The candidate still must gather legally valid petition signatures to qualify for the primary election. (rocklandtimes.com)
It takes 25,000 valid petition signatures for a candidate to receive ballot access. (reformparty.org)
However, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that certain ballot access requirements, such as filing fees and submitting a certain number of valid petition signatures do not constitute additional qualifications and thus few Constitutional restrictions exist as to how harsh ballot access laws can be. (en.wikipedia.org)