Since its founding ten years ago, the name of Tesla Motors has become synonymous with the innovation and luxury of the electric car movement. But name-brand recognition alone hasn’t made the company’s rise to prominence easy. To this day, Tesla automobiles are not sold in car dealerships, and as several states throughout the country look to ban direct manufacturer-to-customer auto sales, the company might have an even harder road ahead of them.

Luckily for Tesla, there’s a diehard fan out there working to defend its interests. A Tesla enthusiast named Ken (his last name has not been specified in news reports) has launched a White House petition that, if it gains traction, could give the federal government a good reason to shut down state legislature that would require auto sales to occur through third-party dealerships.

In Ken’s estimation, state legislators are looking to create laws that would give unfair, monopolistic advantages to third-party dealers while shutting out a true innovator like Tesla. He believes that Tesla (and all other car companies) should be allowed to sell their vehicles directly to customers, without that third-party middle man, in all 50 states.

“The state legislators are trying to unfairly protect automobile dealers in their states from competition,” reads the petition. “Tesla is providing competition, which is good for consumers.”

In order for President Barack Obama to review Ken’s petition, the document needs to accrue 100,000 signatures, and it needs to reach that milestone by July 5. Right now, the petition has nearly 35,o00 signatures, leaving 65,000 left to cover in the next week. Such a number may seem impossible, since the petition has been online since June 5. But with Ken’s defense of Tesla rapidly gaining viral buzz, it’s possible that he could break the barrier.

If the petition does not reach the required signature number, Tesla could find itself in a dire situation. The company, founded in 2003, launched the electric Model S Sedan, their most popular vehicle yet, just last year. In May, CEO Elon Musk announced that the company had reported profitable numbers for the first time after years of financial losses. State bands on direct sales–like the one that already exists in Texas–could deflate Tesla’s growing public image and send them plummeting back into the red. And since Tesla is one of the few car companies actively pushing toward innovation and energy efficiency, such a blow would be bad news for both the economy and the environment.