[pp.int.general] Pirate Party of the United States is starting to collect signatures

[Andrew Norton]

Anton Tamminen wrote:
> Glenn Kerbein wrote:
>> California will be a tough cookie to crack for many reasons. Namely, the
>> Secretary of State for California states that a party must collect at
>> least 5,000 votes, being that it is such a large state.
>>   
> To engage myself in the age-old Finnish tradition of competing in 
> degrees of misery, I shall mention that we in Finland also need to 
> collect 5000 signatures. Californias population is approx 36.5 million. 
> Finland's is 5.3, with people scattered around an area more than twice 
> the size of California :)

nope, he said VOTES.

to start the state party, the numbers are based on the number of votes 
cast in the last governors election.
1% of that amount, if people give a statement of support ("I support 
this party, and will possibly vote for them" sort of thing) OR
10% of the total, if people sign a petition ("I think it would be a good 
idea to have this party on the ballot" sort of thing)

8.8Million voted at the last one I checked (but that was before the last 
set of elections, so there might be a new number) which means 88,000 
statements, or 880,000 signatures. neither of which are easy.

Of course, if I'm wrong, expect to see an email from Glenn correcting me.

Andrew

> 
> Regards,
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