More Voter Choice, Washington State

More Voter Choice

morevoterchoice.info
Washington State

contact: info [a*t] morevoterchoice.info

Who are we? How can you help?

We are a coalition of Washington voters, supporting principles of different Parties, who believe current election law creates a ballot which does not serve the spectrum of voters in Washington. The two major Parties create unnecessary hurdles to lock out more voter choice.

We intend to present draft legislation to be sponsored in 2008, in Olympia.

If you want more voter choice on your ballot you can help by signing our online petition (link below) endorsing such legislation.

Would you be pleased if there were only two brand name products when you went into grocery stores, music stores, or automobile showrooms?

Shouldn't you expect the same breadth of choice on your ballot that you expect with other products? Isn't wider competition good for a healthy Republic?

If you think choice of a wider variety of candidates is good because it promotes competition of ideas and solutions, then you've come to the right place, where you can make it happen in future elections.

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Did you know there are two sets of rules governing who gets onto your ballot?

Now - What Republicans and Democrats have to do: Sign up as a candidate and pay the fee.

Candidates other than the Republican and Democratic Parties have to:

Run an ad in the newspaper under public notices.
Hold a “Nominating Convention” sometime within a one week period in May.
Ask voters, during a single day, to say they attended the “Nominating convention” and sign so candidates can apply to be on the ballot.
Must gather signatures at the same address advertised in the newspaper ad.
Gather 100 perfect signatures if running for state legislature or county office. Gather 1,000 perfect signatures for all other partisan offices. This means gather 200 or 2,000 signatures in reality.
The state or county verifies signatures. If one is lacking, candidate does not get on the ballot.
Sign up as a candidate and pay the fee.

What we want:

The nominating conventions are by party by-laws. Independents don’t need one.
Candidates can move around their district to gather signatures. Those needing 100 can take two weeks. Those needing 1,000 can take 3 months.
A PARTY can qualify so you don’t have to sign for each candidate to get on the ballot.
The petition is called what it is -- “Ballot Qualifying Petition"
Sign up as a candidate and pay the fee.

Help yourself to more candidates on your ballot. Help Independent and 3rd party candidates with fewer hurdles and enough time to get on the ballot. Draft legislation will be sponsored in 2008, in Olympia. You can help ...

Sign the online petition today. Your online endorsement will be presented to Legislative committees, in Olympia, when our draft legislation is sponsored in 2008. We need to collect thousands of signatures to get the attention of your legislators. Tell your friends, and concerned voters, to visit our web page and sign our online petition, today. Do not wait until 2008.

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