Just in case anyone else is interested in running against Nancy Pelosi...

[NoPasaran]

Just in case anyone is interested in running against Nancy Pelosi as an independent, here's what it would take. (Based on this document from the California Secretary of State.

Qualifications
1. Every candidate shall be at least 25 years of age, a U.S. citizen for seven years, and a resident of California when elected.
2. There are no district residency requirements for Members of Congress.

Disqualifications
A candidate is ineligible for nomination as an independent candidate if:
1. A nomination paper was filed on the candidate's behalf as a partisan candidate or a write-in candidate at the June 6, 2006 Primary Election for any office, and the candidate was defeated for the party nomination at the primary election.
2. At any time during the 13 months preceding the General Election, the candidate was registered as affiliated with any qualified political party. The last day a candidate may be affiliated with a qualified party is October 7, 2005 if desiring to run under the independent nomination procedures in the 2006 General Election.
For purposes of Section 8550, the seven qualified political parties are: American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Peace and Freedom, and Republican.

This document obviously is for running in 2006, but any reasonable person should be able to make the mental adjustments for 2008

Filing Fee
Full Payment of Filing Fee
Candidates must pay a filing fee equal to 1% of the first year's salary. Currently, the filing fee for United States Representative in Congress is $1621.00. The filing fee must be paid at the time the candidate obtains the nomination forms from the county elections official.
Signatures in Lieu
Candidates may elect to submit a minimum of 3,000 valid signatures on petitions in lieu of filing fee by July 27, 2006.

Nominating signatures
Signatures in lieu of the filing fee may be counted toward the nomination sponsor signature requirements.
a. The nomination papers must be signed by at least 3% of the registered voters of the Congressional District as of the last registration report prior to the preceding general election. See Attachment 1 for the required number of signatures for each congressional district, based on the October 2005 Report of Registration.
b. Signers must be registered voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is running.
c. Any registered voter who is a candidate may obtain signatures to and sign his or her own nomination papers.
d. The candidate may appoint persons to circulate the nomination papers. Circulators shall be voters registered in California and shall serve only in their district or political subdivision.
e. By August 11, 2006, the nomination paper shall be delivered to the county elections official of the county in which the signer resides and is a voter.

The 2006 number for signatures required in Califoria's Eighth District was 10,437.

[glowing]

1. What would your point be? Sarcasm or the revelation that normal

people really can't run higher elected offices because of the costs?

[NoPasaran]

4. I think of it as a reality check

[Gman]

2. Good information for anyone that wants to join with the GOP

and try to defeat a Democrat. Anyone that runs against a Democrat is no better than the worst Republic and should be considered just as much the enemy.

[babylonsister]

3. Would that include Gore were he to ever run as an independent? nt

[Gman]

5. Stupid question

Sorry, I shouldn't call it stupid but the question is completely irrelevant.

What if it were to start raining frogs in Canada?