Nomination rules

Nomination rules in elections regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is entitled to stand for election. The right to stand for election, right to be a candidate or passive suffrage is one part of free and fair elections. Passive suffrage is distinct from active suffrage, the right to vote. The criteria to stand as a candidate depends on the individual legal system. They may include the age of a candidate, citizenship, endorsement by a political party and profession. Laws' restrictions, such as competence or moral aptitude, can be used in a discriminatory manner. Restrictive and discriminatory nomination rules can impact the civil rights of candidates, political parties, and voters.

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 ballot paper. In the United States, this is called ballot access.

Australia

Sex has never been a requirement for holding elective national office under the U.S. Constitution, as it was in the case of other countries. Though women could not vote in federal elections before Wyoming's statehood in 1890 (with the exception of propertied women in New Jersey until 1807), there was no constitutional barrier to their serving in the House of Representatives, or in the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. This would be an instance of passive suffrage, albeit never taken advantage of.

See also

• Deplatforming
• Electoral competition
• List of banned political parties
• Opposition (politics)
• Political censorship
• Political party funding
• Political prisoner
• Regulatory capture
• Non-human electoral candidate

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External links

• 1998 European Ballot Law