Polling from Gallup shows that a majority of American voters would like to see more choices on the ballot to break up the existing duopoly of the Republican and Democratic parties. Unsurprisingly, this is especially true among political independents, who happen to make up the largest proportion of the electorate.
And yet, competitors to the two major parties face insuperably high hurdles in getting space on states’ general-election ballots. Time and time again, groups trying to get on election ballots have had to fight against entrenched political interests to have their chance on Election Day, with some legal fights going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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