US Presidential Election question

[lauriandres]

First, i watched this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-4Sfn_ti-U

Read from Wikipedia.

However, what are the minimum requirements for a random US citizen (who would in general qualify as a president) to be elected as the President of USA, who does not want to belong to any political party at all? What exactly must happen? Is the campaign must have by some law i.e is it technically possible to get elected by just staying at home and filling only the basic application documents required by the state or federal law?

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Just filing alone wouldn't be enough. You would still need people to know who you are to write you in on the ballot. But as far as the least amount of effort to win the presidency goes.....If you could somehow muster up the support to win the majority of states that allow write-in voting via an online campaign or something.....it's technically possible. Of course that also would have to imply that all write-in votes are actually counted - which they definitely are all not- and that the Electoral College electors stick to tradition and back you up too.

Otherwise, there are ballot access laws that are pretty tough to overcome sitting on your ***:

https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates

There are three basic methods by which an individual may become a candidate for president of the United States.

1. An individual can seek the nomination of a political party. Presidential nominees are selected by delegates at national nominating conventions. Individual states conduct caucuses or primary elections to determine which delegates will be sent to the national convention.

2. An individual can run as an independent. Independent presidential candidates typically must petition each state to have their names printed on the general election ballot. For the 2016 presidential contest, it was estimated that an independent candidate would need to collect in excess of 900,000 signatures in order to appear on the general election ballot in every state.

3. An individual can run as a write-in candidate. In 35 states, a write-in candidate must file some paperwork in advance of the election. In seven states, write-in voting for presidential candidates is not permitted. The remaining states do not require write-in candidates to file paperwork in advance of the election.

 

[lauriandres]

Thank you, Duck Rodgers.
1. So basically, to get elected as an independent canditate, you have to pass a qualification round i.e you have to get 900 000 proven signatures. After that you can present your application to the election organisers, who will list your canditate with other canditates. Do those 900 000 signatures must be all written form - that means about 90 000 pages of paper, quite a huge amount you have to carry/transport to the election organisers office?
2. So the write-in canditation is the easiest path, right? Assuming you find enough fans (who for some reason like the canditate) and win state elections in those 35 states?
3. What are the qualification norms to get your status upgraded to "political party"? Why Democrats and Republicans automatically qualify and some other party not. Is it because that most citizens in USA are either fans/members of those two parties?