On Friday, August 2, the Libertarian Party of Minnesota handed in 2,375 signatures on its presidential petition to the Secretary of State Elections Division to place the Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat ticket on the ballot there. 2,000 valid signatures of Minnesota residents eligible to vote are required, with a deadline of Tuesday, August 20.

It is possible that enough valid signatures have already been turned in, but the LPMN is continuing to gather signatures that will be turned in later, if the Secretary of State does not find enough valid signatures among the 2,375 already submitted.

On August 3, the Idaho Constitution Party nominated Joel Skousen for president.  Normally the Idaho Constitution Party nominates whomever won its presidential primary.  However, in 2024, Idaho didn’t have a presidential primary for any party, so the party had to use another basis to make its decision.

Justin McNeal, a South Dakota independent candidate for U.S. House, does not have enough valid signatures, according to this story.  The requirement is 3,502 and he submitted approximately 5,000 signatures.  But a random sample showed he did not have enough valid.  The story says some of his signatures had errors related to the notarization.