On March 28, the Georgia Secretary of State ruled that petitions to place presidential candidates on the November ballot may circulate without the name of the presidential or vice-presidential candidate, but the petitions must list the candidates for presidential elector. The Green Party won’t nominate its presidential candidate until August, at the national convention in Houston. The Secretary of State’s ruling is meant to make it possible for the Green Party and other parties in the same situation to be able to circulate a presidential candidate petition before they know whom their national ticket will be.

Under the March 17 ruling of the U.S. District Court in Georgia, the presidential candidate petition in 2016 will need 7,500 valid signatures.