Can more than one candidate (i.e. a slate) be included on the same nominating petition?
A. No. The bylaws require the signatures to be on a form supplied by the election supervisors. The form the National election Supervisor has adopted has space for only one candidate per sheet. It may seem like unnecessary paperwork, for those who have already organized slates, but the petition was not designed with the interests of slates in mind, but with interests of voters in mind, allowing a voter to sign petitions for certain members of a slate and to opt NOT to sign the petition for other members of a slate, by keeping each candidate petition separate.
