A message for my fellow Bernie supporters

[jeepers]

82. Here is the fight we are in for

If Bernie decides to run under the banner of a different political party he would have to run
as a republican, a libertarian or as a green to have enough ballot access in the separate states to win the 270 electoral votes needed to win the Presidency. On top of that there are 45 state that have poor loser laws and though those laws have not been enforced in 43 states in presidential elections they are on the books

Both the Ds and the Rs have access to the ballot in 50 states and DC. The libertarians are ballot qualified in 37 states and the greens are qualified to run in 21 states. One other party is qualified to run in 14 states the rest of the parties qualified in a single digit number of states.

If Bernie wants to run as an independent without party affiliation he would have to gather signatures and petition each state
separately. An estimated 900,000 signatures would be required to be qualified to run in all 50 states and and DC. This is what Perot did in 92. The advantage here is getting your name placed on the ballot.

If Bernie runs as a write in candidate again without party affiliation his name will not appear on the ballot and there are seven states he is not allowed to run in, Hi, Okla, SD, La ,Ark, Nv,and SC, 6 states require no advance paperwork and the other 37 states require advance filing of a statement and an affidavit of to what I can see are intent and eligibility. As a write in Bernie would have access to 494 electors.

https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates#Requirements_for_write-in_candidates