If you want Kinky on the ballot, DON'T vote this Tuesday

PonySoprano · Post by **PonySoprano** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:12 am

If you want to be eligible to sign the petition to get Kinky Friedman on the ballot for Governor this fall, do NOT vote in the primary on March 8.

In order to be eligible to sign the petition, you have to be a registered voter, but not have voted in the primary (this also holds true if you want to see Strayhorn on the ballot, since she is trying to run as an independent).

abezontar · Post by **abezontar** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:14 am

Can you sign petitions for both Strayhorn and Kinky or just one of them? I would honestly like to see a four-way come November.

PonySoprano · Post by **PonySoprano** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:21 am

I believe the law states that you can only sign one petition - you can't sign petitions for both candidates.

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:28 am

I actually think that is not the case; you can sign more than one petition in a given race, I believe.

PonySoprano · Post by **PonySoprano** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:38 am

Sorry Blog, but you are incorrect:

Rules for Running for Texas Governor as an Independent:

> Candidates must gather voter signatures after the March 7 Republican and Democratic party primary elections. If there's a runoff in at least one party's gubernatorial race, candidates must wait until after the April 11 runoff to circulate petitions.

> Signatures must be from voters who did not participate in GOP or Democratic primary.

> Voters may sign only one independent gubernatorial candidate's petition. If a signature appears on more than one candidate petition, only the first signature provided will count.

Source: Texas Secretary of State's Office.

Basically, you've got to jump through all kinds of hoops to get on the ballot as an Independent.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:41 am

PonySoprano wrote:Sorry Blog, but you are incorrect:

Rules for Running for Texas Governor as an Independent:

> Candidates must gather voter signatures after the March 8 Republican and Democratic party primary elections. If there's a runoff in at least one party's gubernatorial race, candidates must wait until after the April 11 runoff to circulate petitions.

> Signatures must be from voters who did not participate in GOP or Democratic primary.

> Voters may sign only one independent gubernatorial candidate's petition. If a signature appears on more than one candidate petition, only the first signature provided will count.

Source: Texas Secretary of State's Office.

We have a loop hole. Blog is correct. You can sign as many as you want. Only the first one counts. :lol:

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:54 am

PonySoprano wrote:Sorry Blog, but you are incorrect:

Rules for Running for Texas Governor as an Independent:

> Candidates must gather voter signatures after the March 8 Republican and Democratic party primary elections. If there's a runoff in at least one party's gubernatorial race, candidates must wait until after the April 11 runoff to circulate petitions.

> Signatures must be from voters who did not participate in GOP or Democratic primary.

> Voters may sign only one independent gubernatorial candidate's petition. If a signature appears on more than one candidate petition, only the first signature provided will count.

Source: Texas Secretary of State's Office.

Basically, you've got to jump through all kinds of hoops to get on the ballot as an Independent.

Dammit!

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:44 pm

how do they know which one you signed first? Is it dated? And, if it's dated, what if you sign them on the same day?

PK · Post by PK » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:38 pm

Don't make this any more complcated than it already is. Just pick one and sign the petition. If you're a Strayhorn supporter or Kinky supporter, sign that particular petition and be done with it. Geez, it isn't all that complicated.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:14 am

PK wrote:Don't make this any more complcated than it already is. Just pick one and sign the petition. If you're a Strayhorn supporter or Kinky supporter, sign that particular petition and be done with it. Geez, it isn't all that complicated.

Not trying to make it complicated. Hell, I'm for Kinky. That's who I'll vote for, if he gets on the ballot.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:57 am

Being a Virginian and just out of curiosity, who is Strayhorn?

PK · Post by PK » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:47 am

EastStang wrote:Being a Virginian and just out of curiosity, who is Strayhorn?

Carole Keeton Strayhorn Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. She use to be a Democrat then became a Republican. Now she has licked her finger and stuck it up in the air to see which way the political wind is blowing and has decided to run as an independent.

PonySoprano · Post by **PonySoprano** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:55 am

Basically Strayhorn didn't want to go up against Gov. Perry in the Republican primary since that would be an uphill battle, at best. She thought the path of least resistance would be to get on the ballot as an independent.

Remember: DON'T vote today if you want to be eligble to sign Kinky's petition.

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:59 am

PK wrote:
EastStang wrote:Being a Virginian and just out of curiosity, who is Strayhorn?
Carole Keeton Strayhorn Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. She use to be a Democrat then became a Republican. Now she has licked her finger and stuck it up in the air to see which way the political wind is blowing and has decided to run as an independent.

I assume you remember that Perry was a Democrat at one time as well.

The Stampede · Post by **The Stampede** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:56 pm

What if you want to get kinky with someone else?