The Maine Secretary of State has determined that any qualified party will be permitted to choose a nominee for Kennebec County Judge of Probate by September 30. Normally a state would insist that it is too late for any candidates’ names to be added to the November 8 ballot, because federal law requires all states to mail their overseas absentee ballots by September 24. But in this case, the incumbent Democratic office-holder died, so a new officer will be elected on November 8. See this story. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link.

On September 16, the U.S. Senate nominees of the Arkansas Democratic Party, and the Arkansas Libertarian Party, debated. See this story.

The number of choices printed on November ballots for U.S. House of Representatives in 2016 is very similar to the number of such candidates on the ballot in November 2014.

Democrats are on the ballot in 406 districts this year, and were on in 400 districts in November 2014.
Republicans are on in 394 this year, and were on in 395 in 2014.
Libertarians are on in 122 districts, both this year and in 2014.
Greens are on in 54 districts this year, and were on in 43 in 2014.
Constitution Party members are on in 15 districts this year, and 13 in 2014.
Reformers are on in 5 districts this year, and 4 in 2014.
Other parties are on in 17 districts this year and 33 districts in 2014.
There are 72 independent candidates in 2016, and there were 82 in 2014.

There are still a few unresolved disputes on ballot access for candidates for U.S. House, and the Texas data is incomplete for independents, so these figures could change slightly.

No candidate is counted twice. Some candidates are the nominees of more than a single party, but they are counted only for the party of which they are a member. For purposes of this compilation, Delegate from the District of Columbia is counted, so there are 436 seats.