Third Party Candidates don't have much time. State deadlines to get on ballots begin in May

[morningfog]

If a candidate wants to run third party, the clock is ticking.

11 states require filing before the July 18 Republican National Convention.

States have various dates and requirements, but a candidate would need to amass around 800,000 signatures in all to make the run and meet filing deadlines beginning as early as May 9 (Texas) through September 9 (R.I.).

In other words, if Trump intends to run third party in the event he is blocked from the gopper nomination, he needs to start working now of getting signatures and meeting filing deadlines. The same is true for any conservative who intends to run against trump if he is the gopper candidate.

Interesting times.

https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates