Ballot access for the 2008 United States presidential election
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While the two major parties in the United States — the Democrats and the Republicans — are expected to be on the ballot in the 2008 U.S. presidential election in all fifty States and the District of Columbia, most minor parties will only be on a limited number of ballots, often due to limited resources available for petitioning or filing fees. Similar restrictions often keep candidates in party primaries off the ballot.
Minor party and independent ballot access
The table below shows which minor party and independent candidates have thus far guaranteed ballot access for their presidential candidate in each State.
| EV | Lib. | Green | Const. | Nader | Others | |
| States | 28 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
| Alabama | 9 | |||||
| Alaska | 3 | LP | ||||
| Arizona | 10 | LP | GP | |||
| Arkansas | 6 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| California | 55 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| Colorado | 9 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| Connecticut | 7 | |||||
| Delaware | 3 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| Florida | 27 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| Georgia | 15 | LP | ||||
| Hawaii | 4 | LP | GP | CP | IN | |
| Idaho | 4 | LP | CP | |||
| Illinois | 21 | GP | ||||
| Indiana | 11 | LP | ||||
| Iowa | 7 | |||||
| Kansas | 6 | LP | ||||
| Kentucky | 8 | |||||
| Louisiana | 9 | LP | GP | |||
| Maine | 4 | GP | ||||
| Maryland | 10 | LP | GP | |||
| Massachusetts | 12 | GP | ||||
| Michigan | 17 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| Minnesota | 10 | |||||
| Mississippi | 6 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| Missouri | 11 | LP | ||||
| Montana | 3 | LP | CP | |||
| Nebraska | 5 | GP | CP | |||
| Nevada | 5 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| New Hampshire | 4 | |||||
| New Jersey | 15 | |||||
| New Mexico | 5 | LP | GP | IN | ||
| New York | 31 | |||||
| North Carolina | 15 | |||||
| North Dakota | 3 | LP | CP | |||
| Ohio | 20 | |||||
| Oklahoma | 7 | |||||
| Oregon | 7 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| Pennsylvania | 21 | |||||
| Rhode Island | 4 | |||||
| South Carolina | 8 | LP | GP | CP | ||
| South Dakota | 3 | CP | ||||
| Tennessee | 11 | |||||
| Texas | 34 | LP | ||||
| Utah | 5 | LP | CP | |||
| Vermont | 3 | LP | GP | CP | SP[1] | |
| Virginia | 13 | |||||
| Washington | 11 | |||||
| West Virginia | 5 | GP | ||||
| Wisconsin | 10 | LP | GP | |||
| Wyoming | 3 | LP | ||||
| District of Columbia | 3 | GP | ||||
| Electoral votes | 345 | 244 | 173 | 9 | 3 |
Democratic Party primary ballot access
| Date | Biden | Clinton | Dodd | Edwards | Gravel | Kucinich | Obama | R'dson | Others | |
| Iowa | January 3 | JB | HC | CD | JE | MG | DK | BO | BR | |
| New Hampshire | January 8 | JB | HC | CD | JE | MG | DK | BO | BR | |
| Michigan | January 15 | HC | CD | MG | DK | |||||
| Nevada | January 19 | JB | HC | CD | JE | DK | BO | BR | ||
| South Carolina | January 26 | JB | HC | CD | JE | MG | DK | BO | BR | |
| Florida[2] | January 29 | JB | HC | CD | JE | MG | DK | BO | BR |
Republican Party primary ballot access
| Date | Giuliani | Huckabee | Hunter | Keyes | McCain | Paul | Romney | Thompson | Others | |
| Iowa | January 3 | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | FT | ||
| Wyoming | January 5 | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | FT | ||
| New Hampshire[3] | January 8 | RG | MH | DH | AK | JM | RP | MR | FT | |
| Michigan | January 15 | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | FT | ||
| Nevada | January 19 | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | FT | ||
| South Carolina | January 19 | RG | MH | DH | JM | RP | MR | FT | ||
| Florida[2] | January 29 | RG | MH | DH | AK | JM | RP | MR | FT | |
| Maine | February 2 |
References
- ^ The Socialist Party's Moore-Alexander ticket will appear on the Liberty Union Party line. "Vermont Presidential Primaries", Ballot Access News, 21 January 2008 (accessed 17 February 2008).
- ^ a b Florida presidential primary candidates' list released - Bay News 9
- ^ List of Filed Candidates