Indiana Congressmember Todd Young is running for U.S. Senate this year. Although Indiana does not require primary candidates to submit a petition to get on the ballot for U.S. House, Indiana does require primary petitions for candidates for U.S. Senate. They need 4,500 signatures, with 500 from each U.S. House district. According to this story, Young’s primary petition has been challenged; the challengers say he only has 498 valid signatures from the First District.

The story is erroneous when it says that most states require petitions for a candidate for U.S. Senate to get on a primary ballot. Only a minority of states require primary candidates for that office to submit a petition. A majority of states rely on filing fees to keep primary ballots from being too crowded.