What Is The Deadline To Register Tovote For President

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There is no formal, national deadline to file to run for president of the United States. Instead, candidates must run into a variety of state-specific filing requirements and deadlines to appear on each state'due south election ballot.

These regulations, which are set at the state level, are known as ballot access laws. They frequently include collecting a certain number of signatures or paying a filing fee. A presidential candidate must prepare to encounter ballot admission requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general ballot if he or she wants to get in to the election election.

The first filing deadline for a presidential country primary was November 8, 2019, in Alabama.

Candidates also file with the Federal Election Commission, which has its ain reporting requirements regarding campaign finance statements.

This page provides a brief overview of the 2020 filing deadlines and requirements past state for individuals running equally a Democratic, Republican, contained, or write-in candidate. For a more detailed overview of ballot access requirements for presidential candidates, including minor political party candidates, click here.

Qualifications

Article 2, Department one, of the United States Constitution sets the following qualifications for the presidency:^[i]

"	No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Denizen of the United states of america, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Part of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Function who shall non have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the Us.^[ii]	"
—Us Constitution

Major party candidates

The table below summarizes general filing procedures for a candidate seeking the nomination of his or her party in 2020. Please annotation that this information is not necessarily exhaustive. Specific filing requirements can vary by party and by state. For more information, contact the advisable state-level political party.

Independent candidates

The tabular array below summarizes general filing procedures for independent presidential candidates in 2020.

Write-in candidates

Although a write-in candidate is not entitled to ballot placement, he or she may notwithstanding be required to file paperwork in society to have his or her votes tallied (or to be eligible to serve should the candidate be elected). A total of 33 states require a write-in presidential candidate to file some paperwork in accelerate of an election. In nine states, write-in voting for presidential candidates is not permitted. The remaining states do non require presidential write-in candidates to file special paperwork before the election.

Footnotes

↑ The Constitution of the Usa of America, "Article two, Section 1," accessed Baronial 3, 2015
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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