According to this story, the Alaska Libertarian Party has nominated Joe Miller for U.S. Senate. In 2010 he was the Republican nominee for the same seat.
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The new voter registration data for Colorado shows that Libertarian registration is now at 1.02% of the state total. This is the first time Libertarian registration has exceeded 1% of any state’s total, except that the Alaska Libertarian registration has been above that level for approximately a decade.
Alaska law permits a party to remain ballot-qualified if it has registration equal to 3% of the last vote cast, so the Alaska Libertarian Party constantly goes on registration drives to remain on the ballot. By contrast, the Colorado Libertarian registration just happened naturally, without a concerted party effort to increase its registration.
The new data means that the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate, Lily Tang Williams, will be allowed into one particular debate. See this story. The story makes it seem as though it is rare for Colorado minor party and independent candidates to be invited into debates, but on October 14, 2014, all six gubernatorial candidates who were on the ballot debated each other. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the link.
The North Dakota petition deadline for independent candidates is Tuesday, September 6. Three presidential petitions were submitted: Darrell Castle, Rocky De La Fuente, and Jill Stein. Evan McMullin decided not to petition in North Dakota.
North Dakota permits labels for candidates who use the independent presidential procedure, so Stein will be on the ballot as “Green”, and Castle on as “Constitution.”
The three qualified parties in North Dakota are Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican.
The Kentucky Secretary of State has determined that Jill Stein’s presidential petition is valid. The office won’t check the De La Fuente and McMullin petitions until they are submitted, of course. The petition deadline in Kentucky is Friday, September 9.
The Libertarian and Green Party petitions for President were filed with the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office on Tuesday, September 6. The Secretary of State has already determined that the Libertarian petition is valid, and the office is reviewing the Green Party petition.
Rocky De La Fuente will be submitting his petition later in the week. It is not known if Evan McMullin will also be submitting a petition. The deadline is Friday, September 9. The requirement is 5,000 signatures.