The New York Times published a story on its website on July 7, “It’s Hard to Create a Third Party, Even for Elon Musk”.  Unlike any other news stories on this subject, it mentions the worst ballot access law in the United States.  It says, when discussing ballot access laws for Congress, “The most restrictive laws are in Georgia, where candidates outside the two major parties must gather 27,000 signatures from their district.  This hurdle has kept third-party congressional candidates from being on a general election ballot since the law was enacted in 1943.”

The story is probably behind a pay wall for most readers, but here is the link.