The North Carolina State Board of Elections web page now shows that Rocky De La Fuente has 10,018 valid signatures. He needs 10,000 in order to be listed on the Democratic presidential primary ballot. He is the only presidential primary candidate this year who made a serious attempt to complete this petition. The other Democrats and Republicans listed on the North Carolina presidential primary ballots did not need a petition, because the Board put them on the ballot automatically because they are discussed in news media. Thanks to Deez Nuts for this news.

This Policy.Mic article has the dates of major party presidential debates, and dates of presidential primaries and caucuses. A slight flaw in the article is the tendency to refer to some caucuses as primaries.

On December 29, George Pataki, former Governor of New York, ended his quest for the Republican presidential nomination. See this story. His name is now on the ballot in Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. He cannot remove his name from these ballots. Either these states don’t permit withdrawal, or it is too late to withdraw. Thanks to commenter David for this news.