Georgia’s only independent state legislator, Rusty Kidd, has already submitted his petition to get on the November 2012 ballot so that he can run for re-election. He needed the signatures of 5% of the registered voters. See this story, which says that because a handful of signers also signed for a spouse or for an adult child, the State Election Board is investigating his petition.

In 2010, Kidd was the only person on the ballot for any of the 236 seats in the Georgia legislature who was not a Democratic or a Republican nominee. In Georgia, no Republican or Democrat ever needs to collect any signatures to be on a primary ballot. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.