Among the eight national tickets who will be on the ballot in at least ten states, there is more diversity than at any previous U.S. presidential election.

The eight tickets are:  Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Socialism & Libertarian, We the People, and Justice for All.

Five of the eight tickets have a woman.

Six of the tickets have an ethic or racial minority member (all but the Republican and Libertarian tickets).

One ticket has an openly gay man.

Two of the tickets have Muslim members, and one has a Jewish member..

Arizona held its non-presidential primaries on July 30.  Two candidates appeared on the Green Party’s primary ballot for U.S. Senate, Mike Norton and Arturo Hernandez.  Norton was backed by Democratic Party figures and Hernandez was backed by Republican figures.  The Green Party did not approve of either one of them, and endorsed Eduardo Quintana, a long-time Green Party official.

However, Quintana was not on the Green Party primary ballot; instead he was a write-in candidate.  But the Green Party mailed a postcard to every registered Green and asked the voters to write-in Quintana, and it worked.  He received more votes than either of his ballot-listed opponents.

On August 16, the Wisconsin Elections Commission dismissed a complaint filed by Democrats that tried to keep Jill Stein off the ballot.  The basis was a technicality.  But Democrats say they will now sue to block Stein.  See this story.