1992: The Arizona Green Party qualified for statewide ballot status in summer, 1992.
The criteria for qualification in Arizona is to achieve a certain number of petition signatures. In 1992, the Arizona Green Party (AZGP) gathered a sufficient number of signatures to qualify.
1994: The Arizona Green Party failed to retain statewide ballot status in 1994.
The criteria for retaining ballot status in Arizona is different than that for qualifying in the first place. To retain ballot status, a party must have at least 14,500 voters as registered party members. The AZGP failed to reach that threshold and failed to retain its ballot status.
2000: The Arizona Green Party qualified for statewide ballot status in summer, 2000.
The criteria for qualification in Arizona is to achieve a certain number of petition signatures, based upon turnout in the state’s preceding gubernatorial election. In 2000, the Arizona Green Party (AZGP) gathered a sufficient number of signatures to qualify.
2000: The Arizona Green Party failed to extend statewide ballot status in in November 2000.
The criteria for extending ballot status in Arizona via a general election result is to receive at least 5% in a statewide race. Green presidential candidate Ralph Nader received 2.98% of the vote, insufficient to extend ballot status.
2008: The Arizona Green Party qualified for statewide ballot status in summer, 2008.
The criteria for qualification in Arizona is to achieve a certain number of petition signatures, based upon turnout in the state’s preceding gubernatorial election. In 2008, the AZGP gathered a sufficient number of signatures to qualify.
2008: The Arizona Green Party failed to extend statewide ballot status in in November 2008.
The criteria for extending ballot status in Arizona via a general election result is to receive at least 5% in a statewide race. Green presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney received 0.15% of the vote, insufficient to extand ballot status.
The ballot status the AZGP achieved in the summer of 2008 lasted until November 2009, by which time the AZGP needed to have a number of registered voters equal to to two-thirds of 1% to retain its status, which in did not have at that point, needing 20,773 registered voters and having 4,216.
2010: The Arizona Green Party qualified for statewide ballot status in March 2010.
The criteria for qualification in Arizona is to achieve a certain number of petition signatures, based upon turnout in the state’s preceding gubernatorial election. In 2010, that number of petition signatures was 20,449.
On March 11th, the AZGP turned in 29,015 signatures, and a sufficient number were valid to qualify the party for ballot status.
This followed a February 2010 lawsuit victory, in which Federal Court Judge Susan Bolton ruled to prohibit the Arizona Secretary of State from refusing petitions circulated by nonresident supporters of the Arizona Green Party. At the same time, she restored the March 11 deadline, voiding an earlier published February 25 substitute, as Arizona had changed the date for the primaries in the middle of the election cycle. The lawsuit Green Party v Bennett, was originally filed on November 18th, 2009.