Ballot Access Petition Guidelines

Thank you for volunteering your time, energy and resources to help us gather signatures to get the Constitution Party on ballots across the state. Someone once said, “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.” Because of the importance of what the Constitution Party stands for, it is eminently important that those who work for the Constitution Party do so with the utmost integrity.

Below are some guidelines that will help us gather signatures with a high percentage of validity. Please familiarize yourself with these guidelines, and let’s do our best to save our beloved country!

Forms

1.    The form must be an exact copy of the form distributed from the Secretary of State’s Office (counties use the same form).

2.    How to acquire petition forms:

a.    download the .pdf file from the CPAZ website www.azconstitutionparty.com .

b.    email your county Chairman or the CPAZ Ballot Access Coordinator, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and he will send you a .pdf file by email.

c.    a paper copy from your county Chairman, or some other patriot.

d.    the Secretary of State’s office in downtown Phoenix or your local county elections office.

3.    If you can afford it, please print out a copy to use as an original and make your own copies, otherwise just request more copies.

4.    If making copies yourself, the following guidelines are a must.

a.    Copies must be identical, i.e., no shrinking, no enlarging.

b.    They must be clear and straight, not blurry or crooked.

c.    The margins must be the same as the original.

If these guidelines are not followed all the signatures on the faulty forms will be rejected as invalid.

5.    If you print out the .pdf file, you must use legal size paper (8 ½ X 14). Be sure to use the following settings on your printer.

a.    Paper size set to “Legal” (8½ x 14).

b.    Orientation set to “Landscape”.

c.    Page scaling set to “None”.

Circulators

1.    Only registered voters may circulate petitions.

2.    Those circulating the petitions must fill out the blanks at the top of the front as well as the back of the form.

a.    front (the side with lines for 15 signers).

1)    1st blank:  name of the County, e.g., “Pima,” “Gila,” etc., (only voters from that county may sign that sheet).

2)    2nd blank:  primary election date - “24th day of August, 2010”.  (* This date reflects recent changes to the law.)

3)    3rd blank:  general election date - “2nd day of November, 2010”.

4)    4th blank:  “Constitution Party of Arizona”.

b.    back.

1)    1st blank:  whoever is circulating the sheet must print or type their name.

2)    Write the county in which you are registered to vote (Note: not the county in which you intend to collect signatures, but the county in which you, the circulator, are registered to vote).

3)    Next four blanks are self-explanatory.

3.    VERY IMPORTANT!  Circulators must be present when petition is signed, i.e., we may not leave them unattended for others to come by and sign.

4.    Turn in all completed forms to your County Chairman. Call or email the County Chairman to get mailing address.

Signers

1.    Must be registered to vote in the county designated at the top of the petition to sign.

(You may find it helpful to remind them to sign, print, record address and date to avoid mistakes like signing where they’re supposed to print, or vice versa. It may also be helpful to remind them of the correct date.)

2.    Their address should match the address on their voter registration card.

(For now, P.O. boxes may not be accepted. The only acceptable entries for the address line are residential addresses, description of property location or U.S. Post Offices.)

* We are awaiting a decision from the Attorney General’s Office as to whether or not the State will accept P.O. boxes as an address on Ballot Access petitions.

CPAZ Ballot Access Coordinator:

Pastor Coleman,
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ,
(602) 295-5534