The filing period is open for New Hampshire's presidential primary.

[George II]

The filing period is open for New Hampshire’s presidential primary. And a Connecticut politician was the first to sign up.

By HOLLY RAMER ASSOCIATED PRESS | OCT 30, 2019 | 11:41 AM

https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-ap-new-hampshire-primary-mark-stewart-20191030-cej5ozikgjepxbmuvt4dhu7aiy-story.html

The lengthy list of 2020 presidential hopefuls started growing longer Wednesday as the filing period opened for New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary.

The date for the primary hasn't been set, but it's expected to be held Feb. 11, eight days after the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Potential candidates have until Nov. 15 to add their names to the Democratic or Republican ballot, and dozens are expected to do in part because it's relatively cheap and easy: meet the basic requirements to be president, fill out a one-page form and pay a $1,000 filing fee.

Political gadfly Mark Stewart Greenstein, who was the first to sign up for the 2016 primary, was first this time, too, handing over a stack of $50 bills just after the secretary of state's office opened at 8 a.m.

Four years ago, the West Hartford, Connecticut, man said his goal was to stop Hillary Clinton, who ended up winning the Democratic nomination. This time, he's trying to generate momentum for a new party called EPIC, which stands for Every Politically Independent Citizen.

"This candidacy is an attempt to maybe plumb how voters really feel. When you're only presented with a choice of a far-left, high-polling threesome ... or a Republican that they paint as odious no matter who it is, it's a tough choice for moderate Democrats, it's a tough choice for independents," he said. "We'd like to have other people running to make the choices easier."

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Can we get DU administrators to add Mark Stewart Greenstein to the list of candidates here?