August 1 is the Massachusetts deadline for petitions for independent candidates for statewide office and U.S. House, and also for the nominees of unqualified parties for those offices. It is too early to know whether any petitions have enough valid signatures. Presidential candidates who took out papers are: Gary Johnson, Rocky De La Fuente, and William Feegbeh. According to information on the internet, Feegbeh was born in Liberia.