TD][TD]3,392[/TD][TD]1% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/4/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Tennessee[/TD][TD]275[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/20/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Texas[/TD][TD]89,693[/TD][TD]Statutory formula[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]5/11/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Utah[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/17/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Vermont[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Virginia[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed; at least 200 signatures from each of Virginia's congressional districts[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/21/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Washington[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/7/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]West Virginia[/TD][TD]7,144[/TD][TD]1% of all votes cast for president in the last election[/TD][TD]$2,500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]7/31/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Wisconsin[/TD][TD]2,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/4/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Wyoming[/TD][TD]4,025[/TD][TD]2% of all votes cast for U.S. Representative in the last election[/TD][TD]$200.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/25/2020[/TD][TH][/TH]
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If Kanye were able to get on the ballot in a handful of states, some people are worried that he'd syphon votes away from Biden.

I'd like to think that any chicken head Kanye/Kardashian fans who would actually vote for a Kanye ticket wouldn't have been involved in the process otherwise, so not a net loss for Biden.

But I would be a little concerned about Kanye pulling said chicken heads into the process, only to drop out late and then encourage them to vote for Trump.

 

[RustyShackleford]

It's far more states than that, no? The table below is from ballotpedia.org.

Spoiler: Independent candidate ballot access requirements, 2020

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[TD]State[/TD][TD]Signatures required[/TD][TD]Signature formula[/TD][TD]Filing fee[/TD][TD]Filing fee formula[/TD][TD]Filing deadline[/TD][TD]Notes[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Alabama[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/20/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Alaska[/TD][TD]3,212[/TD][TD]1% of voters who cast a ballot for president in last election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/5/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Arizona[/TD][TD]Pending[/TD][TD]3% of registered voters in the state[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]9/4/2020[/TD][TD]Precise signature total available after 1/2/2020.[/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Arkansas[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]California[/TD][TD]196,964[/TD][TD]1% of the total number of registered voters in the state[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/7/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Colorado[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$1,000.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]7/9/2020 (qualifying by petition)
8/5/2020 (qualifying by fee)[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Connecticut[/TD][TD]5,250[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/7/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Delaware[/TD][TD]7,141[/TD][TD]1% of the total number of registered voters in the state[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]9/1/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Florida[/TD][TD]132,781[/TD][TD]1% of registered electors[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]7/15/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Georgia[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]8/14/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Hawaii[/TD][TD]4,377[/TD][TD]1% of voters who cast a ballot for president in last election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/5/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Idaho[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/25/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Illinois[/TD][TD]Pending[/TD][TD]10% of original requirement (by court order)[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/7/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Indiana[/TD][TD]44,935[/TD][TD]2% of the total votes cast for secretary of state in the last general election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]6/30/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Iowa[/TD][TD]1,500[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/14/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Kansas[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Kentucky[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]9/4/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD]Louisiana[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed (at least 500 signatures from each congressional district)[/TD][TD]$500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/21/2020[/TD][TD]Candidates can obtain ballot placement either by submitting a petition or paying the requisite filing fee.[/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Maine[/TD][TD]4,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]6/1/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Maryland[/TD][TD]10,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Massachusetts[/TD][TD]10,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/25/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Michigan[/TD][TD]30,000[/TD][TD]30,000, with at least 100 signatures from each of at least half of the state's congressional districts[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]7/16/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Minnesota[/TD][TD]2,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/18/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Mississippi[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$2,500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]9/4/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]Missouri[/TD][TD]10,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]7/27/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Montana[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]5% of all votes cast for the successful candidate for governor at the last general election, or 5,000, whichever is less[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/19/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Nebraska[/TD][TD]2,500[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/1/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Nevada[/TD][TD]9,608[/TD][TD]1% of the total number of votes cast for all representatives in Congress in the last election[/TD][TD]$250.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/14/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]New Hampshire[/TD][TD]3,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$250.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]9/2/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]New Jersey[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]New Mexico[/TD][TD]16,251[/TD][TD]2% of the total number of votes cast for president in each congressional district in the last election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]6/25/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]New York[/TD][TD]45,000[/TD][TD]500 signatures (or 1% of enrolled voters, whichever is less) from at least one-half of the state's congressional districts[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]5/26/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]North Carolina[/TD][TD]70,665[/TD][TD]1.5% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]3/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]North Dakota[/TD][TD]4,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/31/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Ohio[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/5/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Oklahoma[/TD][TD]35,592[/TD][TD]3% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election[/TD][TD]$35,000.00[/TD][TD]$5,000 per each presidential elector[/TD][TD]7/15/2020[/TD][TD]Filing fee may be paid in lieu of filing petition signatures.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Oregon[/TD][TD]20,014[/TD][TD]1% of all votes cast for president in the last election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/11/2020[/TD][TD]An independent candidate may also gain access by the nomination of an assembly. This assembly must be attended by at least 1,000 voters; the gathering must occur at one place in less than 12 hours. The signatures of the attendees must be filed with the secretary of state no later than 70 days before the general election.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Pennsylvania[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$200.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Rhode Island[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]Pending[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]South Carolina[/TD][TD]10,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]7/15/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TH][/TH]
[TD]South Dakota[/TD][TD]3,392[/TD][TD]1% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the last general election[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/4/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Tennessee[/TD][TD]275[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/20/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Texas[/TD][TD]89,693[/TD][TD]Statutory formula[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]5/11/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Utah[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]$500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/17/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Vermont[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/3/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Virginia[/TD][TD]5,000[/TD][TD]Fixed; at least 200 signatures from each of Virginia's congressional districts[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/21/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Washington[/TD][TD]1,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/7/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]West Virginia[/TD][TD]7,144[/TD][TD]1% of all votes cast for president in the last election[/TD][TD]$2,500.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]7/31/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Wisconsin[/TD][TD]2,000[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]N/A[/TD][TD]8/4/2020[/TD][TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TD]Wyoming[/TD][TD]4,025[/TD][TD]2% of all votes cast for U.S. Representative in the last election[/TD][TD]$200.00[/TD][TD]Fixed[/TD][TD]8/25/2020[/TD][TH][/TH]
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If Kanye were able to get on the ballot in a handful of states, some people are worried that he'd syphon votes away from Biden.

