Nomination rules
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Nomination rules in
In some jurisdictions a candidate or party must not only be nominated but also has to pass separate rules in order to be listed on the
Australia
Canada
Canadian citizens have a constitutional right to stand for election to the House of Commons of Canada and to the provincial legislative assemblies.[3] A citizen does not need to be nominated by a political party to stand for election.
To be nominated as a candidate for the House of Commons, a citizen must be at least 18 years old on election day. A candidate must obtain a number of signatures from eligible voters in the riding they are standing in – normally 100 signatures, but 50 signatures are acceptable in designated remote or large ridings. A candidate does not need to live in the riding where they are nominated, but can only be nominated in one riding.[4] The nomination requirements are set out by a federal statute, the Canada Elections Act, and administered by a federal non-partisan agency, Elections Canada.[5]
A candidate can also seek the nomination from a registered political party to represent that party in the election. The party nomination is separate from the nomination process with Elections Canada. Each political party sets its own nomination process and runs the nomination process itself. As a general rule, only members of the party are entitled to vote in the party nomination process. At the federal level, there are rules governing contributions and spending for party nominations. If a political party is registered with Elections Canada and has nominated the candidate to represent the party, the party affiliation can be included on the ballot.[6]
Nomination rules are similar in each of the ten provinces and three territories.
European Parliament
EU member states may set their own rules on ballot access in
France
Candidates for the office of President of the Republic require 500 signatures of elected individuals (mayors, MPs, regional councillors).[citation needed]
Malaysia
Sweden
Candidates for election to the
To be given a protected label, a party must have a constitution, a board, and must decide on its name and on applying for protected label status with the Swedish Central Elections Authority. It must also appoint someone to act on its behalf when presenting the application to the Elections Authority. These decisions must be laid down in a protocol. It must also require a number of signatures from eligible voters: 50 for municipal elections, 150 for county council elections, and 1,500 for elections to the Riksdag or the European Parliament. Finally, the name of the party must not be too close to the name of an already protected party label in order to avoid confusion.
A party with a protected label is protected against ballots with party labels that are confusingly similar to the party's own, or ballots with other candidates than those the party reports. (This does not hold for other areas than the one where the party is running - hence there can be and there are completely separate parties with the same name in different municipalities and county councils.) In return, it must ensure that its candidates have agreed in writing to run for the party.[10]
Turkey
Article 36 of the Law on Political Parties, as amended in 2021 by Law No. 7393, stipulates that in order to participate in elections: political parties must have established an organization in at least half of Turkey’s provinces, must have held their grand congresses at least six months before the voting day, and must have held their district, provincial and grand congresses twice in a row.[11]
United Kingdom
The following are the basic nomination rules for an individual candidate (whether Independent, or associated with a political party). To use a party name (and logo) a candidate must be authorised by a registered political party, or else they may stand as 'Independent' or with no description.
A candidate for election to the
A candidate for local government office does not need to pay a deposit (except for mayoral elections, for which the deposit is £500), but needs the assent of either two registered electors (for
United States
See also
References
- S2CID 110571606.
- ^ "Criteria to stand as a candidate — ACE Electoral Knowledge Network". Aceproject.org. 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ^ Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 3.
- ^ Elections Canada: How to Become a Candidate.
- ^ Canada Elections Act, SC 2000, c. 6.
- ^ Elections Canada: Registration of Federal Political Parties.
- ^ "European Parliament Fact Sheets: 1.3.4. The European Parliament: electoral procedures", European Parliament (accessed 22 September 2008).
- ^ "Nomination of Candidates for election to the European Parliament". Citizensinformation.ie. 2008-05-01. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ^ The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, European Parliament
- ^ "Registrera partibeteckning". Val.se. 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Retrieved 2023-05-08.