candidacy

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The simplest path to get on the New Hampshire presidential primary ballot is to submit a Declaration of Candidacy and pay a $1,000 filing fee.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Candidates for president and legislative leaders were proposed in secret by lawmakers prior to Wednesday's session, then vetted by a National Candidacy Commission.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2023

Candidacy status is a significant step to joining the EU, however the whole process can take many years.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2022

But the paperwork they filed had a problem: Many signature sheets included an address, a motel in South Carolina, that was different from the one that Walker listed in her sworn Declaration of Candidacy.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2020

Candidacy for the governorship of New York; Mr. Platt's relation to it; my reluctance and opposition; decision of the Rochester Convention in favor of Mr. Fassett; natural reasons for this.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 by White, Andrew Dickson