August 2 is the South Dakota deadline for independent presidential candidates. Two petitions have been submitted and are being checked: Rocky De La Fuente, and Chris Keniston (who is the Veterans Party presidential nominee).
The qualified parties in South Dakota are Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican.
August 1 is the Massachusetts deadline for petitions for independent candidates for statewide office and U.S. House, and also for the nominees of unqualified parties for those offices. It is too early to know whether any petitions have enough valid signatures. Presidential candidates who took out papers are: Gary Johnson, Rocky De La Fuente, and William Feegbeh. According to information on the internet, Feegbeh was born in Liberia.
August 1 is the deadline for independent candidate petitions in Maine (for president) and Maryland (for all office). No presidential petitions were filed in either state.
The qualified parties in Maine and Maryland are Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican.
August 1 is the Vermont deadline for petitions for independent presidential candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties. Two petitions have enough valid signatures: Jill Stein, and Rocky De La Fuente. The Socialist Workers Party also submitted a presidential petition, but it did not have enough valid signatures.
Qualified parties with presidential nominees already on in Vermont are: Democratic, Libertarian, Liberty Union, and Republican.
August 1 is the West Virginia deadline for petitions for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. The only statewide petition filed this year in West Virginia is the Constitution Party petition.
The qualified parties in West Virginia are Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican. The name of the West Virginia Green Party is the Mountain Party.
