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Late statewide petition with no candidate names ruled facially invalid
Summary
Board staff said a late statewide filing listed no candidate names, had only one signature where 45,000 were required, lacked the required congressional-district distribution schedule and had no acceptances filed; the board invalidated the filing.
During the State Board of Elections meeting on June 5, staff described a document received after the filing deadline that purported to be a statewide independent nominating petition but listed no candidate names. The presenter said the filing bore a single signature, did not include the required distribution schedule across congressional districts, and had no acceptances filed because there were no candidates named.
Staff told the board that, if treated as a petition, the document would be invalid on its face for multiple reasons: it was filed late, it lacked the distribution schedule required for statewide petitions (which must show how minimum signatures would be met across at least half the congressional districts), it listed no candidate acceptances and it had only one signature where 45,000 were required. The board accepted the staff recommendation and invalidated the filing.
The staff presentation emphasized procedural requirements for statewide independent petitions and noted that the page-count prima facie check is only a preliminary screen used at intake.
