The New Mexico Secretary of State has determined that the American Delta Party has enough valid signatures to be on the 2016 ballot. This is the party created to help Rocky De La Fuente get on the ballot. Earlier this year New Mexico had verified that the Party for Socialism & Liberation petition is also valid. New Mexico is still checking the petition filed by Better for America. Parties that didn’t need to petition in 2016 are the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Independent American Parties.

The Washington Secretary of State has verified that the petitions for the Green Party, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Party for Socialism & Liberation, are valid. See this story. Thanks to Tom Yager for the link.

The Libertarian and Green Party statewide petitions were not challenged in Illinois, so the Libertarian Party is now on the ballot for President in 34 states, and the Green Party in 21.

On July 5, the Virginia Libertarian Party, and its 2013 gubernatorial nominee, Rob Sarvis, filed a 17-page request for a rehearing en banc in the Fourth Circuit. The issue is the Virginia law governing order of candidates on general election ballots. The state holds a random drawing to determine whether the Republican Party or the Democratic Party nominees should be listed first on the ballot. But nominees of other parties, and independent candidates, do not participate in that random process and are always listed underneath the Repubican and Democratic nominees.

On June 20, the Fourth Circuit had upheld that law and had said that there is a state interest in helping the Democratic and Republican Parties maintain their dominance.