For the 2016 presidential election, only six states require more than 25,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot, if one looks at the easiest method to get on the ballot for an independent presidential candidate or the nominee of an unqualified party.
Those six states are California, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, and Texas. Illinois requires exactly 25,000.
No one knows exactly what the Pennsylvania 2016 requirement will be, but in both 2008 and 2012 it was less than 25,000. The 2016 number will be determined by the turnout in the November 2015 statewide judicial election. It is also somewhat likely that the Pennsylvania law will be liberalized by the legislature this year.
By contrast, in 1992 there were ten states in which there was no way onto the ballot without a petition or registration drive of more than 25,000. Those four additional states were Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
As since the 1200s in the English House of Commons elections —
EVERY election is N-E-W —
regardless of ALL of the SCOTUS election law MORONS since 1968.
It should be noted that while Oklahoma doesn’t require more than 25,000 signatures, the number might as well be. This coming election a new party/presidential candidate will need 24,745 signatures.
This number comes from two factors, the relatively low voter turnout in 2014 and the Oklahoma Legislature taking a baby step toward ballot access reform.
What about Alabama?
The easier method in Alabama for president is 5,000 signatures. I said in my first sentence that I was just comparing the easier method in each state.