According to a source within the Democratic National Committee, the party expects to nominate for president and vice-president in advance of the Chicago August convention, even though there is no longer any publicly revealed reason to do so.  As already noted, Ohio altered the deadline on Sunday, June 2, so there is no longer any problem with certification deadlines.

Nothing on the Democratic Party’s national website mentions this, and no news story I have found explains why the party is doing this.  Some speculate that the party is afraid of protests at the Chicago convention, so if the party has already nominated with a virtual roll-call, perhaps that might make the convention venue less appealing as a protest zone.

Free and Equal is sponsoring a presidential debate on Friday, July 12, in Las Vegas, at Caesars Forum.  The event is simultaneous with Freedomfest.

Chase Oliver, Jill Stein, and Randall Terry are confirmed.  Invitations have also been extended to Cornel West, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The debate moderators will be Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie, and Free & Equal founder Christina Tobin.  Massie is a Republican who has served in Congress since 2012.

On June 4, candidate filing in the Hawaii primary closed.  Two individuals filed in the No Labels Party primary in Hawaii to run for the state legislature.  They are Thomas Brandt in the 25th House district, and James Pirtle in the 37th House district.  They will be on the ballot in November.  There is no sign that No Labels tried to prevent anyone from running in its Hawaii primary, even though No Labels had gone to court in Arizona to stop candidates in its own primary in that state.

We the People Party, which is the vehicle for getting Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on the Hawaii ballot, has candidates for U.S. Senate, both U.S. House seats, and a state legislative candidate.  There are also Libertarian and Green candidates for federal and state office.