Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has this column on MSNBC, explaining why he will vote for Gary Johnson for President this year.
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July 8 is the Nevada petition deadline for independent presidential candidates. The only independent candidate who filed is Rocky De La Fuente. He submitted approximately 14,000 signatures. The requirement is 5,431 signatures.
July 12 is the Georgia petition deadline for independent candidate petitions, and petitions for the nominees of unqualified parties. Two presidential petitions were submitted on the deadline. The Green Party presidential elector petition contained approximately 12,000 signatures, and the independent petition for Rocky De La Fuente contained approximately 14,000 signatures. Under a court order issued in March 2016, the requirement for president is 7,500.
On July 6, Republican congressional candidate Philip Pidot withdrew his lawsuit over forcing New York to hold another Republican primary in the 3rd U.S. House district, but he will re-file it very soon. See this story.
He petitioned to be on the Republican primary ballot, but was told he didn’t have enough valid signatures. Later a state court ruled that he did have enough valid signatures, but it was too late to do anything about it. He then filed in federal court, arguing that the state must therefore hold a new primary just in his district, with his name on the ballot.
On July 11, U.S. District Court Judge James M. Moody, Jr., held a trial in Libertarian Party of Arkansas v Martin. The issue is the 2015 law that says new parties (which nominate by convention, not primary) must choose all their nominees (except President) by November of the year before the election. The Libertarian Party did choose some nominees by that deadline last year, but held another state convention in early 2016 and nominated some more.
Judge Moody said he would rule by July 18 on whether the new nominees can be listed on the November ballot. The Libertarian Party is the only ballot-qualified party in Arkansas this year, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties. However, some other parties have petitioned to be ballot-qualified just for the presidential election. The deadline for that presidential party petition is August 1.