Here is the revised Republican national convention schedule, thanks to Townhall. All of the business will be handled on Tuesday, August 28, between 2 p.m. and 6:40 p.m. The Wednesday and Thursday sessions are entirely in the evening and consist solely of talks and speeches. Also there will be a short film honoring Ron Paul on Wednesday evening, sometime between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The party will be considering changes to the presidential nomination process for 2016. That will be dealt with on Tuesday afternoon, before the roll call for President and Vice-President. Here is a Politico article that summarizes the rule changes. Thanks to Rob Richie for the link.

On August 27, the Maryland State Board of Elections determined that both the Libertarian Party petition and the Green Party petition have enough valid signatures. Both parties had earlier been told they were on the ballot by a lower state court, which had validated some signatures that the Board had rejected. But then the highest state court, the State Court of Appeals, had reversed the lower court.

Fortunately, the court acted quickly, so there was time for both parties to gather additional signatures. The additional signatures now mean the two parties are ballot-qualified, and their nominees for all the offices they nominated for will be on the ballot. Thanks to Bob Johnston for this news.