On September 5, a North Carolina State Trial Court refused to remove Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s name from the ballot. See this story. The judge stayed her own opinion so that Kennedy has time to appeal.
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On September 3, a state court judge ordered the Secretary of State not to certify the ballots until the Libertarian lawsuit over U.S. House nominations can be heard. See this story.
The Tennessee Secretary of State’s initial review of the independent presidential petition for Chase Oliver shows that it lacks 40 valid signatures. The requirement is 275 and the campaign submitted 450. The campaign is engaged in efforts to review the work of the Secretary of State.
Tennessee approved these independent petitions: for the nominees of the Green, Socialist Workers, Socialism & Liberation Parties; and two independents, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Jay J. Bowman.
Tennessee rejected the Constitution Party presidential petition because that campaign collected some of the signatures on photocopies of blank forms, instead of on original blank forms.
The New Hampshire Secretary of State has released a list of candidates for federal and state office in the November 2024 election. Here is a link to the candidates who qualified by petition. The only two presidential candidates who petitioned successfully are Chase Oliver and Jill Stein. The Libertarian Party also has a gubernatorial nominee. If he gets 4%, the Libertarian Party will become ballot-qualified. Thanks to Darryl Perry for the link.
The New York Times reports that an exhaustive study of election results in 2022 finds almost half of all partisan races only had one candidate on the ballot. See the article here.