Here is a news story about Jeffrey Siskind, an independent candidate for Attorney General of Florida. He is only the third person in the last 90 years to be on the ballot for that office, who is not a Republican or Democratic nominee. Florida law made it virtually impossible for anyone to run outside the two major parties (except for President) from 1931 through 1998. The law was eased in 1999. The only other two non-major party candidates for Florida Attorney General have been independent Jim Lewis, who got 3.8% in 2010; and Libertarian Bill Wohsifer, who got 2.9% in 2014.

Siskind says he is a centrist. He has in the past been both a Democrat and a Republican.

On April 28, police for the city of Meriden, Connecticut, prevented Libertarian Party petitioners from working in a city public park at a well-attended Daffodil Festival. The party was working to get 7,500 valid signatures for its statewide slate of candidates. The party sued, and the city has now settled the lawsuit by paying the party $37,000. See this story.

The Connecticut Secretary of State has determined that Fred Linck, the Socialist Action candidate for U.S. Senate, failed to obtain 7,500 valid signatures. The state says he is about 670 signatures short. The party showed numerous serious errors in the validation process, and if more time had been available, might have been able to show that it did have enough valid signatures.