This ABC story says that an internal Evan McMullin campaign memo lists seven states that have a ballot-qualified party that might nominate McMullin, putting him on the ballot in those states with no need for a petition. According to the story, those states are Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, and South Carolina.

Minnesota has no ballot-qualified parties. Apparently the author of the memo believed that the Independence Party is on the ballot, but it went off the ballot in 2014.

The only Delaware ballot-qualified party that hasn’t already nominated someone for Presdent is the Independent Party, but the Independent Party already endorsed Donald Trump, although conceivably it could change its mind.

Florida has several ballot-qualified parties that conceivably could nominate McMullin, including the Independent Party and the Independence Party. Neither has ever before nominated anyone for President.

Hawaii has two ballot-qualified parties that could possibly nominate McMullin: the Independent Party and the American Shopping Party.

New York has two ballot-qualified parties that might possibly nominate McMullin, the Reform Party and the Independence Party. But those are unlikely. The leader of the Independence Party is a friend of Donald Trump. The leader of the Reform Party has promised the Republican Party to always nominate the Republican presidential nominee.

Oregon has one qualified party that might possibly nominate McMullin, the Constitution Party. The Oregon Constitution Party is angry with the national Constitution Party. The Oregon Independent Party has already determined that it will not nominate a presidential candidate this year. It is politically impossible that the Progressive Party would nominate McMullin.

South Carolina has two qualified parties that might nominate McMullin, the American Party and the Independence Party. The American Party already nominated someone else for president, but that party could change its mind.

John E. Palmer has this op-ed advocating that Maine voters pass the statewide initiative for instant runoff voting. It is in the Portland Press-Herald, the state’s largest newspaper.

U.S. District Court Judge Frederick Scullin will hold a hearing on Tuesday, August 30, in Pidot v New York State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:16cv-859. The judge had already ruled on August 17 that the Republican Party primary for U.S. House, 3rd district, should be done over again, on October 6.

Two Republicans had filed to be on the June 2016 primary ballot in that race, but one of them was left off the ballot because it was erroneously thought he didn’t have enough valid signatures. The candidate who was omitted, Philip Pidot, then sued and won a right for a new primary with his name on the ballot. But now the other Republican, Jack Martins, wants the general election for that district postponed to December 6. The new hearing is to resolve that request.