$8 Million to get on all 50 ballots

[underpants]

I saw this today in the WaPo article about Webb dropping out of the primaries.
Interesting.


During the last presidential campaign, Gary Johnson, a two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, had an even rougher experience in his party's primaries. In 2011, he was locked out of all but two televised debates, a marginalization that contributed to his lack of traction. Shortly before the New Hampshire primary, he bolted the GOP for the Libertarian Party and became the highest vote-getter in its history without making much of an impact on the 2012 race overall. That experience gave him some insight for Webb, if the former senator indeed decides to mount a new bid.

"I didn’t go off and run as an independent," Johnson told The Washington Post. "I ran as a Libertarian where you have organization in place in every single state. I think he’s in for a rude awakening -- perhaps he's already taken this into account, but it may be an $8 million endeavor to get on all the ballots. In half the states, it’s easy to do; in the other half you need to put some real money behind it."


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/20/webb-exits-democratic-presidential-primary/

[Travis_0004]

1. I'm not so sure this is a bad thing

The cost is related to signatures. There should be some requirement for signatures to be on the ballot. I don't want to see 30 names for each office. There needs to be some way to allow anybody with support to be on, but block the average joe who thinks it would be fun to see their name on a ballot.

I'm not opposed to lowering the number of signatures, but it should require some support from people in that state to get on the ballot.

[underpants]

3. $500 in Louisiana

Sorry can't post the link. La. Sec. of State website

[madinmaryland]

2. Well, considering that Webb's only contribution was to say that he doesn't agree with either party

kind of leaves him nowhere with no actual policies. Kind of like his six years in the Senate. "Vote for me. I'm neither of the above and won't get anything done."

Bye bye, Webb.

[Gothmog]

4. It is not easy to get on all ballots and there is a chance that the sore loser laws may apply

Webb participated in one debate. The GOP sec. of state in Michigan and Ohio were taking the position that Trump could not run as a third party because he participated in one national debate as a republican. Trump could litigate this issue but I doubt that Webb is up to a bid fight