On November 1, the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office said the Libertarian Party’s petition has enough valid names, so the party is back on the ballot. The Secretary of State is still working on checking the Green Party petition. Arkansas requires 10,000 valid signatures for party status. Libertarians had turned in approximately 16,000 recently; Greens submitted approximately 14,500.

The 2014 election will be the first midterm election year in which the Libertarian Party has been on the ballot in Arkansas. The state requires a vote of 3% for the office at the top of the ticket, every two years, for a party to remain ballot-qualified. In other words, only the vote for President and Governor counts for retention of party status.

Every three months, the Arizona Secretary of State releases a new voter registration tally. The October 1, 2013 figures are here. The link also shows the July 1, 2013 totals. The state’s three qualified minor parties have all increased their totals, even though the number of registered voters has declined. The number of independent voters has also increased. The number of registered Democrats and the number of registered Republicans are lower than they were three months earlier.

Lee Wrights will formally declare his candidacy for the Texas Libertarian gubernatorial nomination, according to this story. Also seeking the nomination are Kathie Glass, who was the party’s gubernatorial nominee in 2010, and Gene Chapman. In 2010, Glass polled 2.19%. Wrights is probably best-known for placing second for president at the Libertarian national convention 2012. Gary Johnson was nominated with 419 votes, and Wrights placed second with 152.