The Nation has a very interesting article about the Pennsylvania trial over photo-ID requirement for voters at the polls. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
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On August 2, Rocky Anderson communicated with Peace & Freedom Party delegates and said he is withdrawing his bid for the Peace & Freedom Party nomination. This development makes it seem very likely that Roseanne Barr will be the PFP presidential nominee. UPDATE: here is a Los Angeles Times story about Barr.
The West Virginia filing deadline for newly-qualifying parties and independent candidates has passed. The only group that submitted a statewide petition was the Libertarian Party, which submitted 10,246 signatures. The legal requirement is 7,135 for President and a slightly lesser number for Governor.
The Green Party is already on the ballot in West Virginia.
According to this story, the Green Party national ticket spent one night in jail in Philadelphia, and then the pair was released. Stein went on to campaign in Georgia.
This interesting BBC article, written for a British audience, describes campaign spending in the U.S. presidential race this year. The article says on a per-voter basis, American presidential candidates spent 23 times as much money as the British candidates for House of Commons put together. The article also mentions that multiple political parties in Britain get free air time. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.