Run, Bloomberg, Run!

An article from Newsday notes that ballot expert Clay Mulford says that arcane ballot rules in 50 states makes it very difficult to get on ballots nationwide. Bloomberg probably has the resources and werewithal to do it, but it would make much easier if he could latch on to a third party, like the greens or libertarians, for ballot access. In a way, both theeventual Republican candidate and the eventual Democratic candidate will have had to go through a tremendous amount of work to win their party's nomination so it is fair enough that an independent can't just walk up and put his name on the ballot. There ought to be some barriers. However, by having complicated and difficult hurdles in many states, such as Texas where a candidate needs 75,000 signatures in just two months from non-primary voters, the existing two party system is only further insulated from a highly credible third party candidate such as Mike Bloomberg.

From Newsday:

Expert says hard for Bloomberg to get on ballots