On July 26, the Oklahoma Elections Board held its regular lottery to determine the order of parties on the November ballot. See this story. Democrats will appear first, followed by Republicans and then Americans Elect. However, it is still possible the Libertarian Party will be added to the ballot. Currently, all sides are waiting for the U.S. District Court Judge to decide whether to let the Libertarian Party amend its complaint to add a specific point that requiring a newly-qualifying party to nominate by primary violates the U.S. Constitution, if the timing of that primary is such that the deadline must be as early as March 1.

The Oregon Secretary of State recently released a voter registration tally as of June 26. This is the first monthly tally to include Americans Elect, because the party wasn’t ballot-qualified until May. The new tally can be seen here. Americans Elect had three registered members as of the time of this tally: two in Lane County and one in Marion County.

Larry Meeker, a former Vice-President of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, and a former two-term Mayor of Lake Quivira, Kansas, will run as an independent candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives, 17th district. See this story. Meeker had intended to run as a Democrat this year for that seat, but he can’t appear on the August Democratic primary ballot because election officials misplaced his qualifying paperwork. So, he instead petitioned to be on the ballot as an independent candidate.

Lake Quivira is a suburb of Kansas City.