On August 20, the New York Independence Party nominated Brock Pierce for president. It is ballot-qualified.
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August 25 was the Wyoming deadline for independent candidate petitions. The only presidential independent petition submitted was for Brock Pierce.
Wyoming has four ballot-qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Constitution.
Although Kanye West petitioned, he apparently did not get enough signatures, because he did not submit any.
On August 24, the Montana Secretary of State asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the order of the Montana Supreme Court that removed the Green Party from the ballot. Stapleton v Montana Democratic Party, 20A33. Here is the Secretary of State’s brief. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
On August 24, a Maine state trial judge ruled that the Republican Party-backed referendum on ranked choice voting for president has enough valid signatures. Because it is now back on the ballot, ranked choice voting can’t be used in the upcoming election for president. In November, voters will vote again on whether to use ranked choice voting for president, but in the meantime it is not legally in force for that office. It is in force for Congress.
The basis for the ruling is that the Secretary of State had improperly invalidated signatures because the circulator in the town where they were gathered was not registered in that town. See this story.
The story does not mention that there is a separate state court lawsuit on whether the petitioning period for the referendum had already expired before the Republican Party circulated that petition.
On August 24, Marshall Wilson filed this reply brief in his West Virginia ballot access case. He is an independent candidate for Governor, and also a sitting state legislator. Wilson v Justice, s.d., 2:20cv-526. The decision could now be released at any time.