You don’t need signatures, fees.
You could use a requirement for 75-100 financial commitments out-of-pocket donations to finance the campaign, rather than fee or signature petition.
Require a full profile, with multiple issues/principles no less than 3 no more than 5.
Financial disclosure should be limited to people who already hold office.
No self appointed auditor, they are on your payroll, your employ. The Election Department should appoint
one when gaining warrants after proving reasonable suspicion of bribery.
Debates must be required to have those whom qualified for the ballot.
No one who show’d to have more than 100 votes in a past election should ever be required to get signatures, if this is applied.
If applied, no one’s party members may sign nomination papers.