The North Carolina Libertarian Party has its own presidential primary in 2016, and it did in 2012 as well. In 2012 the results were: no preference 4,767; Gary Johnson 1,491; Lee Wrights 336; R. J. Harris 315; Roger Gary 301; Carl Person 261; Bill Still 221.

In 2016, Johnson so far has more than double the percentage he had in 2012. His 2012 percentage was only 19.38%. Here is a link to the North Carolina presidential primary returns on the state’s web page. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the link. Scroll down to the Libertarian results.

Politico has this interactive map, to enable anyone to see the primary or caucus election returns for any state, including the states that have reported some returns for March 15 events.

U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Story has told attorneys that he will rule on Green Party of Georgia v Kemp this week. The issue is the law requiring approximately 50,000 signatures for an independent presidential candidate, or the presidential nominee of an unqualified party, to get on the ballot. The case is four years old. The plaintiffs are the Green and Constitution Parties.