On June 28, an Arkansas state circuit judge in Sebastian County ruled that organizers of a local initiative may have ten more days after their petition was rejected, to get more valid signatures. See this story. Arkansas is the only state in the nation that gives petitioning groups extra time to get more signatures, after they are told that their original petition lacks enough valid signatures.
Today is the Green Party presidential primary in France. That seems like something you would be into. Yesterday was the convention to select the New Anti-Capitalist Party (reformed Trotskyite) candidate.
If ballot access in France had much to do with ballot access in the US I would see your point.