On September 3, New Hampshire Libertarians turned in enough signatures to place Bob Barr, and also to place Susan Newell (the party’s gubernatorial candidate), on the ballot. In New Hampshire, and also Massachusetts and Maine, petitions are submitted to town clerks. Then, town clerks validate the signatures. Then, the petitioning candidate or group must physically collect them and deliver them to the Secretary of State. Enough validated signatures were turned in to the Secretary of State.

The actual web page for the Alaskan Independence Party is www.akip.org. Opponents of Sarah Palin have recently created a fake web page for the party, www.alaskaindependenceparty.com. One tip-off that the fake site is fake is that the party’s actual name is “Alaskan”, not “Alaska”.

The Montana Constitution Party has tentatively decided not to place Chuck Baldwin on the ballot. Although the state party did send a delegation to this year’s national convention, the state party continues to be displeased with the national party. The state party thinks the national party is too wishy-washy on abortion, since the national party consistently voted to keep the Nevada affiliate. The Montana Constitution Party thinks the Nevada Independent American Party is not firm enough about banning all abortions.