On August 22, the Illinois State Board of Elections certified the statewide Libertarian Party slate for the November ballot. The decision was not surprising, given that the “binder-check” process had found over 25,000 valid signatures, and that the Hearings Officer for that process had recommended that the petition be considered valid. The vote on the eight-member Board was 5-2.

This is the first time since 2004 that the Libertarian Party will be the only minor party on the Illinois ballot for statewide offices.

Hawaii held primaries on August 9, during a severe tropical storm. Although two particular precincts were permitted to vote again in the following week, many other voters who don’t live in those two particular precincts were also unable to travel to the polls. On August 21, some of them filed an original case with the State Supreme Court, asking for relief. Here is the Complaint. The ACLU is handling this case for the voters.

Accordeing to this story, Jim Sherow, Democratic Party nominee for Kansas U.S. House, district one, has endorsed Greg Orman for U.S. Senate. Orman is the independent candidate in the race. The Democratic Party has its own nominee for U.S. Senate, but Sherow says new polls show that Orman has a better chance of winning than the Democratic nominee does. Orman has raised more money than any other independent congressional candidate this year, other than Marianne Williamson in California. Orman is about to launch television advertising for himself.