Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.

As a result of Hostile Ballot Access Changes, in New York in 2019 and 2020, New York now has the Nation’s Worst Ballot Access Law for President, if one compares the Easier Method to get on the Ballot for President in each State.

- New York has the 2nd Earliest Deadline, only Texas is Worse.

- New York has the Shortest Petitioning Period for President.

- New York is the Only State that Bans Out-of-State Circulators, for All Methods, that might be used by a Minor Party.

- New York has the Third Highest Number of Signatures in 2024, to the extent we can predict what the 2024 Requirements will be.

If 2022 were a Presidential Election year, New York would be the Third Highest, behind California and Texas.

Even under the Old Law, when the Petition Requirement was 15,000 (1992-2016) or 20,000 (1972-1988), and the Deadline was in August or September, many Important Minor Party and Independent Presidential Candidates failed to get on the Ballot in New York.

- In 1972, the Presidential Candidate who placed, Third in the Nation, John G. Schmitz of the American Independent Party, Failed to get on the Ballot in New York.

- In 1976, the Presidential Candidate who placed, Third in the Nation, Eugene McCarthy, Failed to get on the Ballot in New York.

- In 1984, the Presidential Candidates who placed, Fourth, Lyndon LaRouche Jr., and Fifth, Sonia Johnson of the Citizens Party, in the Nation, both, Failed to get on the Ballot in New York.

- In 2008, the Presidential Candidate who placed, Fifth in the Nation, a Write-In, Failed to get on the Ballot in New York.

- In 2016, the Presidential Candidate who placed Fifth in the Nation, Darrel Castle of the Constitution Party, Failed to get on the Ballot in New York.










NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker