The deadline to obtain the signatures passed last week.

A black person moving to the state was required to obtain the signatures of two white men on a $500 bond.

In order to join the student council students must obtain the signatures of two faculty members and ten peers.

They easily obtained the 100,000 signatures needed to place the questions on the ballot.

He attempted to be a candidate in every presidential election since 1995, but never obtained the required signatures of elected officials.

Around 1960, he began a campaign to obtain the signatures of scientists opposed to nuclear testing.

These were the eight other candidates who obtained the required 500 signatures from elected officials to endorse their candidacy.

The organisers have a further two months to obtain the extra signatures.

All members are allowed to run for president, however, as long as they obtain the signatures of 25 other members.

To become a candidate a person must obtain the signatures of fifty thousand registered voters.