Secretaryof State Jim Condos announced yesterday that seven candidates have filed petitions to be placed on the ballot inVermont’s Presidential Primary. The deadlinie was January 9 at 5 pm. Six candidates filed petitions for the Republican ballot and one candidate for the Democratic ballot.
Barack Obama ofIllinoiswas the lone Democrat filing for the March 6, 2012, Presidential Primary.
The Republicans filing petitions inVermontare:
Newt Gingrich ofVirginia
Jon Huntsman ofUtah
Ron Paul ofTexas
Rick Perry ofTexas
Mitt Romney ofMassachusetts
Rick Santorum ofVirginia
Vermontlaw requires any candidate seeking to have his or her name printed on the ballot of a major party presidential primary must file petitions signed by no fewer than 1,000Vermontvoters, along with a $2,000 filing fee. 17 V.S.A. §§2701-2702
This year, as a result of a Constitutional Amendment passed in November 2010, 17 year olds who will turn 18 by the November 6thgeneral election, are eligible to register and vote inVermont’s Presidential Primary.
Secretaryof State, January 9, 2012