Bill Bozarth, an independent candidate for Georgia House of Representatives, has enough valid signatures to be on the November 2014 ballot. See this story. So far he is the only petitioning candidate to have succeeded in getting on the ballot for any federal or state office in Georgia this year. The Libertarian Party has a nominee for state representative, Jeff Amason, who is still waiting to here if he has enough valid signatures. Georgia Libertarians are on the ballot automatically for statewide offices, but not U.S. House or state legislature or county partisan office.

For the last four days, the Illinois State Board of Elections has been adjudicating the challenge for the statewide Libertarian Party petition, and also the statewide Constitution Party petition. The state requires 25,000 signatures. Libertarians turned in more than 43,000, and with the process two-thirds done, 44% of the challenged 23,000 signatures have been ruled valid. At that rate, the outcome will provide a comfortable margin.

The Constitution Party slate, which turned in approximately 30,600, is less likely to qualify. So far, approximately 50% of its challenged signatures are being upheld, but the number of signatures that were challenged is so large that it will probably be below the requirement.

The challenge process hasn’t started yet for the Green Party statewide slate.

On July 17, a Florida state trial court in Tallahassee heard arguments on whether the state’s unconstitutional U.S. House district boundaries should be altered in time for the 2014 election. See this story.