Ballot access signatures submitted by the Libertarian Party of Connecticut will take at least two to three weeks to verify, Av Harris, spokesman for Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, said Tuesday.

Signatures covering Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and U.S. Senate candidate Paul Passarelli totaled 12,686 with 7,500 required to get both men on the ballot, according to party Chairman Dan Reale, who lives in Plainfield.

Reale is also running for Congress in Eastern Connecticuts 2nd District and his petition signatures totaled 4,303 with 2,404 required, he said. Reale said he plans to announce his campaign staff soon and has set a fundraising goal of between $500,000 and $1 million, adding that the party has hired fundraisers.

Marc Guttman, who is running for State Senate in 22nd District, which includes East Lyme and Waterford, will automatically be on the ballot because the party has received enough votes since 2008 to maintain its listing, Reale said in a Saturday email.

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Libertarian Party signature checks to take at least two weeks