On August 12, Liberty Union, a ballot-qualified party that exists only in Vermont, nominated Stewart Alexander for President. He is also the Socialist Party presidential nominee as well.

However, it turns out that the 2009 law that changed independent candidate petition deadlines from September to June also changed the deadlines for qualified minor parties to submit their nominees for the November ballot. Therefore, the Secretary of State will refuse to print the Liberty Union nominees on the November ballot, unless the party wins a lawsuit.

As is well known, the Democratic and Republican Parties are not required to notify any state of their nominees until 60 days before the general election, so the 2009 Vermont law clearly violates the U.S. Supreme Court precedent Anderson v Celebrezze, which outlaws discrimination in timing in presidential elections.

On August 14, a U.S. District Court in Texas refused to stay its own order in Voting for America, Inc., v Andrade, southern district, G-12-44. This is the case involving several Texas restrictions on voter registration drives. Among the other restrictions enjoined on August 2, one prevented out-of-state residents from helping to register voters. Texas plans to appeal the order and had hoped that the order would be suspended while the appeals process takes place.

Here is a list of independent candidates who will appear on the November 2012 ballot for South Carolina legislature. At least 34 candidates will appear, with a possibility that up to four more will also qualify. Typically, there are zero or one independent candidates on the ballot for South Carolina legislature, because the petition is so difficult.

The reason there are so many this year is that many of these same candidates tried to run in the June 2012 Democratic or Republican primaries, but were eliminated from primary ballots. Many candidates did not know that the law required them to file a campaign finance document in March, both electronically and via paper.