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friday, march 5, 1976 daily nebraskan page 5 Deadline for delegate candidacy filing near By Joe Hudson . Any person who hopes to travel to New York or Kansas City this summer as a delegate of a national politi cal party must file for candidacy at the Secretary of State's office by March 12 to be listed on the May 11 ballot. The same deadlines applies for county convention hopefuls, who must file in the county in which they are registered to vote. Although an individual's chances of gaining a national convention berth are slim (25 Republican and 23 Demo cratic delegates are chosen in Nebraska), officials from both parties said student delegates at state and county conventions are not uncommon. Occasionally, they added ; a student is selected as a national convention delegate or alternate. A UNL undergraduate was a national delegate for Eu gene McCarthy in Chicago's 1968 Democratic convention, said Margie Kane, coordinator of publicity, research and publications for the state Democratic party. Student participation "Several students" in 1S72 served as state delegates, Kane said, adding that student participation is heaviest on the county level. In 1972, three Republican national convention alter nate delegates were Young Republican or Teenage Repub lican members, according to Lloyd Herbener, executive director for the Nebraska Republican Party. Herbener added that from 10 to 30 of the 400 state convention delegates usually are members of those two groups. Guidelines for the selection of Democratic and Repub lican national and state convention delegates are outlined in the Democratic National Party rules, the Republican National Committee rules and Nebraska statutes. State convention delegates for both parties are chosen at county conventions. State delegate candidates do not need to complete forms, but announce their candidacy at the June 3 county conventions held at the county seats. Forms required The state Democratic convention will be June 26 and 27 in Kearney, while the Republicans are slated to meet in Lincoln June 25 and 26. Forms required for candidates lo be placed on the county and national convention ballots can be picked up at the party, secretary of state, county clerk or county election commission offices. Democratic national convention hopefuls must have a letter of approval from the candidate they wish to be committed to, or else run uncommitted. Republicans have no such restrictions. Eight Republicans from the first congressional district will travel to Kansas City for the Aug. 16 through 19 con vention. Eight will come from the second district and nine from the third. The national Democratic convention, to be held July 12 through 16 in New York City, will be represented by eight first district delegates, eight from the second district and seven from the third. Democratic national alternates are chosen at congres sional district caucuses June 13. To be eligible to run for alternate, an application must be picked up and returned to the Democratic State Central Committee office, 511 Anderson Bldg. in Lincoln. The Republicans select their alternates at the state con vention. A letter of candidacy must be sent to the Repub lican State Headquarters, 212 Anderson Bldg. in Iincoln by June 18 to he eligible. American party added to state ballot; efforts placed on delegate selection Nebraska will have a third political party on the Nov ember general election ballot this year. The American party in Nebraska, headed by William Steen of Sargent, was notified March 1 that its petition asking that the party be recognized had 5,791 valid signatures, 1,278 more than was needed. The party is concerned mainly with "rampant infla tion," welfare loafers, big business and what he called in efficient government, Steen said. He added that he expects support from people who "are concerned with the future of the country." The Nebraska branch of the party now is concentrating its efforts on electing uncommitted delegates to the party's national convention in late July and to local county conventions, Steen said. Because the filing deadline for the Nebraska primary election is March 12, Steen said, the party probably will not have many candidates on the ballot. However, he said a few people had contacted him who were interested in running for U.S. Senate and House of Representative seats on the American party ticket. He said they did not want to be identified. A campus organization probably will be established to work for the party, Steen said. But he said because the party now is concerned mainly with recruiting delegates for the conventions, the organization probably will not be started until later this spring. Although the American party exists in 25 states, the Nebraska branch of the party has received national party support in only an advisory sense, and expects no monetary support, he said. Steen added that he did not know how much money it will cost to run a campaign, but said it would cost "a bundle." He said he expects most of the support to come from what he called middle class persons. According to Secretary of State Allen Beermann, ' adding the party to the state's ballot will cost the state an additional $500,000, bringing the state's total cost of running the election to $3.5 million. 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