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[hide]Petition signature requirements for independent presidential candidates, 2016
State Formula Estimate of signatures needed Filing deadline
Alabama 5,000 5,000 8/18/2016
Alaska 1% of the total number of state voters who cast ballots for president in the most recent election 3,005 8/10/2016
Arizona 3% of all registered voters who are not affiliated with a qualified political party 36,000 9/9/2016
Arkansas 1,000 1,000 8/1/2016
California 1% of the total number of registered voters in the state at the time of the close of registration prior to the preceding general election 178,039 8/12/2016
Colorado 5,000 5,000 8/10/2016
Connecticut 1% of the total vote cast for president in the most recent election, or 7,500, whichever is less 7,500 8/10/2016
Delaware 1% of the total number of registered voters in the state 6,500 7/15/2016
Florida 1% of the total number of registered voters in the state 119,316 7/15/2016
Georgia Temporary court order applying only to 2016 candidates 7,500 7/12/2016
Hawaii 1% of the total number of votes cast in the state for president in the most recent election 4,372 8/10/2016
Idaho 1,000 1,000 8/24/2016
Illinois 1% of the total number of voters in the most recent statewide general election, or 25,000, whichever is less 25,000 6/27/2016
Indiana 2% of the total vote cast for secretary of state in the most recent election 26,700 6/30/2016
Iowa 1,500 eligible voters from at least 10 of the state’s counties 1,500 8/19/2016
Kansas 5,000 5,000 8/1/2016
Kentucky 5,000 5,000 9/9/2016
Louisiana 5,000 5,000 8/19/2016
Maine Between 4,000 and 6,000 4,000 8/1/2016
Maryland 1% of the total number of registered state voters 38,000 8/1/2016
Massachusetts 10,000 10,000 8/2/2016
Michigan 30,000 30,000 7/21/2016
Minnesota 2,000 2,000 8/23/2016
Mississippi 1,000 1,000 9/9/2016
Missouri 10,000 10,000 7/25/2016
Montana 5% of the total votes cast for the successful candidate for governor in the last election, or 5,000, whichever is less 5,000 8/17/2016
Nebraska 2,500 registered voters who did not vote in any party’s primary 2,500 8/1/2016
Nevada 1% of the total number of votes cast for all representatives in Congress in the last election 5,431 7/8/2016
New Hampshire 3,000 voters, with at least 1,500 from each congressional district 3,000 8/10/2016
New Jersey 800 800 8/1/2016
New Mexico 3% of the total votes cast for governor in the last general election 15,388 6/30/2016
New York 15,000, with at least 100 from each of the state’s congressional districts 15,000 8/2/2016
North Carolina 2% of the total votes cast for governor in the previous general election 89,366 6/9/2016
North Dakota 4,000 4,000 9/5/2016
Ohio 5,000 5,000 8/10/2016
Oklahoma 3% of the total votes cast in the last general election for president 40,047 7/15/2016
Oregon 1% of the total votes cast in the last general election for president 17,893 8/30/2016
Pennsylvania 2% of the largest entire vote cast for any elected candidate in the state at the last preceding election at which statewide candidates were voted for 25,000 8/1/2016
Rhode Island 1,000 1,000 9/9/2016
South Carolina 5% of registered voters up to 10,000 10,000 7/15/2016
South Dakota 1% of the combined vote for governor in the last election 2,775 8/2/2016
Tennessee 25 votes per state elector (275 total) 275 8/18/2016
Texas 1% of the total votes cast for all candidates in the previous presidential election 79,939 5/9/2016
Utah 1,000 1,000 8/15/2016
Vermont 1,000 1,000 8/1/2016
Virginia 5,000 registered voters, with at least 200 from each congressional district 5,000 8/26/2016
Washington 1,000 1,000 7/23/2016
Washington, D.C. 1% of the district’s qualified voters 4,600 8/10/2016
West Virginia 1% of the total votes cast in the state for president in the most recent election 6,705 8/1/2016
Wisconsin Between 2,000 and 4,000 2,000 8/2/2016
Wyoming 2% of the total number of votes cast for United States representative in the most recent general election 3,302 8/30/2016
TOTALS 884,453
Note: Two states (Colorado and Louisiana) allow independent candidates to pay filing fees in lieu of submitting petitions.
Sources: This information was compiled by Ballotpedia staff in November 2015. These figures were verified against those published by Richard Winger in the October 2015 print edition of Ballot Access News.

Filings and getting the word out is both expensive and time consuming. You can get the word out and ask people to sign up for getting John Kadey on the write-in ballot.

It is a chance for you to send a message to both parties that what they are trying to pass off as candidates is not nearly good enough, for our country, or for the world. There are consequences which are too big to ignore.

Financial responsibility is required from each individual to the very top of government. Having the government take over individual debts is not good policy. It will encourage bad decision making and practices. Buying votes with these policies is wrong. It works too many times, but it is wrong.