cover image: SUMMARY: STATE LAWS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT ACCESS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION Updated April 2024

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SUMMARY: STATE LAWS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT ACCESS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION Updated April 2024

26 Apr 2024

A political party must certify to the secretary of state no later than the 82nd day next preceding the day fixed for the election the names of the candidates for president and vice-president and the names of the presidential electors. [...] An independent candidate for the office of President or Vice President must file with the Secretary of State no later than the Friday before the opening of qualifying for the office a slate of candidates for the office of presidential elector which the independent candidate has certified as being the presidential electors for the independent candidate. [...] The organization must certify to the secretary of state no later than the 73rd day before the general election the name of the candidates for president and vice-president, the names of the presidential electors, and the names of the delegates in attendance at the convention or caucus. [...] If the nominees for president and vice-president and the names of the presidential electors are not certified to the secretary of state by the state central committee of the political party no later than the first Tuesday in September, the national chairman of the party must certify the names of the presidential electors to the secretary of state no later than the first Friday following the first. [...] Political parties must certify the names of the candidates for president and vice-president and the names of the presidential electors before the later of the 71st day before the presidential election, or the first business day after the date of final adjournment of a party’s national nominating convention.

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John

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United States of America