August 1 is the Arkansas deadline for independent presidential candidates, and the presidential nominees of unqualified parties. Both types of petition need 1,000 signatures.

Independent presidential candidates who filed are: Rocky De La Fuente, Jim Hedges, Thomas Hoefling, and Lynn Kahn. They will have the label “independent”, even though Hedges is the Prohibition Party nominee and Thomas Hoefling is the nominee of America’s Independent Party.

Three unqualified parties who filed the presidential petition are the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and Better for America. They need not identify their presidential nominees until later in the month.

The Libertarian Party has been ballot-qualified in Arkansas since 2015. Thanks to Irv Sutley for this information.