A3. Democracy - Ballot Access

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Platform - Green Party US
  I. Democracy
    A. Political Reforms
      3. Ballot Access

• Eliminate all ballot access laws and rules that discriminate against smaller parties and independents, and otherwise place undue burden on the right of citizens to run for office – including high filing fees and petition signature thresholds, and unreasonably short qualification periods.
• Enact a 'right to the ballot law' establishing national readily achievable baseline standards for state party and individual candidate ballot access petitions.
  
  Include a party qualification option by voter registration, for states that offer voter registration-by-party.
• Establish national readily achievable baseline standards for retaining ballot access by political parties.
  
  Include the opportunity to retain ballot status via achievable percentages of the vote in any statewide race, not just for governor or president and only require this at a minimum of every four years.