The New York State Board of Elections has released the list of candidates who will be on the ballot for U.S. Senate and U.S. House in November. In the U.S. Senate race, the only names are the Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian nominees.

For U.S. House, the following parties have nominees who are not the nominees of either major party:

Green Party in four districts: 5, 11, 13, 21
Working Families Party in two districts: 1, 24
Independence Party in one district: 1
Conservative Party in one district: 15
Reform Party in one district: 22

The only ballot-qualified party that did not have any nominees other than the nominees of one of the major parties is the Women’s Equality Party, which only nominated individuals who are also Democratic Party nominees.

Only two candidates got on the ballot who are not nominees of any qualified party. They are two independents, one in the 13th district and one in the 16th.

On September 16, the Second Circuit issued a six-page order in Martins v Pidot, 16-3028, explaining why it canceled the Republican primary for U.S. House, 3rd district. The three judges had ruled from the bench three days ago but had not yet explained why. The U.S. District Court had ordered a new Republican primary because one of the two candidates, Philip Pidot, had been excluded from the ballot even though he had enough valid signatures.

The thrust of the Second Circuit order, although not expressed clearly, is that because Pidot lost in state court, he can’t go to federal court. Thanks to Thomas Jones and Rick Hasen for the link.

The Pennsylvania Elections Department has posted the candidate list for federal and state office, for November 2016. For the first time since 2002, there are no independent candidates for either branch of Congress. The only non-Democratic, non-Republican candidates for U.S. House are two Libertarians (districts 15 and 16). For U.S. Senate, there is a Libertarian.

For State Senate, there are no minor party candidates. There are two independents, in districts 31 and 41. The party labels are abbreviated in the state’s list. “NOA” stands for “No affiliation.” “USM” stands for “U.S. Minutemen.”

For State House, there are four Libertarians, three Greens, and five independents. “KMI” stands for “Kate McGraw Independent.” One of the independents, Louis Jasikoff, in the 117th district, is a member of the Libertarian Party, but he chose the label “independent.”