Colorado Public Radio has this lengthy story about the Colorado Libertarian Party and the unsettled presidential nomination.
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On July 10, the Democratic National Committee said it still intends to nominate for president and vice president with a virtual roll call, instead of at the physical convention in August. The delegates will meet on July 21 to learn about the procedure, and the roll call will follow shortly afterwards, probably in a day or so. See this story.
On Tuesday, July 9, the North Carolina Board of Elections certified the Constitution Party for ballot status in North Carolina. The Board still has not ruled as to whether Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West will be placed on the 2024 North Carolina general election ballot.
The rub is that the CP, Kennedy and West all used the political party petition process to get on the ballot, because North Carolina law (absurdly, in my view) requires only 13,757 signatures for a political party to qualify for the ballot this year, while an independent candidate for President must gather 82,542 signatures. There is a deep history, in NC and a few other states, of independent candidates using the party petition process to qualify for the ballot when the signature requirement is lower for political parties than independent candidates. But, this year there is a controversy with the NC Board of Elections as to whether that signature reducing maneuver is legal.
Here is a story on this matter.
Thanks to Chris Cole for the heads up!
On July 9, Indiana county election officials reported validity checks for the independent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. petition. Taken together, the county reports show he has enough valid signatures. See this story.
Kennedy needed more valid signatures from Indiana than from any other states except for Texas, New York and Arizona.
News stories from July 6 have reported that the officers of the Colorado Libertarian Party had nominated Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for president. However, the only paperwork submitted to the Colorado Secretary of State regarding the party’s presidential ticket was filed on July 8 by the national Secretary of the Libertarian Party, and that paperwork says Chase Oliver is the party’s presidential nominee. Thanks to ThirdPartyWatch for this news.
UPDATE: Independent Political Report has more detail.