Does a new party have to obtain a prohibitive number of signatures on a nominating petition to get on the ballot?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Canaan v. Abdelnour, 221 Cal.Rptr. 468, 40 Cal.3d 703, 710 P.2d 268 (Cal. 1985):
16 Ohio required a new party to obtain a prohibitive number of signatures on a nominating petition in order to obtain a position on the ballot, and further required that the signatures be from persons who had not previously voted for candidates of other parties. (see Williams v. Rhodes, supra, 393 U.S. at p. 25, fn. 1, 89 S.Ct. at p. 7, fn. 1.)
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