In some situations, the government will extend filing deadlines.
The last time filing deadlines were changed was 30 years ago.
He expects the Democratic withdrawals to be "fast and furious" in the next few weeks as filing deadlines approach.
He won even though filing deadlines, like manual recounts, seem neutral and had long been an accepted practice.
Their personal financial statements, for instance, don't have a specific online residence, and because of filing deadlines are often way out of date.
"Countless attorneys have missed filing deadlines over the years, and state and federal courts routinely dismissed their client's tardy appeal as a consequence.
WASHINGTON — Twice in recent years, the Supreme Court rebuked the federal appeals court in Atlanta for its rigid attitude toward filing deadlines in capital cases.
Mr. Bayh's announcement Monday that he would not run, on the eve of filing deadlines, gave the state's Democrats no time to qualify for a primary.
He won because the federal courts accepted the argument that filing deadlines tend to discriminate against late-emerging, independent candidates without reasonably advancing important state interests.
Some states, like Ohio, had early filing deadlines that made it difficult for an independent to launch a late presidential campaign.
A spokesman did not respond to a request to confirm that the petitions had been submitted before filing deadlines, which vary between counties.