I'd like to think that any chicken head Kanye/Kardashian fans who would actually vote for a Kanye ticket wouldn't have been involved in the process otherwise, so not a net loss for Biden.

But I would be a little concerned about Kanye pulling said chicken heads into the process, only to drop out late and then encourage them to vote for Trump.

Didn't know independents have more time.

Either way, I don't think Kanye on the ballot is a threat to Biden at all.

 

[friscostylez]

West 2020

 

[rexanglorum]

Didn't know independents have more time.

Either way, I don't think Kanye on the ballot is a threat to Biden at all.

I know why you think that’ll be the case, I agree and the only question is if those Kanye voters will be looking for strawberry or honey butter?

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

 

[clyde the glide]

But I digest

 

[uncalled4boy]

Lolwut

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

dwalk31 just another “accident”

 

[gry60]

 

[plansb]

****ing goddamn cops showed up at my house last night talking about I can’t light off mortars and asking me all these personal questions. What the **** has happened to our country, I get really concerned about our freedoms when I can’t even light some fireworks. seems like the libs got to the cops too.

 

[brownsuga1]

A bit of a side note from politics in our country. I wrote an article on the genocide occurring at the hands of the Chinese government against Uyghur people. Think it's important for people to know. Please read and share if you'd like, thanks.

Instagram --> https://www.instagram.com/unbiased_opinions_/

Article --> https://www.unbiasedopinions.net/post/genocide-at-the-hands-of-the-chinese-government

 

[gry60]

Where's Delk? We might need his Southern expertise on the matter below:

IN 1957, as Congress was debating the first Civil Rights Act since Reconstruction, Buckley penned an op-ed that scrubbed away the euphemisms to get straight to the heart of the matter.

“Let us speak frankly,” Buckley wrote in the editorial, titled “Why The South Must Prevail.”

“The South does not want to deprive the Negro of a vote for the sake of depriving him of the vote,” he goes on. “In some parts of the South, the White community merely intends to prevail — that is all. It means to prevail on any issue on which there is corporate disagreement between Negro and White. The White community will take whatever measures are necessary to make certain that it has its way.”

Buckley is the founder of the National Review.

Edit: and there's more!

Buckley goes on to weigh whether such a position is kosher from a sophisticated, conservative perspective. “The central question that emerges,” he writes, “is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas in which it does not predominate numerically?” His answer is clear:

The sobering answer is Yes — the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is the advanced race. It is not easy, and it is unpleasant, to adduce statistics evidencing the median cultural superiority of White over Negro: but it is a fact that obtrudes, one that cannot be hidden by ever-so-busy egalitarians and anthropologists. The question, as far as the White community is concerned, is whether the claims of civilization supersede those of universal suffrage. The British believe they do, and acted accordingly, in Kenya, where the choice was dramatically one between civilization and barbarism, and elsewhere; the South, where the conflict is by no means dramatic, as in Kenya, nevertheless perceives important qualitative differences between its culture and the Negroes’, and intends to assert its own. NATIONAL REVIEW believes that the South’s premises are correct. If the majority wills what is socially atavistic, then to thwart the majority may be, though undemocratic, enlightened. It is more important for any community, anywhere in the world, to affirm and live by civilized standards, than to bow to the demands of the numerical majority.

Having justified denying the vote to blacks in the South as “enlightened,” Buckley then grapples with the proper level of violence needed to sustain the “civilized standards” he is intent on upholding.

Sometimes it becomes impossible to assert the will of a minority, in which case it must give way, and the society will regress; sometimes the numerical minority cannot prevail except by violence: then it must determine whether the prevalence of its will is worth the terrible price of violence.

National Review Is Trying to Rewrite Its Own Racist History

The magazine invested extraordinary amounts of time and resources into building an intellectual edifice for segregation.

theintercept.com

 

[whywesteppin]

****ing goddamn cops showed up at my house last night talking about I can’t light off mortars and asking me all these personal questions. What the **** has happened to our country, I get really concerned about our freedoms when I can’t even light some fireworks. seems like the libs got to the cops too.

What the flip? I thought this was America! I'm sorry, I guess we can't be patriots anymore? Geeeeeeez.

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

 

[getback]

So is Kanye trying to siphon votes from Biden? What's the play here?

Kinda reminds me of how Carcetti did Tony Gray.

 

[IATT]

 

[dwalk31]

The Kanye entry, if serious, changes the dynamic dramatically

 

[RustyShackleford]

The Kanye entry, if serious, changes the dynamic dramatically

Bubs back at it again

 

[mplsdunk]

You voting for “slavery was a choice” Kanye delk?