August 20 was the Delaware deadline for parties to finish their registration drive, to be qualified parties in Delaware. The state requires 653 registered members and the Green Party had slipped below that number earlier this year. But the party then increased its registration to 662.

The American Delta Party put on a last-minute voter registration drive, and submitted approximately 1,000 registration cards. But because Delaware does not permit members of one party to switch their registration to another party during the months before a primary, only the new voters counted. Therefore, the American Delta Party now only has 322 registered voters, not enough to qualify for the 2016 election. The Delaware primary is September 13, the last primary in the nation.

The parties that were already qualified in Delaware are Democratic, Independent, Libertarian, and Republican.

On August 25, the Alabama Secretary of State determined that all three independent presidential petitions are valid. They are for Rocky De La Fuente, Gary Johnson, and Jill Stein. The deadline was August 18, and 5,000 are required.

Alabama has not had any ballot-qualified parties statewide, other than Democratic and Republican, since November 2002. All three candidates will be listed as “independent.”

The Oregon Working Families Party has nominated one of its own members, Shanti Lewallen, for U.S. Senate. He will oppose incumbent Democratic Senator Ron Wyden. This is the only the second time the Working Families Party in any state has ever run its own nominee for such an important office as President, Governor, or U.S. Senator. The first instance was also in Oregon, and was also against Democratic Senator Ron Wyden. See this story.