On April 25, both houses of the Iowa legislature passed HF 692 unanimously.  It is an omnibus election law bill.  It does not increase the number of signatures for independent candidates, or the nominees of unqualified parties.  But it does move the petition deadline, for all office except president, to mid-March.  The Iowa primary is in June, so the deadline change, if signed into law, would almost surely be held unconstitutional.  The U.S. Supreme Court has said the whole purpose of having procedures for independent candidates is to let voters find someone new to vote for, it the two major party nominees are displeasing to a significant segment of the voters.  This applies to all office, not just president.

Earlier this month there had been attempts to increase the number of signatures for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties, but the Libertarian and Green Parties and the Iowa ACLU helped persuade legislators to abandon this idea.