11.   History suggests, however, that any change will be modest unless the public shows an unprecedented level of interest in the issue of ballot access.

12.   It also fell short of gathering the required number of signatures to win ballot access in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

13.   John Moore, director of ballot access at the Natural Law Party, is one of the few CityVote advocates.

14.   Permission is supposed to be granted promptly, although ballot access could get backed up if too many applications come in.

15.   Pataki clearly wants to be seen as a power in national Republican circles, and losing the fight over ballot access hurts there, too.

16.   Powell will need all the assistance he can get to navigate the tortuous path to ballot access in New York.

17.   So far this year three states have made ballot access more difficult, and three others are considering doing so.

18.   Specialists interviewed said the statute governing ballot access is unclear.

19.   The Confederate flag in South Carolina and ballot access in New York may be totally unrelated issues in the real world.