Elon Musk will have to navigate a patchwork of state-level requirements to get the America Party on ballots across the country

Here's what it would take for Elon Musk to launch a third-party effort to represent what he called "the 80% in the middle."

Elon Musk wants to build a new political party to challenge America's two-party system. But it won't be easy, even for the world's richest man.