If you are an independent candidate running for President and attempting to access the general election ballot by petition, please e-mail the following information to ballot.access@coloradosos.gov:

• Presidential candidate’s name as it will appear on the ballot
• Vice Presidential candidate’s name as it will appear on the ballot
• Home address of presidential candidate
• Home address of vice presidential candidate
• Name and address of individual/group you want petitions to be returned to
• The names and addresses of up to 3 unaffiliated Colorado registered voters who will serve as a vacancy committee in the event the candidate doesn’t accept the petition nomination because they declined, died, were disqualified, or withdrew. This is not required.
• Completed Presidential Electors’ Acceptance of Nomination form (PDF), with all 10 Colorado electors. The electors’ names are required to be printed on the petition, so if you do not have your 10 Colorado electors, we will not be able to create the petition format for you.

Once we receive your information, we will generate a PDF petition format for you and send it to you for review.  You must then submit a proof of the petition format to us before we approve the format for circulation (instructions on how to do so will be provided to you with the petition format).  The first day approved petition formats may be circulated is Thursday, May 16.  You may not begin circulating your petition until you receive a format approval letter from us.