More than two weeks after Colorado’s major-party primary election ended, 35 candidates are still trying to get on the ballot.

That’s how many candidates unaligned with a major party as well as hopefuls for a seat on the non-partisan Regional Transportation District board filed petitions with Secretary of State Wayne Williams’ office by Thursday’s deadline in hopes of going before the voters in November.

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Under state law, while the June primary sets the November ballot lineup for Democrats and Republicans, independents get in the ballot by submitting petitions and have more time. Those petitions are now being checked by Williams’ staff to see if they contain enough valid voter signatures.

As a statement from Williams’ office notes, the rules for unaffiliateds to petition onto the ballot are “less arduous” than for Democrats or Republicans:

Unaffiliated candidates running for statewide office need only collect 1,000 signatures, compared to major-party hopefuls who had to collect 1,500 signatures in each of the state’s seven congressional districts. Also, unaffiliated state House candidates need only 400 valid signatures – Republicans and Democrats must collect 1,000 for that office. Candidates for RTD need 250 signatures.Republicans and Democrats must collect signatures from their own party members. Unaffiliated candidates can get a signature from any valid voter, as long as that voter has not already signed a petition for another candidate for the same office.Unaffiliated and RTD candidates are allowed to try to collect more signatures if they have been declared insufficient.

Candidates can run under a party name and still qualify for the easier unaffiliated rules for making the ballot as long as the party label is “not already recognized in Colorado,” and a handful of candidates filed this year under the name “Approval Voting Party,” Williams’ statement said. Others call themselves independent or unaffiliated as they choose.

Here are the names of candidates who submitted unaffiliated-candidate petitions by Thursday’s deadline. AVP means Approval Voting Party, Ind means Independent, Una means unaffiliated. HD means House District, SD means Senate District.

Nick Thomas, Ind, US HD2Mary M. Malarsie, Ind, US HD3Dan Chapin, Una, US HD 6Paul Noel Fiorino, Una, GovernorMatthew Wood, Una, Lt. GovBlake Huber, Avp, Secretary of StateAdam Matkowsky, Una, State SD24Steve Peterson, Ind, State SD 30Peter Smith, Ind, State SD 32Theresa Stets, Una, State HD 12Kevin R Smith, Ind, State HD 16Maile Foster, Ind, State HD 18Luke Bray, Una, State HD 26Eric Montoya, Ind, State HD 31Jay Geyer, Ind, State HD33Thea Chase, Ind, State HD 54Paul Jones, Ind, State HD 59JoyAnn Keener Ruscha, RTD District BShontel Lewis, RTD District BChris Martinez, RTD District BBonnie Ernest Archuleta, RTD District CAngie Rivera-Malpiede, RTD District CJulia Stewart RTD District CEliot Tipton, RTD District CVince Buzek RTD District JJerry Jaramillo RTD District KPaul D. Solano RTD District KTroy L. Whitmore RTD District KShelley Cook RTD District LPhil Munsterman RTD District LBob Wilson RTD District LMargaret (Peggy) A. Catlin RTD District NBrad K. Evans, RTD District NJennifer Hope, RTD District NLynn Guissinger, RTD District O