On the afternoon of September 8, the New York Conservative Party met in Albany and nominated Mitt Romney for President. See the party’s web page announcement here.
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Although some states say they are already printing ballots for overseas absentee ballots, at least fifteen states cannot start printing ballots yet. Three states still haven’t held their congressional primaries. They are Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, all of which hold their congressional primaries on September 11, 2012.
As of September 9, some Colorado counties can’t print ballots because a court is still deciding whether they can contain bar codes. See this story. Also, Connecticut can’t print any ballots yet, because the State Supreme Court still hasn’t decided which party should have the top line on the ballot. The Connecticut Supreme Court will hear arguments over that on September 12.
Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island can’t print ballots yet because it is still not determined yet which presidential candidates will appear on the ballot. The New York deadine for qualified parties to choose presidential elector candidates is September 20. See the New York State Board of Elections calendar here. See especially “Party nominations other than primary.”
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has not yet issued any order on whether the state should postpone printing overseas absentee ballots. That Court is considering whether the Americans Elect Party should be on the ballot for President. In Michigan, although the state may already be printing overseas absentee ballots, the Secretary of State has still not said yet whether she will print the name of Gary E. Johnson of Austin, Texas on the ballot. Also the Michigan Libertarian Party is appealing its ballot access case to the Sixth Circuit.
Presidential candidates who submitted petitions in Rhode Island are the nominees of the Constitution, Green, Justice, Libertarian, and Socialism & Liberation Parties. Thanks to Robert McHugh for this information.
Louisiana will have eleven presidential candidates on the ballot. They are the nominees of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Justice, Prohibition Parties; also three Socialist Parties, the Socialist Workers, Socialist Equality, and Party for Socialism and Liberation.
In addition, Louisiana ballots will carry the ticket of Sheila “Samm” Tittle & Matt Turner. Their ballot label is “We the People.” The ticket also petitioned in Mississippi, but it is not known if it attained ballot status in Mississippi.
The Alabama and Kentucky deadlines for independent and unqualified party presidential candidates was September 7. In each state, three petitions were submitted. In Alabama they were petitions for Virgil Goode, Gary Johnson, and Jill Stein. In Kentucky they were for Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, and Randall Terry.