On May 28, the deadline, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,, submitted 135,519 signatures to get on the ballot in New York. The requirement is 45,000.
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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal defending himself against criticism that the Ohio ballot certification deadline, which is too early for the Democratic Party to meet, is his fault. See this story in The Hill.
On Monday, May 6, the state committees of the Nevada Constitution Party, and the Utah Constitution Party, nominated Joel Skousen for president, even though the national convention of the Constitution Party had nominated Randall Terry for president.
Terry has already obtained ballot access in Utah as an independent candidate, so both he and Skousen will be on in Utah. However, Nevada has a difficult ballot access law, so Terry is unlikely to qualify in Nevada.
The name of the Nevada Constitution Party is the Independent American Party. It has been ballot-qualified in Nevada starting in 1974, long before the Constitution Party had been formed in 1992.
On May 25, Saturday, the Constitution Party of Oregon, which is ballot-qualified, nominated Randall Terry for President. Although Terry is also the nominee of the national Constitution Party, it was not obvious that the Oregon Constitution Party would nominate him. It has been estranged from the national party starting in 2012. In 2012 the Oregon Constitution Party rejected the national party’s nominee, former Congressman Virgil Goode, and instead nominated Will Christensen.
The Oregon Constitution Party’s meeting was in Bend, Oregon. Terry attended.
The third-place candidate for President Mike Ter Matt was elected the Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential candidate after two ballots.
On the first ballot:
Freddie Clegg 9 1.22%
Marke Stewart Greenstein 3 0.41%
Kendal Ludden 3 0.41%
Mike Ter Matt 367 49.66%
Clint Russell 339 45.87%
Write-ins 4 0.52%
None of the Abova 8 1.08%
On the final ballot:
Mike Ter Maat 371 51.31%
Clint Russell 340 47.03%
Write-ins 4 0.52%
None of the Above 8 1.11%