By Richard Winger For the 2016 presidential election, only six states require more than 25,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot, if one looks at the easiest method to get on the ballot for an independent presidential candidate or the nominee of an unqualified party.
Those six states are California, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, and Texas. Illinois requires exactly 25,000.
No one knows exactly what the Pennsylvania 2016 requirement will be, but in both 2008 and 2012 it was less than 25,000. The 2016 number will be determined by the turnout in the November 2015 statewide judicial election. It is …read more