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.
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On the last day for filing Illinois petition challenges, Rob Sherman filed challenges to the statewide petitions of the Constitution Party and the Socialist Party. He also challenged the petition of independent presidential candidate Mary Vann. These challenges mean that these parties and candidates will not appear on the ballot, because the petitions have substantially fewer signatures than the legal requirement of 25,000.
Rob Sherman is a Green Party member, and is a Green Party nominee for U.S. House this year. However, the Illinois Green Party does not support his actions. Sherman filed similar objections to the Constitution Party and the Socialist Party in Illinois in 2012.
No one has challenged the Libertarian or Green Party petitions, although the period for filing challenges still has not closed. The deadline is July 5 at 5 p.m. Illinois time.
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.
Indiana has the nation’s earliest deadline for write-in candidates to file to have their write-ins counted. That deadline is July 5 at noon. The complete list has not yet been compiled, but the Secretary of State’s office confirmed that Jill Stein, Darrell Castle, Emidio Soltysik, and Tom Hoefling did file as write-ins. They are the presidential nominees of the Green, Constitution, Socialist, and America’s Independent Party. Also independent presidential candidates Rocky De La Fuente and Larry Kotlikoff filed.
No person named “Bernie Sanders” filed. The only party on the Indiana ballot besides the Republican and Democratic Parties is the Libertarian Party.
Filing for the Hawaii primaries has closed. Here is the candidate list. Fourteen State Senate seats are up. Libertarians have candidates in six of those districts, while Republicans only have candidates in five districts.